PANCAKE TUESDAY WHAT DOES IT MEAN?

[maddiva]

OK WHAT DOES THIS TRADITION MEAN? WHY DO WE COOK PANCAKES ON SHROVE TUESDAY. SO FOR ALL YOU RELIGIOUS BUFFS - DO ENLIGHTEN ME.....:thanks:

[IAD]

PANCAKE TUESDAY WHAT DOES IT MEAN?

A Pancake Donkey !?! Ha! IAD.

[Lila]

PANCAKE TUESDAY WHAT DOES IT MEAN?

Maddiva
what is shrove Tuesday??
Lila

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PANCAKE TUESDAY WHAT DOES IT MEAN?

Shrove Tuesday is a term used in Ireland, the United Kingdom,[1] and Australia[2] for the day preceding the first day of the Christian season of fasting and prayer called Lent.

The word shrove is the past tense of the English verb shrive, which means to obtain absolution for one's sins by way of Confession and doing penance. Thus Shrove Tuesday gets its name from the shriving that English Christians were expected to do prior to receiving absolution immediately before Lent begins. Shrove Tuesday is the last day of "shrovetide", the English equivalent to the Carnival tradition that developed separately in countries of Latin Europe. The term "Shrove Tuesday" is no longer widely known in the United States outside of Liturgical Traditions, such as the Lutheran, Episcopal, and Roman Catholic Churches. [3][4] Because of the increase in many immigrant populations and traditions since the 19th century "Mardi Gras" is much more widely-used.

The festival is widely associated with the eating of foods such as pancakes, and often known simply as Pancake Day, originally because these used up ingredients such as fat and eggs, the consumption of which was traditionally restricted during Lent. From Wikipedia


Wally 22 posted this earlier.

[Lila]

PANCAKE TUESDAY WHAT DOES IT MEAN?

thanks Limers - we eat a lot of pancakes in my house with butter and maple syrup, and sometimes chocolate chips, sometimes topped with blueberry sauce, sometimes whipped cream....
Lila

[IAD]

PANCAKE TUESDAY WHAT DOES IT MEAN?

We call that Tuesday " Fat Tuesday ".....when Mardi Gras begins. Here in the States they are'nt worried about pancakes Ha! They usually booze it up pretty good and raise hell in New Orleans, LA. IAD