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Shrove Tuesday Pancake Day
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It is the day of preparation for Lent, when the eating pancakes was made obvious by the need to up the eggs and fat, the eating of which were prohibited during the forty days of Lent.
Pancake races
Holding Pancake races is a tradition in the UK which dates
back at least to the 1400s and are practiced in villages and towns throughout
the country. It is thought to have originated when a housewife heard the church
bells ringing for service whilst in the process of making her pancakes, so she
ran out of the house still carrying her frying pan and pancake.
Because Shrove Tuesday is directly linked to Easter, the
date varies from year to year. Easter Day is usually the first Sunday
after the full moon that falls on or just after Spring Equinox and can therefore
occur on any date between 22nd March and April end. It's all a little
complicated, so below are the dates of Shrove Tuesday from 2008 to 2050.
Below are just some sweet and savoury pancake recipes on this site. Use the search form to find them all.
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Also
known as "Pancake Day", "Fat Tuesday" and "Mardi
Gras," Shrove Tuesday always falls on the Tuesday before
Ash Wednesday which is the first day of Lent in the Christian faith. Dates vary
from year to year, but it usually falls in February, sometimes early March.
In 2008 it falls on 5th February which is very early.