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Pancake Day Traditions and Recipes

Pancake Day, also known as Shrove Tuesday, is a traditional Christian festival celebrated in many countries the day before Ash Wednesday. It involves eating pancakes and participating in pancake races, where women race down streets flipping pancakes in frying pans. The traditions stem from the need to use up rich foods like eggs, butter, and milk before Lenten fasting begins on Ash Wednesday. Pancake Day falls on a date that varies each year depending on Easter but is celebrated in 2024 on February 13th.

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Pancake Day Traditions and Recipes

Pancake Day, also known as Shrove Tuesday, is a traditional Christian festival celebrated in many countries the day before Ash Wednesday. It involves eating pancakes and participating in pancake races, where women race down streets flipping pancakes in frying pans. The traditions stem from the need to use up rich foods like eggs, butter, and milk before Lenten fasting begins on Ash Wednesday. Pancake Day falls on a date that varies each year depending on Easter but is celebrated in 2024 on February 13th.

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What is it?
Pancake day is a tradition where house-wifes race down
streets, carrying a frying pan and flipping the pancake as they run.
The aim of the race is to get first to the finishing line. The winner of
the race serves her pancake to the bell ringer and is kissed by him.

Img.2 pancake day race


When is pancake day?
Pancake day, also known as Shrove Tuesday, is a traditional
feast day before the start of Lent on Ash Wednesday so the date
varies from year to year. In 2024 it will be celebrated on Tuesday, 13 th
of February.

Img.3 pancake
day
Why is it celebrated?
According to tradition a woman heard the shriving bell while
she was making pancakes and ran to the church in her apron, still
flipping her frying pan.

Img.4 women running


On Pancake Day, people eat pancakes and other rich foods to
prepare for Lent.
Traditionally during Lent, Christians would give up rich, tasty
foods such as butter, eggs, sugar and fat, so Shrove Tuesday was the
last chance to eat them and they made pancakes.

Img.5 eggs, meat fat,


butter and sugar
Pancake Customs in the Uk and Ireland
“Shroving” was a tradition in which children sang and recited
poetry in exchange for food or money. Children also passed from
house to house and asked for pancakes.

Img.6 children asking


for pancakes
Where is it celebrated?
This day is celebrated in many countries around the world. It is
celebrated in English-speaking countries like England, Scotland,
Ireland, Australia and Canada.
In the Uk pancake races are an important part of the Shrove
Tuesday celebrations
Fun fact: In France this day is called “Mardi Gras”

Img.7 some countries who


celebrate pancake day
Ingredients
The ingredients for pancakes can be seen to symbolise four points of
significance at this time of the year:
- eggs – creation
- flour – the staff of life
- salt – wholesomeness
- milk - purity

Img.8 representations of the


symbols
Recipe Img.9 pancakes
Ingredients:
2 egg
1 cup of Flour
1 cup of Milk
Mix the eggs, flour and the milk until smooth.
Melt butter in a large non-stick frying pan.
Pour one spoon of batter in the frying pan and let it cook for one to two minutes.
Flip the pancake over and cook for one minute more.
Serve with your favourite topping.
Video
Please don’t ask
questions

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