Feves

[Valerie]

hi coffeesonme,

i wrote the french word feve because i don't even know if you have it in US :
they are little figures you find in a special cake on the 7th of january ; each year you can find very different themes about them : sport, dysney figurines etc some are gold plated ! and guess what .........:) :) :) :) :) :)
i've just found tonight on the web somebody selling ten of them about Betty Boop, of course i've already written my check and i hope to receive them soon, when i'm with BB luck is smiling at me ! it was his last sery ! why me ? WEll i won't wonder very long just accept this luck read you soon:cool:

[coffeesonme]

:D Oh what a glorious find. Hang on to them tight and just smile;) What is the special January 7th day represent? Do bakery's do this where you are, put the figurines in the cakes? Do the stay at home Moms do the same thing? Try and take a picture when your little BB's arrive.;)

[Valerie]

the feves are done to celebrate the coming of the 3 men (kings gaspar melchior and baltazar) who went to see the birth of jesus:cool:
bakeries are working hard every year to improve their reciepies ! and there are 2 kinds of galette one made with almond paste it's the most sold out in the country and the one sold in Franche Comte (our region and the best of course) made like a pie with sort of cremy stuf spread on it ! when i have time i make some it's much cheapper and as good as the one you can buy !
today it's carnaval day something to do with religion as well i think it's when Jesus multiplied bread and fish and after that it's Careme don't have good things to eat during 40 days, i don't think lots of people do that nowadays, in our family we just try not to eat loads of pizza and stuff like that but our girls are not keen on religious things eventhough we tought them about it i think they'll be able to choose later when studies are over !

During carnaval day people put on strange clothes, Roxane went to school in a fairy dress with make up on her face this morning ! it's mostly for children but some towns also organise big carnaval
though not as big as Rio though !

[coffeesonme]

:eek: Wow, that is so interesting! That's neat about the feves representing the three wisemen( if I got it straight):D The Carnaval is kind of like the Marti Grau in Lousiana , in the southern United States, only for children. Only thing I don't believe that the Marti Grau is a very religious celebration. I don't know if it started out that way years ago, but it isn't that way now.:)

[Valerie]

You 're right coffeesonme Carnaval is also called Mardi Gras (fat tuesday for the french lesson!!!!!)
The wisemen that's it i didn't know the english word for it .It's amazing how we can understand each other especially with my english, it' not that easer all the time and always frustrating when i can't explain properly what i mean ! Good luck for the translation and congratulations for the understanding .:cool: ;)

[coffeesonme]

Your accent is so sweet:D Yes, it does come across the page and I find it glorious! But then if a fellow Irishman or Scottsman were speanin the galic, I'd probably sit next to them and watch their mouth move, hahahahahahaaaa!:D
Yes, today is fat Tues. at USA Mardi Grau. Everyone stuffs themselves in order to fast until Easter, I think. I don't know which is more painful:eek: Keep smilin;)

[Valerie]

ahahahahah my accent goes over seas,! your humour crosses seas as well and it's nice to ba able to join in the same humour:o :P

[coffeesonme]

:D My cinimmons exactly!;)

[Valerie]

this time, i'm not sure i got the joke ( in fact didn't catch it at all!!!!!!!!!!!:( :( )

Have you had a lesson at the french lesson today in the chichat lounge ?:P :P :P :P miam miam

[coffeesonme]

Play on words. Cenaments( spelling?) In other words my agreements;) Cinnimon.;) I know, it was a long shot, but hey I'm hungry and that's the first thing that came to me, heehee:o Catch ya later;)

[Valerie]

so it's tea time or lunch time ? Read you in the french lesson where i will write the different times we eat in France