Showing posts with label Shove. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Shove. Show all posts

Monday, 16 February 2015

Pancake Day

It has been a year already, and tomorrow it will be, again, Pancake Day. What does that mean? It means that we need to clear our cupboards and finish up all sugars, fats and eggs because Lent starts on Wednesday. 

There are many different recipes but lemon and sugar pancake is the classic one. If you don't care about the diet try it with banana, strawberries and nutella or berries and vanilla ice cream. Yummy!

If you are going to feel guilty because of the extra calories, you can participate in some of the races that will take place in the capital. Parliamentary Pancake Race will start at 10 o'clock while Bankside Pancake Day Race will begin in Borough Market at 12:30. At the same time, the starting signal at The Great Spitalfields Pancake Race will be happening. The participants will go through Brick Lane wearing fancy dresses and holding their crêpes.

So there are 48 days left before Easter Sunday. Are you ready to chose your Easter Egg?

Monday, 3 March 2014

Pancake Day


Are you ready? So grab your frying pan and be prepared for the race because tomorrow, 4th of March, it's Pancake Day. 
Picture: Metro

Also known as Shrove Tuesday, it's always celebrated the day before the start of Lent on Ash Wednesday. It's a good opportunity to use eggs, sugar and milk before the 40 days of fasting. This is an important tradition in United Kingdom but in Ireland, New Zealand, Australia and Canada too.

One of the most important entertainment in Shove Tuesday is the Pancake Races. The tradition say that one woman from Buckinghamshire was so busy doing pancakes in her kitchen that she didn't heard the church bells. When she realised that she was late, she started running to get to the church in time while she was carrying her frying pan and the pancake. Since then, this races are became popular.