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It's a pandemic, let there be cake

Title (Dublin Core)

It's a pandemic, let there be cake

Description (Dublin Core)

I was at the supermarket this morning and bought a King Cake on impulse. It was pretty pricey for a supermarket cake ($17). But, it only took me 3 seconds to justify it, my 6 yo has been out of school for a year (she’s learning online, but it’s not the same). The 2 yo is also home and they both get stir crazy. I have really found memories of eating King Cake every year at my best friend’s house, they lived in Louisiana and brought the tradition with them to Michigan. The fun, in addition to cinnamon, bread, and icing, is that there’s a small plastic baby inside the cake that someone will find in their piece. I hid the baby in the cake this morning and told the kids they could have a piece after eating breakfast. The tradition is that finding the baby is good luck, and depending on where you are, you might have to make the next cake.

Date (Dublin Core)

February 2, 2021

Creator (Dublin Core)

Katy Kole de Peralta

Contributor (Dublin Core)

Katy Kole de Peralta

Type (Dublin Core)

screenshot

Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)

English Food & Drink
English Home & Family Life
English Social Distance
English Online Learning

Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)

supermarket
happy memory
King Cake
Louisiana
Michigan
tradition
impulse shopping
child

Contributor's Tags (a true folksonomy) (Friend of a Friend)

King Cake
Mardi Gras
food
kid
holiday

Collection (Dublin Core)

Foodways
Children
Motherhood

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Date Submitted (Dublin Core)

02/02/2021

Date Modified (Dublin Core)

02/02/2021
03/03/2021
04/16/2022
06/21/2022

Date Created (Dublin Core)

02/02/2021

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This item was submitted on February 2, 2021 by Katy Kole de Peralta using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: https://covid-19archive.org/s/archive

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