This morning I went with Chelsea to take her back to school. She usually goes alone, but was worried she might fall asleep driving on the way back. So I went along to keep her company. Anyone who knows me knows that I am not the one to take along as company in a car.
I slept the entire way.
When Chelsea pulled up to her apartment I woke up. I said, "Terrible mother aren't I!"
Chelsea reassured me that just having another person in the car kept her awake. Lucky us.
When we arrived to her apartment she had to dash to class.
The winners of yesterday's Gateau des Rois feves are:
Helene, who wrote: "Thank you
for bring forth a memory on many years ago and my 40th birthday. My
birthday is on Epiphany so I know about the King's Cake. I decided to
celebrate this special birthday by baking the King's Cake myself to
serve to a large party of guests that night. HOWEVER, I secretly marked
the place where the fave rested. I, being the birthday girl served the
cake saving the marked fave piece for myself. I wore the gold paper
crown and we celebrated well into the night. (There, that has been my
secret for over 20 years and now it's out)."
Judith, "I drifted
over to your blog today from Deedee in France, which I drifted over to
because of her comment on the blog "Duchess of Earl", which I've read
from time to time because of Walt's blog, "WCS: Another American in
France", and Ken's blog, "Living the Life in Saint Aignan" *LOL*. In
any case, I love your fèves, and am always frustrated by not being able
to find something appropriate when I try to do "La Fête des Rois" with
my French students, here in St. Louis (USA). One year, I thought, "Oh!
Hey! A little piece of candy cane will be perfect!" So I baked it into
one of the cupcakes I made for the occasion (no Gallette recipe at the
time), and, of course, it had melted into the cake… I kept asking my
students, "Who has the fève?" Finally one of them said, "Ummm…. is it
maybe this pink streak inside my cupcake?" *LOL*. So… wow… I'd LOVE
to have a real, authentic fève!
and Nancy from Mass, who added in the comment section, "I would love a feve! My son would love sitting under the table while we pass out the cake."
Thank you for your many responses and wanting to have a piece of French history to chew on. Please Nancy, Helene, and Judith can you email me your addresses.
By the way French Husband had the crown last night!! I think he cheats when he is cutting the cake. He always seems to win the crown.
What is the last thing you won? And or…. What gift are you bringing to your inner child on Epiphany?
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