WOW!!! color=red> size=6>
Great job, you always wow, your family is really lucky. - Gail

Thanks, Gail...Next time I will make them with apples again..the choc was a bit much for me in the morning...but good! :)

Like the purple stemware and I ADORE the napkins and napkin rings.
Also, can you tell us more about the Abelskivers with chocolate? Please!
OA

Oh, and one more thing - what's the difference between Fat Tuesday and Shrove Tuesday.

I just gained at least 5 pounds looking at that delish plate of goodies! I love all of the bright colors. I tried to enlarge your pics, but got a message that the action that I was trying to perform had failed. My eyes aren't behaving lately. Been fighting a bad case of pink eye since last Friday. But, what I can see looks great!
Betty

Shrove Tuesday...more liturgical I guess...I never heard the priest say Fat Tuesday, LOL...
Wikipedia will explain all...:)

Abelskivers are made in a special pan you can get at WSonoma. They are round...Last time I made them around Christmas...I used apple..this time, I dropped chocolate into them...
If you google it they will give you recipes...

Betty, I have to copy the pics as medium for the blog. The first ones I did just for here so I left them large..
Did you get something for your eye??

Here is a link that might be useful: Shrove Tues.

Great colours and "carnival" type accessories! Your purple goblets match perfectly as does the tablecloth. I am giving up desserts for Lent and I wish I could have had some of those abelskivers with chocolate as my last indulgence! Yummy!

DD

How festive your table turned out, Kathleen! Love your napkins and the way you layered the plates/bowls. Really like your candleholder centerpiece too. Thank goodness we just got back from a steak dinner out and I'm stuffed--your food always makes me hungry! LOL

Luvs

Wow!! Love all the carnival details - I love, love the napkins. Where did you get them? And the napkin rings are beautiful and appropriate. The purple goblets look great with your masks and the lovely green dishes.

DD - giving up dessert?? I admire your will power. I have none when it comes to dessert. :)

Mo

Kathleen, very festive, you surely have the right dishes & accessories for so many occasions!!!

Abelskivers! Now that's a coincidence! Was watching the food channel a few weeks ago & it was chefs telling of their favorite restaurants that feature a certain item of food.

The one chef went to a place that specialized in Abelskivers & they were made with bananas in them, can't remember what else, but he said he would travel to this place just for them they are so good!!

It sounded soooo good & looked so good, guess I'll have to look it up!!!

I was looking at these pics at 2:30AM this morning (my sweet little Tibbie, Chloe, was having a panic attack and I was cuddling her), and I couldn't figure out what you were using for napkin rings! Now, with my reading glasses on, I can see they're fleur-de-lis . . . very nice! Kathleen, I love your napkins, they're perfect for a table like this! Same with the bowls. I'm constantly amazed at the dinnerware and accent pieces you have!
Lynn

Thank you, Ladies..
The napkins are actually kitchen towels from KMart at 90% off after Cmas a few years ago...I thought Mardi Gras when I saw them...
The fleur de lis napkin rings are from Target, half off, maybe after Tgiving...And the fleur de lis "candelabra" is from Villeroy and Boch..a Cmas item from a few yrs ago...I used it at Halloween for a table and this one...

The purple glasses I found at TJMaxx...I loved them, they only had 4...but I can use them with a few different tables.

So now that MG is over, on to St Pat's!

Kathleen,

What a great interpretation. Your table just LOOKS like Mardi Gras with the masks, and diamond-decorated towels/napkins--they remind me of a jester's outfit--absolutely perfect! You have so many terrific things, and a great flair for design! And don't let my DH see that fabulous breakfast, he might just chuck his bowl of granola...

- Magpie

Thanks so much, Kathleen, for providing the link on Shrove Tuesday. I learned so much from it.
And again I have to tell you how pretty your tables (and food) are. The colors are beautiful. I'll start looking for stuff to use next year. Gosh, this is fun!
Also, I did have medications for my pink eye but they didn't work this time. I started on one Friday night as soon as I realized my eye was acting up. When that one didn't work, I dug out the other one and started that one Sat. Sunday was worse, so Monday Alfred took me to the Dr. for even stronger stuff. It is better today. Thanks for asking. Your tables aren't blurry today!!
Betty

Abelskivers . . . I have one of those pans from WS, too! DD likes me to make them stuffed with apples. I like lemon curd myself. Your dish looks wonderfully yummy, although the only chocolate I can handle in the mornings is hot cocoa. Brunch is another matter, though. Mmmmm!
Lynn

Betty, glad your eye is better...that can be very annoying!

Lynne, yes, lemon curd...that would be excellent. I made some with pineapple in the middle too!

Beautiful table setting, and that's for breakfast????

You're setting the bar too high for the rest of us, LOL.

What a pleasure to wake up and find such a wonderful table all set with so delicious food!

I love your purple goblets!

This is Absolutely Beautiful!! I love those festive colors, and those goblets are a stunning color..
Here it is past midnight and I'm drooling over your food!
jane