Pancake Day

What is Pancake Day?

Pancake Day is the last day before Lent and is also known as Shrove Tuesday. Pancakes are traditionally eaten on this day to use up the eggs and fat which were not eaten during the fasting period.

Why are pancakes eaten on Pancake Day?
Lent is a time of abstinence, of giving thins up. So Shrove Tuesday is the last time 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.

 When is Shrove Tuesday (Pancake Day)?
Shrove Tuesday is celebrated the day before Ash Wednesday and is therefore the final day before the beginning of Lent, a Christian festival leading up to Easter Sunday. Shrove Tuesday always falls 47 days before Easter Sunday, so the date varies from year to year and falls between 3 February and 9 March.
 In 2012 Pancake Day was 21 February
 In 2013 Pancake Day will be 12 February 


 Why do Christians call the day “Shrove Tuesday”?
The name Shrove comes from the old word “shrive” which means to confess. On Shrove Tuesday, in the Middle Ages, people used to confess their sins so that they were forgiven before the season of Lent began.

 What happens on Pancake Day in England?

On that day it is traditional to eat pancakes, toss pancakes and take part in pancake races. A Great Pancake Race takes place on Pancake day each year in London on Tower Hill Terrace, in front of the church of All Hallows by the Tower. This is a great fun event and is mirrored in thousands of smaller pancake races around the globe.




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