The Sabbatical Chef: Le poisson d&avril and the Easter Bunny
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Practical jokes and trickery are common-place here. And we love it. A lot of trickery goes on with paquing eggs. Dr. Barry Jean Ancelet, in his book Cajun Country, reveals that some devilish paquers use dyed goose or guinea hen eggs because they .... Something tells me that this paquing is dirty business. If I was you, I would be looking for an egg-shaped rock and painting it in pastel colors;D You gotta get the hubby back for that! This is a great game for the kiddos. ...
But the French play jokes on each other, just as we do on April 1, but theirs involve colored fish stickers and telling someone tu as gobé le poisson d&avril (you&ve swallowed the April fish) if they fall for one of your pranks. Ok, I need a Frenchie to explain, ... That&s a really dirty trick, n&est-ce pas? Getting all dressed up only to find you have no where to go. Enter the fools, les foux. So, later the French adopted April 1 as a new celebration (any excuse for fun? ...
But the French play jokes on each other, just as we do on April 1, but theirs involve colored fish stickers and telling someone tu as gobé le poisson d&avril (you&ve swallowed the April fish) if they fall for one of your pranks. Ok, I need a Frenchie to explain, ... That&s a really dirty trick, n&est-ce pas? Getting all dressed up only to find you have no where to go. Enter the fools, les foux. So, later the French adopted April 1 as a new celebration (any excuse for fun? ...
But the French play jokes on each other, just as we do on April 1, but theirs involve colored fish stickers and telling someone tu as gobé le poisson d&avril (you&ve swallowed the April fish) if they fall for one of your pranks. Ok, I need a Frenchie to explain, ... That&s a really dirty trick, n&est-ce pas? Getting all dressed up only to find you have no where to go. Enter the fools, les foux. So, later the French adopted April 1 as a new celebration (any excuse for fun? ...
Practical jokes and trickery are common-place here. And we love it. A lot of trickery goes on with paquing eggs. Dr. Barry Jean Ancelet, in his book Cajun Country, reveals that some devilish paquers use dyed goose or guinea hen eggs because they .... Something tells me that this paquing is dirty business. If I was you, I would be looking for an egg-shaped rock and painting it in pastel colors;D You gotta get the hubby back for that! This is a great game for the kiddos. ...
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