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	BBC - Food - News and events - Pancake Day
		Pancake Day, or Shrove Tuesday, is the traditional feast day before the start of Lent on Ash Wednesday.
		Certainly these days part of the fun of cooking pancakes is in the tossing.
		Pancake tossing is also a very serious pastime for some people - Ralf Laue from Leipzig broke the world record by tossing a pancake 416 times in two minutes and Mike Cuzzacrea ran a marathon while continually tossing a pancake for three hours, two minutes and 27 seconds.
	www.bbc.co.uk /food/news_and_events/events_pancakeday.shtml (610 words)

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		The first woman to complete the winding 375 metre course (the record is 63 seconds set in 1967) and arrive at the church, serve her pancake to the bellringer and be kissed by him, is the winner.
		Across the Channel in France the main ceremonial day for pancake eating is Candlemas on the 2nd of February.
		This holy day is six weeks after Christmas and is the day that Christ was presented at the temple by his mother.
	www.pancakeparlour.com /Annual_Events/Shrove/shrove.html (726 words)

	Pancake Day - What is Pancake Day?
		Pancake Day is a fun and easy way to raise funds to support UnitingCare's work with the homeless, abused and vulnerable children and adults, the frail aged, families in crisis and those with disabilities.
		Green's General Foods is the major sponsor of Pancake Day, providing groups that register early with bottles of Pancake Shake and maple flavoured syrup to use at their event, free of charge.
		Pancake Day aims to promote the services provided by UnitingCare, raise the issues of poverty and disadvantage in the community and raise funds to assist UnitingCare agencies to address these issues.
	www.pancakeday.com.au (342 words)

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		The world's biggest pancake was cooked in Rochdale in 1994, it was an amazing 15 metres in diameter, weighed three tonnes and had an estimated two million calories.
		We've all had those experiences where half the pancake is stuck to the pan while the other half is swinging from the curtain rail.
		Whether you prefer to eat your pancakes with lemon and sugar or spinach and cheese, here are some BBC recipes to have you smacking your lips.
	www.bbc.co.uk /leeds/features/get_together/pancake_day/pancake.shtml (1002 words)

	Pancake Day (Mardi Gras, Shrove Tuesday) - Language Arts Lesson Plan, Thematic Unit, Activity, Worksheet, or Teaching ...
		Pancake Day is known in many countries as "Shrove Tuesday" and in other countries--as well as here in the United States--as "Mardi Gras." The following activities are designed to give students appropriate activities to do during Mardi Gras that are oriented around a set of pancake-themed children's picture books.
		Here is a list of picture books with a pancake theme which you may wish to select from and read on Pancake Day or on the days leading up to it.
		A little old lady's attempts to have pancakes for breakfast are hindered by a scarcity of supplies and the participation of her pets.
	www.lessonplanspage.com /LAMDMardiGras-PancakeDayUsingBooksK4.htm (1118 words)

	News Tip: Pancake Day Tradition Emphasizes Indulgence Before Lent
		Pancake Day -- also known as Carnival, Mardi Gras and Shrove Tuesday -- is considered a day of indulgence before the 40 days of deprivation during Lent, said Kelly A. Amienne, a visiting instructor in the Duke English Department who specializes in the intersection of food and class in British literature.
		Often the pancakes are served with sausages, which also are forbidden during the Lenten period, she said.
		Shrove Tuesday -- so called because it is the day before you “become shriven,” or get absolution -– in the 16th and 17th centuries became associated with the young men who were apprentices in the trade guilds in England and who ran wild in the brothels and theaters, she said.
	www.dukenews.duke.edu /2006/02/pancakedaytip_print.htm (569 words)

	Stack em up! Kiwanis Pancake Day is Saturday (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Golden pancakes with melted butter and syrup are an American treat.
		The pancake mix — 3,260 pounds of it — is waiting to be mixed into batter by Kiwanis members.
		Cook for 2 to 3 minutes, until bubbles cover the surface of the pancakes and their undersides are lightly browned.
	www.decaturdaily.com /decaturdaily/food/060222/pancake.shtml (1172 words)

	A Pancake Curriculum! - Universal Preschool.com
		Pancakes are not only a popular food staple in the United States -- almost every culture in the world has some form of traditional pan cake or pan bread that is an important part of their diet.
		China -- Paper-thin pancakes are served stuffed with meat or vegetables as in the dish called moo shu pork.
		Russia -- Blini is the Russian equivalent of a pancake.
	www.universalpreschool.com /how-to/pancake_curriculum.asp (1943 words)

	Pancake Day - Shrove Tuesday (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Pancakes can be found outside Europe in all sorts of different guises, some of them a hybrid of Eastern and Western influences.
		Both types of pancake are alluringly light and oil-free and served with delicious toppings, such as homemade paneer cheese and peas and coconut chutney.
		In Mexico, pancakes are a fail-safe food staple made with maize corn and eaten at almost every meal, mostly as a bread or as a wrap for a re-fried bean filling.
	www.pauldenton.co.uk /pancakeday.htm (873 words)

	Welcome to Liberal!
		She grabbed up skillet, pancake and all and ran in her apron to the church, becoming the first pancake racer.
		Liberal's observance of Pancake Day will reach the half-century mark in 1999, and special 50th-Anniversary festivities for Feb. 12-16, 1999, are in the planning stages.
		The weekend's activities also include a pancake feed, eating and flipping contests, musical programs and a talent show, and other activities, varying from old-time artisans displaying their crafts to receptions with local and state dignitaries on hand.
	www.liberal.net /info/events/pancake.html (594 words)

	ELAINE'S PANCAKE DAY PAGE
		Pancakes were, and still are believed to be of good luck in many areas of the world as they contained many herbs and food items associated with the prosperity and longevity.
		Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent, was a solemn occasion, deriving its name from the ancient practice of blessing of the ashes, the priest using the occasion to remind his congregation that they too must reurn to ashes.
		Pancake races and tossing the pancakes are two traditions that have stayed with us.
	homepages.tesco.net /~derek.berger/holidays/pancakeday.html (604 words)

	..it's TRADITIONAL - Pancake day (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		More properly called Shrove Tuesday, Pancake Day is one of the church year's moveable feasts and is directly related to the date on which Easter falls.
		This year (2000), Pancake Day is particularly late and falls on Tuesday 7th March and not in February as is more usual.
		Note : the first pancake will be a disaster — it always is. It is known in our house as “one for the dog” and serves to season the pan.
	www.geocities.com /traditions_uk/pancakeday.html (390 words)

	Pancake - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Pancakes are a type of flatbread prepared from a batter that is baked on a hot griddle or frying pan.
		Scottish pancakes are made from Self-Raising flour, eggs, sugar and milk with Irish pankakes being made with Soda-flour and buttermilk.
		In Australia and Britain, pancakes are eaten as a dessert, or served savoury with a main meal.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pancake (1844 words)

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		It was run on Shrove Tuesday, the day before Lent, and the whole day was given over to a festival of celebrations, pranks and pastimes, which formed a part of the last fling celebrations.
		Pancakes are tossed at the start and the winner is required to toss her pancake again at the finish.
		At the Finish the winner is required to toss her pancake before being declared the winner and being greeted with the Kiss of Peace the words "The peace of the Lord be always with you" spoken by the Vicar, and the traditional prize of a kiss from the Verger.
	www.sideburn.demon.co.uk /olney/pancake.html (810 words)

	Shrove Tuesday - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The traditional pancake is a very thin one (like a French crêpe) which is served immediately sprinkled with caster sugar (confectionary, superfine or powdered sugar in the United States) and a dash of fresh lemon juice or alternatively drizzled with golden syrup.
		One that day, patrons were entitled to a free "short stack" of IHOP pancakes.
		In Iceland the day is known as "Sprengidagur" (Bursting day) and is marked with the eating of salt meat and peas.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pancake_Day (1228 words)

	Getting ready for pancake day (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		It was also the day when cooks, in the cleansing mood, would clear out their larders — a great exercise in leftover cooking.
		In the UK, pancake races also form part of the Shrove Tuesday celebrations, and were a great opportunity for everyone to run down their streets tossing pancakes.
		Russian blinis, usually prepared with buckwheat, are thin, crisp pancakes, and commonly served with caviar and sour cream.
	www.handbag.com /food/tipsandtricks/pancaketradition (223 words)

	Pancake Day
		Pancake Day or 'Shrove Tuesday' (the Tuesday which falls forty days before Easter) is the Eve of the Lenten Fast.
		On this day in earlier times all Christians made their compulsory confessions or 'shrifts' from which the name 'Shrove Tuesday' derives, and took their last opportunity to eat up all the rich foods prohibited during lent.
		Thus all eggs, butter and fat remaining in the house were made into pancakes, hence the festival's usual nickname of Pancake Day.
	home.btconnect.com /sgmace/pancake.htm (173 words)

	Shrove Tuesday in England (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		This day is one of the moveable feasts in the church calendar and is directly related to the date on which Easter falls.
		Pancakes are eaten on this day because they contain fat, butter and eggs which were forbidden during Lent.
		A pancake is a thin, flat cake, made of batter and fried in a pan.
	www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk /customs/shrove.html (446 words)

	History of Pancake Day
		Shrove Tuesday is a day of celebration as well as penitence, because it is the last day before Lent.
		In the old days there were many foods that observant Christians would not eat during Lent: foods such as meat and fish, fats, eggs and milky foods.
		In Ireland and Britain it is known as Pancake Day.
	www.sa.uca.org.au /site/page.cfm?u=497 (326 words)

	Pancake Day Is Real - Mr Breakfast.com
		Pancake Day is real and there's a chance you already celebrate it.
		For Catholics, the "40 days" of Lent is a period of expected abstinence, recalling Jesus' 40 days in the wilderness.
		In days of yore, the devout were restricted from eating all meat and dairy products as part of a discipline of self-denial.
	www.mrbreakfast.com /article.asp?articleid=11 (673 words)

	Pancake Day
		Pancake Day is celebrated on Shrove Tuesday which is the day before Lent.
		Lent is a Christian holiday that was established in the 4th century as 40 days and is generally a period of fasting or other forms of self-denial.
		She then serves the pancake to the bellringer and is rewarded with a kiss from the bellringer called the “Kiss of peace”.
	www.chevroncars.com /learn/holidays-seasons/pancake-day (475 words)

	COLLECTION: Pancakes
		The pancakes should be baked in a large wide frying pan (a french crepe pan is ok too) preferably in butter (or oil, if you don't like cholesterol).
		Turn the pancake when the upper surface is dry and bake the reverse side for approx.
		If batter is sticking to the spoon and making holes in the pancake as you spread, you are either pressing too hard or you didn't begin pressing soon enough and the batter was semi-cooked before you attempted to spread it.
	www.cs.cmu.edu /~mjw/recipes/bread/pancakes/pancake-coll.html (2755 words)

	Pancake Day in Skegness (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Shrove Tuesday (Pancake Day) is the last day before the period in the Christian calendar called Lent.
		Pancakes are eaten on this day because they contain fat, butter and eggs which were forbidden during Lent, The batter mixture is poured into a hat frying pan.
		When it is cooked on one side, the pancake is tossed up into the air, flipped at the same time, landing (hopefully) back in the frying pan.
	www.skegnessvideo.com /Pancake_Day.html (418 words)

	Domestic-Church.Com: Articles: Shrove Tuesday
		Bake the pancake until bubbles break on the surface, flip quickly and bake the other side.
		Keep the pancakes warm in a warm oven until all are done.
		Cook each pancake about 5 minutes over medium low heat until the bottom is crisp and brown.
	www.domestic-church.com /CONTENT.DCC/19980101/ARTICLES/SHROVE.HTM (687 words)

	Pancake Day - How England Celebrates Shrove Tuesday - English Culture
		As the legend goes (which may or may not be true), on a Shrove Tuesday in 1445, an Olney, Buckinghamshire housewife was preparing pancakes for the midday meal, trying to use up all the family's perishables prior to the start of the forty day Lenten fasting.
		Pancake Day is celebrated annually throughout England with pancake eating and races, but the celebration in Olney is the most famous.
		The celebrated Pancake Day foodstuff is usually very thin (like a crepe), sprinkled with caster (superfine) sugar and fresh lemon juice or Golden syrup.
	www.bellaonline.com /articles/art40881.asp (505 words)

	Facts about Pancake Day in England (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		A pancake is a thin, flat cake, made of batter and fried in a frying pan.
		The church bell was rung at eleven o’clock in the morning, as a reminder to housewives to prepare their pancake batter and so the bell became known as the ‘Pancake Bell’.
		In the Midlands, the first pancake made was given to the chickens, to ensure their fertility during the year.
	www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk /customs/pancakeday/index.htm (692 words)

	annual_events
		On this day there were feasts of pancakes to use up the supplies of fat, butter and eggs...
		A Pancake Parlour Restaurant is a great place to have your Christmas Party, family gathering, office break-up party or a special Christmas breakfast, lunch or dinner.
		A Pancake Parlour Restaurant is a great place to have a very special birthday party, where you can relax and enjoy the fun as much as the kids.
	www.pancakeparlour.com /Annual_Events/annual_events.html (777 words)

	A Brief History of Shrove Tuesday (Pancake Day) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The rich Shrovetide pancakes were eaten as a ritual or symbol of self-indulgence before the fast.
		The pancakes were fried in butter or fat and served flat or rolled and sprinkled with powdered sugar, topped with preserves or doused with alcohol.
		A special pancake, called a quire or pancake of paper, was made very thin and usually stacked.
	www.gbgm-umc.org /friendshipumc-md/children/shrove.htm (274 words)

	when is a pancake not a pancake
		There are pancakes made with potato, and even a pancake made with cabbage and carrot from Indonesia.
		After the pancake is cooked, and while it is still hot, you add the stuffing and roll it.
		After the pancakes have cooled, add a small amount of the stuffing to the center of the pancake (uncooked side).
	www.funsocialstudies.learninghaven.com /articles/pancake.htm (1093 words)

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