WHAT IS PANCAKE TUESDAY?!

It's actually called Shrove Tuesday, which is the day before Ash Wednesday which signals the beginning of Lent. Sometimes it's called Fat Tuesday. The idea is to party hearty because you'll be fasting for 40 days until Easter.

Pancake Tuesday is the Tuesday (last day) before Lent - the period of fast and abstinence (lasting 6 weeks) before Easter Sunday (The rising)! So, pancakes are deemed a luxury item & cooked ad infinitum - fairly basic pancakes served with sugar and lots of freshly squeezed lemon drizzled over them - each person sugaring & squeezing their own pancake! When you have lots of children it's best start early & have a pot of very hot water with a large plate on top to stack the pancakes (with a disc of greaseproof paper between each one at the ready) and a lid to keep the covered & hot - it's also useful to use two frying pans at the same time to speed things along - do you need the recipe for the batter?

Experience!

It is also known as Shrove Tuesday.
Shrove Tuesday is a term associated in English-speaking countries, especially the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia,[1] New Zealand, and parts of the United States[2] for the day preceding Ash Wednesday, the first day of the season of fasting and prayer called Lent.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrove_Tues…

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Pancake Tuesday is when someone is planning on having a bunch of pancakes on Tuesday. Some restaurant is most likely sponsoring it.

It's the day before lent starts so you eat as much as possible before the 40 days of lent!
So basically an excuse to eat AS MANY pancakes as you want...and god aproves! Which is a plus!
ttfn! :)

It is the day before the beginning of lent.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrove_Tues…

Family, organizations, and business serve pancakes on this day. That's all.