Show Pancake Day an ancient custom now being popularized in To be celebrated February By Marguerite Pancake Day February this is an ancient traditional holiday which has been celebrated for centuries in virtually all parts of the Always the day before Ash the start of Pancake Day is now increasing in popularity in North It has been celebrated for many years in Canada and is now popular in many communities where Pancake Day suppers and festivals are Although the origin of Pancake Day is somewhat obscured in it is known to be a thousand years These celebrations originated as a before the Lenten period of One of the best known of these pre-Lenten celebrations is the which stems from the same tradition as Pancake In the more boisterous Mediterranean countries the originated as a period of merrymaking before More frugal housewives in the northern European countries took advantage of this day by baking pancakes to use up accumulated meat fats forbidden during Pancakes for Pancake Day were baked according to a precise outlined by the using four symbolic for the staff of for for and for Baking pancakes was always a community operation with housewives preparing them and entire neighborhoods joining in for the As a many games and pranks became popular on Pancake One of these games is football not football us we know but a vastly different game still popular in the British Isles In this game the married men play against the bachelors and the married women tackle the Goals are often three to five miles apart and a common sight o see shop windows boarded up before the traditional Pancake Day has all th- elements of a national ancient g mes and fun for all More than that if a time for honoring the pancake the perennial favorite t treat and now one of our most glamorous foods Newspapers ami n lines are featuring pancakes in many combinations for times of the So join in the Pancake Day fun on i and serve your family on of these new pancake varieties or just the old fashioned of s. taming |