Fausnaught Day in Pa.

[rafe59]

Hi Everyone. Thought I would share a Central Pennsylvania Dutch tradition with you. Central Pa was Settled mostly by German Immigrants in the late 1700's and early 1800's. and of course those immigrants brought along there traditions...Some of the things we enjoy today in this area is our Rope style fresh and smoked sausage, hog maw ( Stuffed Pigs Stomach ), Sauerkraut, Ponhaus, Puddin an Hominey ( not to be confused with puddinG ) and Fausnaught's....Fausnaught's are made as part of a Christian celebration for Shrove Tuesday, or the day before Ash Wednesday....The premise is that on Shrove Tuesday is the last day that a christian can enjoy fattening foods / pleasure foods, because Ash Wednesday starts the christian fast till after Lent. So in my neck of the woods a lot of Churches make Fausnaughts and sell them to raise money. What is a fausnaught ??? It is the best doughnut you will ever eat......The traditional way is flour, yeast and potato's and then deep fried in lard till they float on the grease and get a medium brown and slightly crunchy....MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM so good

So just to tease you I picked mine up today because we might have snow tomorrow morning....And I just finished eat a glazed one.....Wish I could share with all......

 

[mikeyank]

Hi Everyone. Thought I would share a Central Pennsylvania Dutch tradition with you. Central Pa was Settled mostly by German Immigrants in the late 1700's and early 1800's. and of course those immigrants brought along there traditions...Some of the things we enjoy today in this area is our Rope style fresh and smoked sausage, hog maw ( Stuffed Pigs Stomach ), Sauerkraut, Ponhaus, Puddin an Hominey ( not to be confused with puddinG ) and Fausnaught's....Fausnaught's are made as part of a Christian celebration for Shrove Tuesday, or the day before Ash Wednesday....The premise is that on Shrove Tuesday is the last day that a christian can enjoy fattening foods / pleasure foods, because Ash Wednesday starts the christian fast till after Lent. So in my neck of the woods a lot of Churches make Fausnaughts and sell them to raise money. What is a fausnaught ??? It is the best doughnut you will ever eat......The traditional way is flour, yeast and potato's and then deep fried in lard till they float on the grease and get a medium brown and slightly crunchy....MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM so good

So just to tease you I picked mine up today because we might have snow tomorrow morning....And I just finished eat a glazed one.....Wish I could share with all......

It does sound good and so I looked it up. Is this what a fausnaught looks like Rafe? It sure looks good.

 

[peterh6308]

Funny how different country's can have almost the same ingredients but call it different. Mexico and other latin country's have a soup called Menudo and it consists of pig stomach/intestines and hominy.

 

[Ambivalent]

Funny how different country's can have almost the same ingredients but call it different. Mexico and other latin country's have a soup called Menudo and it consists of pig stomach/intestines and hominy.

***************************

So, odd, Peter - whenever I think of Menudo, I think of this. . . .

"A" XOXOXOXO

 

[Ambivalent]

Hi Everyone. Thought I would share a Central Pennsylvania Dutch tradition with you. Central Pa was Settled mostly by German Immigrants in the late 1700's and early 1800's. and of course those immigrants brought along there traditions...Some of the things we enjoy today in this area is our Rope style fresh and smoked sausage, hog maw ( Stuffed Pigs Stomach ), Sauerkraut, Ponhaus, Puddin an Hominey ( not to be confused with puddinG ) and Fausnaught's....Fausnaught's are made as part of a Christian celebration for Shrove Tuesday, or the day before Ash Wednesday....The premise is that on Shrove Tuesday is the last day that a christian can enjoy fattening foods / pleasure foods, because Ash Wednesday starts the christian fast till after Lent. So in my neck of the woods a lot of Churches make Fausnaughts and sell them to raise money. What is a fausnaught ??? It is the best doughnut you will ever eat......The traditional way is flour, yeast and potato's and then deep fried in lard till they float on the grease and get a medium brown and slightly crunchy....MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM so good

So just to tease you I picked mine up today because we might have snow tomorrow morning....And I just finished eat a glazed one.....Wish I could share with all......

*********************************

Rafe, my sweetheart -

I know that in Switzerland (so a Canadian friend who recently married a Swiss guy, tells me) - they have a similar festival, called Fasching - which is much the same as "Carnival", in Catholic countries.

I'm Canadian, Protestant, and cold - so I'll settle for a doughnut, or two. Before Lent. (And, as you all know, I have MUCH to repent.)

"A" XOXOXOXOXO

*Sergei Nakariakov - "The Carnival of Venice" ~

P.S. For Mike, or anyone else who is interested to know -
*Sergei Nakariakov is the greatest trumpet virtuoso of all time.
*He began as a piano-prodigy, but had his spine injured in an automobile accident, when he was six - so he could no longer play the piano. He gradually recovered, and since he could no longer play the piano, he took up the trumpet, instead.
*His family is Jewish, and under the growing shadow of intolerance from the current Russian regime, his family moved to Israel.
*I had the immense, and exceptional, joy, of hearing Sergei play in Canada, in 2001.

 

[Ambivalent]

P.S. -

Though this is a digression (and I always digress, it is my NATURE) of which I'm certain our dear Jon will not approve - here is one more moment, from Sergei, just for Mike.

You know, Mike, Vladimir Horowitz famously said, "All great musicians are either Jewish, or homosexual. I am, BOTH!"

And while this certainly isn't entirely true, it always makes me (and my friend Dr. F., who is a famous Jewish doctor in Paris) laugh, because. . . well, just because ;-)

Love,
"A" XOXOXOXOXO

 

[Ambivalent]

And, last -

Just a little fun, from Sergei - Rimsky-Korsakov's "Flight of the Bumblebee".

"A" ;-)

 

[Beth]

***************************

so, odd, peter - whenever i think of menudo, i think of this. . . .

"a" xoxoxoxo

View attachment 13525

que rico!

 

[rafe59]

It does sound good and so I looked it up. Is this what a fausnaught looks like Rafe? It sure looks good.

That's it Mike......And so good....lolololol......

 

[tampa24]

Hi Everyone. Thought I would share a Central Pennsylvania Dutch tradition with you. Central Pa was Settled mostly by German Immigrants in the late 1700's and early 1800's. and of course those immigrants brought along there traditions...Some of the things we enjoy today in this area is our Rope style fresh and smoked sausage, hog maw ( Stuffed Pigs Stomach ), Sauerkraut, Ponhaus, Puddin an Hominey ( not to be confused with puddinG ) and Fausnaught's....Fausnaught's are made as part of a Christian celebration for Shrove Tuesday, or the day before Ash Wednesday....The premise is that on Shrove Tuesday is the last day that a christian can enjoy fattening foods / pleasure foods, because Ash Wednesday starts the christian fast till after Lent. So in my neck of the woods a lot of Churches make Fausnaughts and sell them to raise money. What is a fausnaught ??? It is the best doughnut you will ever eat......The traditional way is flour, yeast and potato's and then deep fried in lard till they float on the grease and get a medium brown and slightly crunchy....MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM so good

So just to tease you I picked mine up today because we might have snow tomorrow morning....And I just finished eat a glazed one.....Wish I could share with all......

They sound yummy Rafe. lol

 

[louis33705]

This was very informative. I had not heard of this tradition before. However, I do eat fried jumbo with eggs for breakfast frequently.