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Pancake Day (Shrove Tuesday)

Britain and Ireland use up eggs, milk and butter in thin pancakes with lemon and sugar.

Photo: Pieter Brueghel the Elder, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

What is eaten for Pancake Day (Shrove Tuesday)

Shrove Tuesday is the day before Lent begins. Households once used up their eggs, milk and fat before the fast, and the pancake was the simplest way to do it. In Britain and Ireland the pancakes are thin, closer to a crêpe, and the classic topping is a squeeze of lemon and a spoon of sugar. Golden syrup is the other favourite. Some towns still hold pancake races, where runners toss a pancake in a pan as they go.

The dishes

PancakeThin and rolled with lemon and sugar.Golden syrupThe other classic British topping.CrêpeThe French form of the same pancake.

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About this page

Written by the Thali desk with AI assistance. Background: "Shrove Tuesday" on Wikipedia. Customs differ from family to family and place to place. If this is your tradition and we have it wrong, tell us.

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

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