PANCAKE+DAY

Tuesday 12th February 2013  PANCAKE DAY  Pancakes in other countries  Simple Pancake Recipe • Shrove Tuesday is the day when we eat pancakes. This is the last day before the Christian time of Lent. • In olden days Christians did not eat many foods such as milk, eggs and fats during Lent. • They did not waste food so before Lent began, they had a feast using all the food that would go bad before they could eat it again. • Pancakes were a dish that used up the foods by adding some flour.