What Is Pancake Day?
Pancake Day It is celebrated Lent is a time
is also called on when Christians
Shrove Tuesday. the Tuesday are getting ready
before Lent for Easter.
begins.
Why Do People Eat Pancakes
on Shrove Tuesday?
The day before
In the past, people That is why
Lent began, they
gave up food like people eat
would use up all pancakes on
eggs, milk and
these foods by Pancake Day!
sugar at Lent.
making pancakes.
What Are Pancakes Made
From?
Pancakes are made from batter. The batter is made using:
flour eggs milk
How Do We Make Pancakes?
We mix all these Then we put the batter
ingredients together. in a frying pan and
cook it.
How Do We Eat Pancakes?
When the pancake is cooked, we serve
it with our favourite toppings, like
lemon juice and sugar.
What is your favourite topping?
Pancake Racing
People often have pancake
races.
They run, sometimes in
fancy dress, whilst tossing a
cooked pancake in a frying
pan at the same time.
winn
The first person to cross the
finish line is the winner!
er
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How Do Other Countries
Celebrate Pancake Day?
Sweden
The Swedish call
Pancake Day
‘Fettsdagen’, which
means ‘Fat
Tuesday’. They eat a
pastry called Semla
instead of pancakes.
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Brazil
Pancake Day is
called ‘Mardi Gras’
here as well as
many other Catholic
and Protestant
countries.
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Estonia
Pancake Day is
‘Vastlapäev’ in
Estonia and they eat
pea soup along with
cream buns called
‘Vastlakukkel’.
People also go
sledging.
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Iceland
Iceland call their
Pancake Day
‘Sprengidagur’,
which means
‘Bursting Day’. They
eat salted meats
and peas.
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Fun Fact
Did you know...
...the biggest
pancake in the
world measured
over 15 metres
long!
