Shrove Tuesday (or pancake day) is next Tuesday, which marks the last day before lent when people eat pancakes before the start of lent. It is traditionally a period where you stop eating certain foods i.e. sugar, fats, flour and eggs. They would empty their cupboards of these products and make lots of pancakes before lent started.
It takes place 47 days before Easter Sunday and pancake races have been going around for years. London has a number of famous ones.
The Parliamentary Pancake Race starts from the Victoria Tower Gardens and is in its 15th Year. This has probably the most highgh-profile participants which features three teams made up from MP’s, Lords and members of the press to help raise fundforfo the charity ‘Rehab’.
Other pancake races that take place in London are the ‘Great Spitafields Pancake Race, from the Old Truman Brewery, The ‘Inter-Livery Pancake Race foam Guildhall Yard and Better Bankside Pancake Day Race from Borough Market.
Some original fillings for your pancakes start with chocolate (yum, yum) fruits, syrups, fudge, sugar and ice cream, or of course, flamed with brandy (crepe suzette).
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Any excuse for baking and cooking! LOL
I do loooooove pancakes don’t you? 🙂
Love a pancake!
Oh me to gg, can’t wait for Tuesday 🙂
I am the only one in the house that likes them so I have the perfect excuse to either eat way too many or not to make them. This year I am trying to diet so won’t be making any 🙁
Oh its only once a year bda, so go for it and eat as many as you can 🙂
Nope. you wouldn’t believe how many that would be
Oh I’m sure it wouldn’t be that many bda, there’s only sooooo many pancakes you can eat :):)
True but it would be way too many x
LOL make them with skimmed milk and use splenda sugar :)):)
But don’t forget to go and get SHRIVEN first before you have your pancakes 😉 ‘of COURSE you will’ 😉 😀 I love pancakes best with good old sugar and lemon juice! YUM!
Easily the best combination is lemon juice and sugar. mmm.
Most definitely 🙂
Thats the way i like them dt, just perfect, a touch of brandy does go down well though 🙂
? Brandy? Mmmmmm… might try that…..
I have a feeling maple syrup is good. Maple syrup is always good! 🙂
Flamed brandy pancakes (crepes suzette) with ice-cream is an absolute winner but maple syrup is deeeeeelicious as well :):):)
Thanks for the reminder! Pancakes for supper it is!
Not until Tuesday now Gane :)):)
LOL
Had them for breaky this morning so we’ll see if we can have 2x in one week!
:)):)) that made me laugh, do them again on Tuesday, they are lush at the end of the day :):)