MARDI GRAS FAMILY DANCE PARTY

Come to our virtual Mardi Gras Family Dancy Party with DJ Christopher - February 16 at 7:00 PM on Zoom.

Click here to join the Zoom Party or enter Meeting ID: 916 3449 9220, Passcode: 835811
To call in, dial 1-301-715-8592 then enter the Meeting ID/Passcode if prompted.

Come join your church family and friends for an intergenerational celebration as we reinvent our Mardi Gras pancake dinner and dance party traditions for pandemic times. Our celebration will include dancing and eating breakfast-for-dinner together. We will honor our tradition of saying good bye to our Alleluias during Lent, by offering Alleluia coloring sheets, which you can color and then hide in your homes until Easter.

No RSVP necessary! To make the most of the party, we invite you to:

- download a Mardi Gras Zoom background

- wear a mask, click here to make your own mask at home - https://www.thesprucecrafts.com/free-mardi-gras-mask-templates-135785

- throw on colorful beads and silly hats

- make pancakes for dinner - see our church recipe below

- color in an Alleluia Coloring Book sheet - click here for a .pdf download

You can also just show up! We hope to see you there!

West Tisbury Congregational Church Mardi Gras Pancakes

Makes 16 pancakes

1 cup white flour

1/3 cup whole wheat flour

1/3 cup cornmeal

1/3 cup oats

2 teaspoons baking powder  

1 teaspoons baking soda       

1/2 teaspoons salt     

1 tablespoon sugar

2 eggs

1 cup yogurt

1/2 cup buttermilk

2/3 cup whole milk    

1/4 cup canola oil

Sift flours and cornmeal with baking powder, baking soda, salt and sugar. Add oats and stir to blend.  Beat eggs and stir in yogurt, buttermilk, milk and canola oil. Add egg mixture to dry ingredients and mix gently. Batter should be lumpy. IMPORTANT! Overmixing will make tough pancakes!

Heat griddle or large skillet over medium-high heat, or at 300◦ to 325◦ on an electric griddle. Brush griddle generously with oil. Pour batter, about 1/4 cup at a time, onto griddle, making sure not to overcrowd. When pancake bottoms are brown and top surface starts to bubble, 2 to 3 minutes, flip cakes and cook until remaining side has browned, 1 to 2 minutes longer. Re-oil the skillet and repeat for the next batch of pancakes.