Epiphany

Now before anyone get's intrigued or excited...I unfortunately have not had an epiphany. The subject of this blog is The Epiphany, you know, God coming to Earth in the form of a human - i.e. the one and only Jesus Christ. Anyway, the French celebrate this religious festival in the only way that they know how...with pastry.

In France at Epiphany, people eat the gâteau des Rois in Provence (made of brioche) or the galette des Rois (puff pastry with almond cream) in the northern half of France and Belgium. This is a kind of king cake, with a trinket (usually a porcelain figurine of a king) or a bean hidden inside. The person who gets the piece of cake with the trinket becomes "king" for a day.

I have yet to experience a Galette yet but we are supposedly going to try some this evening and Lisa is going to make one on the weekend. I am more than intrigued after walking past my normal bakery yesterday and almost having a mild heart attack when I thought the French had starting producing PASTIES. On closer inspection I now realise that these 'pies' are the galettes and people are buying them to celebrate the epiphany. Apparently the youngest person, which in our case would be J, has to go under the table and shout out who will take which piece of cake and the person who has the trinket is given the crown to wear and becomes 'king' for the day. I hope it's not me...I'm not bossy enough to wear a crown.

Tried to explain this to mother, she was intrigued by the cake but didn't know what the epiphany was so had to explain...bless her. Some areas where she lacks knowledge make no sense at all. She could probably tell me how to turn my small savings into millions but ask her about the epiphany and she's stumped. Had to laugh, got to love her.