Shrove Tuesday or Pancake Day - A chance to pig out before the fasting up to Easter and chatting before going silent!
THE EVENT
Tuesday 13th February 2018
From 20:00 to 21:00 hours
Outside yet Under Cover - Event Shelter Covering for the pancake production
WHAT IS ON OFFER
Hot Pancakes
Quantity - at least one per attendee if appearing on the event page
Toppings Limited to Lemon and Sugar - Butter and Sugar (Unless you provide your own)
They will be served on paper plates with plastic cutlery
A Travel Bug Exchange Programme
Possibly a Table a chairs to consume the goodies from
Donations, There will be a Piggy Pot for donations towards the cost of the food provided
HISTORY
According to Christian tradition, Lent commemorates the 40 days that Jesus spent in the wilderness so observant Christians marked this event by fasting. Many people used ingredients, such as eggs and milk, to prepare pancakes on Shrove Tuesday prior to the fasting period. Pancake races have been held in England for more than 500 years. Some sources suggest that they may have started in 1445.
One old English custom associated with Pancake Day was the annual pancake grease at London’s Westminster where schoolboys would fight for pancakes to gain monetary awards.
Pancake Races
People who take part in the pancake races carry thin pancakes in frying pans and must race to the finish, flipping pancakes as they go. The winner is the first to the finish line with a pancake that is not burnt. Some people may take time off work to participate in the pancake races.
The Olney Pancake Race is held at Olney in Buckinghamshire on Shrove Tuesday. It is one of the best known pancake races in the United Kingdom. The course for the Olney Pancake Race is about 415 yards long (about 379 meters). Competitors must wear traditional costumes that include a skirt, apron and head covering to run the race. Official Olney and Liberal prizes are then presented at a Shriving service in the parish church after the race is finished.
If people want to test their skills at negotiate a course complete with frying pan in hand which contains a pancake that should be tossed during the circuit, it will a time trial, not a mass start - times to taken complete the course will be recorded.