One of the stories related to the Escalade (which happened in 1602) is about the old lady who was making a big pot of vegetable soup for her sick husband. When she heard the French soldiers climbing up the city walls, she poured her big pot of soup out the window over them, doing her part in defeating them. Today we celebrate Escalade by dressing up in costumes and gathering for vegetable soup, bread and cheese. And then dessert is a chocolate pot (called Marmite) full of marzipan vegetables. The oldest and youngest in the gathering get to break the pot, and say something along the lines of "And so the enemies of the republic perished." The chocolate pieces and marzipan vegetable are distributed to all!
We had an outdoor Escalade gathering at Asia's pre-school. Each kid contributed 3 vegetables to the soup. They had the kids take turns walk on a catwalk of little school benches to show off their costumes. Then they held hands and sang songs about vegetables and the Escalade. Then it was Marmite time!
Cousins
Marzipan!
The glorious marmite and marzipan veggies
2 comments:
Asia you are so adorable!
It is good to see our Deguzman counterparts and as nice as it would be to have you closer there is no way I could deprive them of your presence.
Congratulations on your races that is pretty darn cool.
In the end I just say wait to go destroying those traffic rule breakers known as the french.
So was it the giant gas guzzling escalades that destroyed the French in the end? Is that why it's called Escalade? And I thought marzipan was a almond candy but it's a vegetable? Help me Alma I'm so uncultured!!!!
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