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.

In London, the races are used to raise money for charity and the three more important in the capital are the "Better Bankside Charity Pancake Day Race", "Great Spitalfields Pancake Race" and "Greenwich Market Pancake Race".

Are your pancakes good enough? Shrovetide Tuesday will be next year the 17th of February so you have time to improve your recipe and make the best Pancake in 2015.