PANCAKE SHMANCAKE...............

It's Shrove Tuesday today, Pancake Day...........

5th February 2008

The last day before Lent.......

Lent is a time of abstinence, of giving things up...... So Shrove Tueday is the last chance to indulge yourself, and to use up the foods that aren't allowed in Lent.........

I'm gonna smoke loads.

Pancakes are eaten on this day because they contain fat, butter and eggs which are forbidden during Lent......

The name Shrove comes from the old word "Shrive" which means to confess...... On Shrove Tuesday, in the middle ages, people used to confess their sins so that they were forgiven before the season of Lent began.......

There's nothing wrong with a bit of self discipline, but personally I like to eat pancakes whenever, tell me why I cant eat eggs again? yer whatever.