Pancake day, yum yum!

I can't believe its taken me a week to get my post about Pancake Day up!  I've been super busy though and my new job is exhausting me, but in a good way.  More on that in a post soon I promise.

What is Pancake Day those of you at home may ask? It's also know as Shrove Tuesday, Fat Tuesday or Mardi Gras.  Whatever you want to call it marks the beginning of lent-  The start of the 40 days Jesus spent in the wilderness before he was crucified on the cross, which leads up to Easter.  Of course you know the story and if not, where were you during Sunday school?

Whilst they are celebrating in New Orleans by reveling in the streets and exchanging peeks for beads in England people are preparing for lent by fattening up with pancakes.  According to Wikipedia this tradition originated as "a way to use up rich foodstuffs such as eggs, milk and sugar, before the fasting season of the 40 days of Lent.  The liturgical fasting emphasized eating plainer food and refraining from food that would give pleasure."  I love it, you have to love pancakes and everyone spends the day excited about the sweet feast ahead.

English pancakes are vastly different from American ones.  They are much more like crepes and the popular filling is lemon and sugar.  It's delightful!

We had friends over for a pancake feast, six of us in total filling ourselves with these treats.  We made them in two batches, Tom did the first and as everyone else was enthralled in the football I made the second batch.  Sorry for bragging Tom, but my pancakes did get massive compliments!

Now we are in lent, and I have to admit I haven't given anything up yet.  How horrible of me, I'm usually really good at lent.   What did you give up, any suggestions for me (late is better than never)?

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