Belly Lore - Fat Tuesday

Jambalaya is a rice dish flavored with a combination of meats (especially ham since the word "jambalaya" comes from the French "jambon" meaning ham) and spices.

The word Mardi Gras, French for Fat Tuesday, is a last hurrah before the Lenten Season.

Lent is from the Anglo Saxon word meaning Spring.  It's a Christian observance lasting from Ash Wednesday to Easter Sunday and is a time of preparation for observing the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ involving giving up luxuries as a form of the repentence of sins.