Theologically speaking, Mardi Gras is all about indulgence. So it makes perfect sense that funnel cakes would be involved.

Sometime between the point when the barricades went up in downtown Mobile’s streets and the point when the Conde Cavaliers rolled, the food vendors arrived. Throughout the season their flashy signs and hot-oil smells will tempt anyone and everyone foolish enough to come downtown thinking a MoonPie caught on the wing and maybe a bag of peanuts would suffice as dinner.