Holy crap, this is awesome: over on BoingBoing, they’re having a debate about the merits and shortcomings of various king cakes. There aren’t that many comments yet, but what’s there is as spirited as anything you’d hear flying out of my neighbors’ mouths.
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I’m a bit confused about the traditional versus doughnut KC. And the whole ‘add your own baby jesus’ thing … I mean it’s basically French bread with sugar on it (or was before folks started adding the white icing before the colored sugar). Should one be traditionalist about these things?
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The “add your own” is probably a legal thing. Most of ’em now come with the baby in plain view, so you can put it anywhere you like. (And presumably avoid the section it’s in.)And no, traditionalism in king cakes means something akin to the Mackenzie’s traditional style, which is like a week-old half-ass cinnamon bun. Blech.
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If you post a link to your favorite, I’ll order one for Mardi Gras–or well before most likely.
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