My best friend was given a King Cake yesterday. He ate the first slice … no problem.
Later he eats the second slice and … what the hell! He bit into a plastic baby! He had NO IDEA what the dealeo was with King Cake. I called him and told him he was a dumba**. Said how could I go to his funeral without laughing. I mean somebody asks me why he perished how am I going to say it with a straight face? Then you got people laughing at a funeral and nothing after that is going to go anywhere but down.

People inform yourself and others. It's no laughing matter.

Huh ?

I'm not sure if people are joking so for those who don't know the King cake thing goes back to Ancient Rome.

"The practice of hiding a plastic baby (or sometimes a porcelain doll) in the cake began to become common in the United States in the mid-20th century. By the 1950s1960s, many bakeries and households in Louisiana started using a plastic baby as a charm and a marker of the winner who gets the slice.
- **Symbolism and customs:** The person who finds the baby is typically responsible for hosting the next King Cake party and supplying the next cake. The baby is also a symbol of good luck and prosperity.

So when eating a king cake be careful not to chomp down on the plastic baby that might be in your "winner" slice.

Catholics, amirite?

You can fool some of the papal all of the time and all of the papal some of the time but you can't fool all of the papal all of the time.

toucan82 said:

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I don't get it

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Yeah, it's one of many things...

Expected Ren, very disappointed.



King cakes are a stupid Creole mutt thing. Such a cool culture that cherry picks stuff from Christianity and demonic voodoo from Africa/Haiti.

But thanks for the partying and gumbo, Creolians!

BartInLA said:

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I'm not sure if people are joking so for those who don't know the King cake thing goes back to Ancient Rome.

"The practice of hiding a plastic baby (or sometimes a porcelain doll) in the cake began to become common in the United States in the mid-20th century. By the 1950s1960s, many bakeries and households in Louisiana started using a plastic baby as a charm and a marker of the winner who gets the slice.
- **Symbolism and customs:** The person who finds the baby is typically responsible for hosting the next King Cake party and supplying the next cake. The baby is also a symbol of good luck and prosperity.

So when eating a king cake be careful not to chomp down on the plastic baby that might be in your "winner" slice.

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Did not know the history of all that and no, I don't feel bad about that.

King cake is gross btw. No one should eat it. Problem solved.

Sorry for not being caught up on cake mythology

I'll try to do better

"The baby is also a symbol of good luck and prosperity."

It's called Rosca de Reyes and it's a Mexican tradition.

OP is on some weird *****