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some costumes) must be individually glued on. The entire outfit can weigh up to 120 pounds thanks to those rhinestones, heavy fabrics and wire infrastructure needed to hold elaborate headdresses in place. A King’s costume can cost $5,000. One year he made a Queen’s costume that cost $9,000 because the owner wanted white mink instead of the more-subdued rabbit fur.5 In 2005
Best King Cake Ever
The best king cakes in the entire world came from Ruth’s Cakery in Bay St. Louis on Court Street. They were like no other. Owners Ruth Jim Thompson worked 20 hour days during Mardi Gras Season and still couldn’t keep up with the demand. The cakes could even be shipped across the country by FedEx.
What are king cakes? Ruth’s king cakes were made of sweet dough, traditionally with cinnamon sugar inside and topped with fondant icing and Mardi Gras colored sugars (green, purple and gold). Some king cakes are filled. Ruth made her own cream cheese filling. There were many other filling flavors available including praline, strawberry, and blueberry. The best was to get a combination of cream cheese and another flavor like praline.
King Cakes are available from January 6th (Epiphany) through Mardi Gras. It is called a King Cake because Epiphany honors the meeting of the Three Wise Men with the infant Jesus. In most King Cakes, a tiny baby doll is hidden inside the dough, representing the Christ Child. As the cake is cut, each person hopes to find the baby in his or her slice. The person who finds the baby is crowned "KING" and rules for the day and throws the next party.6
Ruth’s Cakery was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina on August 29, 2005 and will not be reopened. No truly decent king cake now exists anywhere on earth.
5	http://risingfromruin.msnbc.com/2005/12/in_the_house_of.html
6	http://kingcakes.ruthscakery.com/tradition/index.htm