Pancakes Day or Shrove Tuesday
Shrove Tuesday takes place 47
days before Easter Sunday and is the final day before the commencement
of Lent, a Christian festival leading up to Easter.
Because the date of Easter
Sunday is dictated by the cycles of the moon, Pancake Day changes annually and can
occur anytime between February 3 and March 9.
This year it takes place, today,
on February 12.
The
name Shrove comes from the old word "shrive" meaning “confess”.
So, Lent is a time of confession and giving up things and goods like
sugar, eggs etc. Pancakes are eaten on this day because are representing a good
opportunity to use such ingredients, one last time, ahead of the fasting
period.
The term “Mardi grasis”
- French for Fat Tuesday - referring to that practice of the last night of
eating richer foods before the ritual fasting of the Lenten season.
So, grab the chance and enjoy
one of our delicious Pancakes recipes at Belgique stores!
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