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Pancake Day

Pancake Day. 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 .

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Pancake Day

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  1. Pancake Day

  2. Whatis Pancake Day? • Pancake Day ( alsoknown as ShroveTuesday) is the lastdaybefore the period whichChristianscallLent. Itistraditional on thisday to eatpancakes. • Lentis a time of abstinence, of givingthings up. So ShroveTuesdayis the lastchance to indulgeyourself, and to useup the foods thataren'tallowedin Lent. Pancakes areeaten on thisdaybecausethey contain fat, butter and eggswhichwereforbiddenduring Lent.

  3. WhenisShroveTuesday (Pancake Day)? • ShroveTuesdayiscelebrated the daybeforeAsh Wednesday and istherefore the finaldaybefore the commencement of Lent, a Christian festivalleadingup to EasterSunday (Easter Day). • ShroveTuesdayalwaysfalls 47 daysbeforeEasterSunday, so the datevariesfromyear to year and fallsbetween 3 February and 9 March.

  4. WHEN IS PANCAKE DAY CELEBRATED? 2008 — 5 February 2009 — 24 February 2010 — 16 February 2011 — 8 March 2012 — 21 February 2013 — 12 February 2014 — 4 March 2015 — 17 February 2016 — 9 February 2017 — 28 February

  5. Whatis an English Pancake? • A pancakeis a thin, flatcake, made of batter and friedin a pan. • The photographshows a pancakebeingcookedin a frying pan. • Castersugar (superfinesugar) issprinkledover the top and a dash of freshlemonjuiceadded. The pancakeisthenrolled. Somepeopleadd golden syrupor jam

  6. Why do Christianscall the day 'ShroveTuesday'? • The nameShrovecomesfrom the old word "shrive" whichmeansto confess. On ShroveTuesday, in the Middle Ages, peopleused to confesstheirsins so thattheywereforgivenbefore the season of Lent began.

  7. PANCAKE RACE • Many communities have a pancake festival or some kind of gathering to eat pancakes together before Lent. One of the oldest is in the village of Olney, England where an annual Pancake Race dates back five centuries! On Shrove Tuesday, women compete against each other in a 415-yard race in which they must carry a pancake in a skillet. • The legend is that when the church bells rang for Shrove Tuesday service in the year 1445, a certain housewife was not finished grilling the cakes. Not wishing to ruin her pancakes, she ran to the church with pan in hand.

  8. Pancakes and the royal family

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