Pancake Day

[Kanga]

Okay today is Shrove Tuesday.....

So who is having Pancakes today and what toppings do you use?


I love our Aussie pancake which you in the US would call a crepe as we like them thinner with a squeeze of lemon juice and sprinkled with brown suger yummmmmmmm

[MaxJack'sMom]

Ok, I see a history lesson coming on with this. Is your Shrove Tuesday the same as our Fat Tuesday (the day before Ash Wednesday)?
I make homemade pancakes every Saturday for my son. He loves them with the mini chocolate chips in the batter. He puts warm maple syrup for the topping.

[Kanga]

Okay, yes it is the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday.

[Kanga]

I found this explaination in Wikipedia explains it better than I can :)

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Shrove Tuesday is the term used in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Australia to refer to the day after Collop Monday and before Ash Wednesday (the liturgical season of Lent begins on Ash Wednesday). In these countries, particularly Ireland, and amongst Anglicans in Canada, this day is also known as Pancake Day, because it is customary to eat pancakes on this day. In other parts of the world?for example, in historically Catholic and French-speaking parts of the United States and elsewhere?this day is called Mardi Gras, and in areas with large Polish-immigrant populations (for example, Chicago and Detroit) it is known as Paczki Day.
It is thought that pancakes are associated to this celebration because of the solar symbolic of their shape and colour. The traditional food for Mardi Gras are sweet fried dumplings usually served in the shape of a loose knot or a 5cm wide, 20cm long strip of dough one extremity of which is passed through a slit in its middle.

The reason that pancakes are associated with the day preceding Lent is that the 40 days of Lent form a period of liturgical fasting, during which only the plainest foodstuffs may be eaten. Therefore, rich ingredients such as eggs, milk, sugar and flour are disposed of immediately prior to the commencement of the fast. Pancakes and doughnuts were therefore an efficient way of using up these perishable goods, besides providing a minor celebratory feast prior to the fast itself [2].

The word shrove is a past tense of the English verb "shrive," which means to obtain absolution for one's sins by confessing and doing penance.[7] Shrove Tuesday gets its name from the shriving (confession) that Anglo-Saxon Christians were expected to receive immediately before Lent.[8]

Shrove Tuesday is the last day of "shrovetide," which is the English equivalent to the Carnival tradition that developed separately out of the countries of Latin Europe. In countries of the Carnival tradition, the day before Ash Wednesday is known either as the "Tuesday of Carnival" (in Spanish-speaking countries, "Martes de Carnaval," in Portuguese-speaking countries, "Ter?a-feira de Carnaval", in German "Faschingsdienstag") or "Carnival Tuesday" (in Portuguese-speaking countries "Ter?a-feira Gorda", in French-speaking countries, "Mardi Gras," in Italian-speaking countries, "Marted? Grasso").

The term "Shrove Tuesday" is not widely known in the United States, especially in those regions that celebrate Mardi Gras on the day before Ash Wednesday.
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Here endeth the lesson :D


A side note:

Now I have learnt something about why the US celebrate Mardi Gras

:D Here in Australia a Mardi Gras is a street parade and festival for the Gay community. :fainted:


I still would like some recipes for Pancake toppings.........

[Gregswife]

When I was a kid, my mom used to fry bacon and then crumble it up in the pancake batter - it was so yummy!!!

[bek74]

I luv Pancakes with either just butter pread on top or with Ice cream :D

[Gregswife]

Like my pancakes slathered in butter and smothered with maple syrup - not that sounds Low-cal doesn't it...NOT!!!

[Kanga]

Like my pancakes slathered in butter and smothered with maple syrup - not that sounds Low-cal doesn't it...NOT!!!

My husband is a butter and Maple syrup with blueberries person where as I am lemon juice and brown sugar person.

LoL pancakes sure are not for those watching their waistline.

[maltesemum]

I dont really like pancakes but if i had to have one i'd have it with lashings of fresh doubled whipped cream*lickslips*

I've been for my ashes as it is now ash wednesday:D

[Kanga]

I dont really like pancakes but if i had to have one i'd have it with lashings of fresh doubled whipped cream*lickslips*

I've been for my ashes as it is now ash wednesday:D


:tongue6: Just cream :confused: No strawberries or blueberries ..... nothing but cream!

[maltesemum]

:tongue6: Just cream :confused: No strawberries or blueberries ..... nothing but cream!

Well,maybe some strawberries:D

[MaxJack'sMom]

I found this explaination in Wikipedia explains it better than I can :)

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Shrove Tuesday is the term used in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Australia to refer to the day after Collop Monday and before Ash Wednesday (the liturgical season of Lent begins on Ash Wednesday). In these countries, particularly Ireland, and amongst Anglicans in Canada, this day is also known as Pancake Day, because it is customary to eat pancakes on this day. In other parts of the world?for example, in historically Catholic and French-speaking parts of the United States and elsewhere?this day is called Mardi Gras, and in areas with large Polish-immigrant populations (for example, Chicago and Detroit) it is known as Paczki Day.
It is thought that pancakes are associated to this celebration because of the solar symbolic of their shape and colour. The traditional food for Mardi Gras are sweet fried dumplings usually served in the shape of a loose knot or a 5cm wide, 20cm long strip of dough one extremity of which is passed through a slit in its middle.

The reason that pancakes are associated with the day preceding Lent is that the 40 days of Lent form a period of liturgical fasting, during which only the plainest foodstuffs may be eaten. Therefore, rich ingredients such as eggs, milk, sugar and flour are disposed of immediately prior to the commencement of the fast. Pancakes and doughnuts were therefore an efficient way of using up these perishable goods, besides providing a minor celebratory feast prior to the fast itself [2].

The word shrove is a past tense of the English verb "shrive," which means to obtain absolution for one's sins by confessing and doing penance.[7] Shrove Tuesday gets its name from the shriving (confession) that Anglo-Saxon Christians were expected to receive immediately before Lent.[8]

Shrove Tuesday is the last day of "shrovetide," which is the English equivalent to the Carnival tradition that developed separately out of the countries of Latin Europe. In countries of the Carnival tradition, the day before Ash Wednesday is known either as the "Tuesday of Carnival" (in Spanish-speaking countries, "Martes de Carnaval," in Portuguese-speaking countries, "Ter?a-feira de Carnaval", in German "Faschingsdienstag") or "Carnival Tuesday" (in Portuguese-speaking countries "Ter?a-feira Gorda", in French-speaking countries, "Mardi Gras," in Italian-speaking countries, "Marted? Grasso").

The term "Shrove Tuesday" is not widely known in the United States, especially in those regions that celebrate Mardi Gras on the day before Ash Wednesday.
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Here endeth the lesson :D


A side note:

Now I have learnt something about why the US celebrate Mardi Gras

:D Here in Australia a Mardi Gras is a street parade and festival for the Gay community. :fainted:


I still would like some recipes for Pancake toppings.........

Thank you for the lesson. I dooooooooo love these intelectual gatherings we have. It is good that we broaden our minds with info from around the world. My congrats to the Prof. for the wonderful info.;)

[Kanga]

Thank you for the lesson. I dooooooooo love these intelectual gatherings we have. It is good that we broaden our minds with info from around the world. My congrats to the Prof. for the wonderful info.;)

No I am not a know it all you sent me to Google when you had no idea what I was talking about. You don't have to be smart to google ;)

[lilybellesmom]

Ummmm.....pancakes :tongue4: :tongue4: :tongue4:

[Chloeandj]

Pancakes....:dreaming: I'm still low carbing, this talk is painful!!:p :D

[Gregswife]

Jodi - I will eat them for you and describe them to you in detail if you want...

[Chloeandj]

YOu're a lifesaver! ;)

Mmmmm...I like em with a LOT of butter and a lot of syrup! LOL (Any question why I need to be dieting??:D )

[Kanga]

hahaha Jodi.

I don't eat them either I have to eat gluton free.... It has put a halt to a lot of things I loved to eat. but, I have an American SIL so I like to surprise him with a treat which is why I was wanting different ways to serve pancakes. My hubby is a butter and Maple syrup person.