SHROVE TUESDAY OR PANCAKE DAY

Tomorrow is one of the best days of the year – Pancake Day!

What is an English Pancake?


A pancake is a thin, flat cake, made of butter and fried in a pan.


What is Pancake Day?

Pancake Day ( also known as Shrove Tuesday) is the last day before the period which Christians call Lent. It is traditional on this day to eat pancakes. 

Why are Pancakes eaten on Shrove Tuesday?


Lent is a time of abstinence, of giving things up. So Shrove Tuesday is the last chance to indulge yourself, and to use up the foods that aren't allowed in Lent. Pancakes are eaten on this day because they contain fat, butter and eggs which were forbidden during Lent.

     

.Another name for Shrove Tuesday is Fat Tuesday or Mardi Gras, so called because of the tradition of eating rich food before fasting for Lent. The famous New Orleans Mardi Gras is celebrated on this day.