I guess culturally the bigger question is whether or not there’s a big pre-Lent Carnival season in Ireland. If not, there’s your answer.

My wife and her bestie have a Mardi Gras tradition every year now where they attempt a box mix king cake. Something always goes wrong with the rising process, and it ends up looking terrible but tasting great.

But yes, they are almost nonexistent and unheard of here in the Bay State. I’ve come to the conclusion that Mardi Gras never took off here because February weather here is the opposite of party time. Either cold, gray, damp, and dead or colder, gray, frozen, and angry. Perfect gumbo weather though!

South Shore here. We say Dunkies, so I mean you’re not totally wrong.

Nah ked, ‘s always been Dunkies ovah heah.