This made Shrove Tuesday the ideal occasion to indulge before fasting began. Pancakes were an effective and delicious way to use up surplus eggs, butter and milk. The history of Shrove Tuesday in ...

Shrove Tuesday, also known as Pancake Tuesday, is an occasion marking the beginning of the Christian season of Lent. The term ...

What exactly do the treats have to do with Easter? Here's everything you need to know about the history and customs behind the annual celebration. Shrove Tuesday, also known as Pancake Day, will be ...

If you weren’t aware, today isn’t formally known as Pancake Day. I know, I know, it’s a day all about pancakes. However, it’s ...

It depends on the date of Easter, and therefore the date of Pancake Day, moves around with the Lunar Calendar. Easter is ...

This year it falls especially late on Tuesday, March 4, much later than in 2024 when it took place on February 13. The last time it fell in the first week of March was back in 2022 and before that in ...

From high-energy parades to colorful beads and masks, there are dozens of traditions involved in Mardi Gras, also known as ...

Pancake Day has been celebrated across the globe for centuries, but Scotland once practiced rather different traditions ...

Fasnacht Day is an annual Pennsylvania Dutch celebration that falls on Shrove Tuesday, the day before Ash Wednesday.

On their website, Historic UK explains: “Shrove Tuesday, is the traditional feast day before the start of Lent on Ash Wednesday. “Lent – the 40 days leading up to Easter – was ...