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Pancakes All Day...Why Not?! Today is Pancake Day (2/17/15)

Pancakes All Day...Why Not?! Today is Pancake Day (2/17/15)

Today is Pancake Day, also known as Shrove Tuesday, and officially ends the season of epiphany and the vigil for the starting of Lent. This day has become the last day for celebration and feasting before the period of fasting required by Lenten season. The English tradition of eating pancakes came as a way to use as much milk, fats, and eggs as possible before Ash Wednesday began. Another fabulous tradition that take place are the annual Pancake Day Races, where contestants dress in aprons and scarves and race down the course flipping a pancake in a frying pan or...

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