Pea Soup and Potato Pancakes, a Dinner for Vastlapäev (and Other Days)

Sometimes, in our modern lives, especially living outside of Europe, we lose track of holidays like vastlapäev (Shrove Tuesday/Mardi Gras). But even if you’ve missed it by a few days, you owe it to yourself to slow down, prepare a more out of the ordinary home-cooked meal, and mark the major points of the year. We definitely need it, with few other festivities taking place at the end of winter.

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