Shrove Tuesday = Pancake Day

Tyler Durden

Tomorrow is PANCAKE DAY over here, which is a day of untold greatness for those of us that absolutely love completely pigging out on this high fat treat day......

Some questions though...

Do they celebrate this day in the US? I don't have a clue.

and

If you do celebrate it and do indeed LOVE IT, do you have the homemade pancakes or the cheap shop stuff? What do you have on yours? Lemon and sugar? Mmmmm. Ice cream and maple syrup? Mmmmm.

Jayman

Super Moderator

No, we don't have pancake day, although it sounds like a wonderful day. What exactly is it? A day to head to the shops and eat pancakes? Are there parades or something?

I like to celebrate "Pancake night" at about 3am on Saturday nights/Sunday mornings at the local 24-hour Dennys (Or Coney Island, or whatever restaurant serves greasy breakfast food during then). My favorite are blueberry pancakes, although cinnamon pancakes and chocolate chip pancakes are also divine.

Tyler Durden

I have shamefully ripped this off of Wiki. (Rep to Mr Kennedy) We don't have parades, just go home and pig ourselves till we spontaneously combust.

Shrove Tuesday is the term used in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Australia to refer to the day after Shrove Monday and before Ashe Wednesday (the liturgical season of Lent begins on Ash Wednesday).

In these countries, particularly Ireland, and amongst Anglicans, Lutherans and possibly other Protestant denominations in Canada including Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick, this day is also known as Pancake Day or Pancake Tuesday, 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. In areas with large Polish-immigrant populations (for example, Chicago) it is known as Paczki Day & celebrated on the Thursday before Lent.

And in areas with large German-immigrant populations (for example, Pennsylvania Dutch Country) it is known as Fasnacht Day (also spelled Fausnacht Day and Fauschnaut Day).

Jayman

Super Moderator

Oh, shame on me for forgetting that tomorrow is "Fat Tuesday" as it is known around here, and Ash Wednesday the day after. Yes, we have something similiar around these parts where we pig out on Paczki's, Polish jelly-filled donuts that are about 1000 calories a pop. Especially around here where there's a large Polish population.

I'm going to avoid those desserts tomorrow (hopefully), but no promises.

emmathe37th

I'm going to the supermarket tomorrow to buy ingredients Can't beat banana and melted chocolate pancakes.

[insert some innuendo about tossing here]

The Phantom

I celebrated it today, as I'm working tomorrow =[

Gigglypuff

Whoops I forgot! And have done for the last few years actually. Theres just no hype about it anymore.

I have ice cream, or sliced bananas and whipped cream. Yummmm

Dakstang

WC's Resident Redneck

I have never heard of ice cream being used for a pancake topping.

Gigglypuff

Try it, its worth it

Tyler Durden

I went for the more "traditional" lemon (not Jif....real Lemon) and sugar variety in the end and managed to scoff down three of them bad boys.

Yum.