1. PANCAKE DAY

2. When is Pancake Day? This year, Pancake Day is celebrated on February 12 th. It’s always on the Tuesday before Lent (47 days before Easter ). It is traditional on this day to eat pancakes.

3. Why do they eat Pancakes? To use the ingredients they had and could not eat until Easter (fats, eggs,...) Pancakes use up the foods that aren’t allowed in Lent. Pancakes contain fat, eggs and butter.

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5. What is a pancake? It is a thin, flat cake, made of batter and fried in a frying pan. A traditional English pancake is very thin and is served immediately from the frying pan. Caster sugar (superfine sugar) is sprinkled over the top and a dash of fresh lemon juice added.

6. What do they do? On that day it is traditional to … toss pancakes take part in pancake racespancake races Pancake races are held all over England. The object of the race is to get to the finishing line first whilst flipping a pancake in a frying pan a pre- decided number of times. The skill lies not so much in the running of the race but in flipping and catching the pancake, which must be intact when the finishing line is reached. eat pancakes