Pancake Day.

Trying to fit in and understand just what the hell they are talking about.....

We started the season of Lent, by joining in one of the first new UK traditions that we encountered:

Pancake Day- or more practically by making crepes, (pancakes) for dinner.
Our version had ham and gruyere with a grain-mustard sauce.


Basically, years ago, people got ready for the season of Lent- typically a time of fasting or giving up rich food - by having a rich, buttery, sugary pancake dinner on Shrove Tuesday. This has now somehow evolved into Pancake races, where people in UK towns race around while tossing pancakes. (This from a country with such a reputation for being 'reserved', and now showing their emotions- but they'll run around with hats and pancakes.)


You can read about it here...

And then I saw this on the NY Times- which shows us that you can eat pancakes anywhere in the world. Ah, I feel closer to all of you already!

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/28/dining/28mini.html?ex=1332734400&en=7a5cd81d49f0924f&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink