Pancake Day

Pancake Day is also known as Shrove Tuesday in Britain. Pancake day is the day before Ash Wednesday and the start of Lent. 'Shrove' - as in Shrove Tuesday - stems from old English word 'shrive', meaning 'confess all sins'. It is called Pancake Day because it is the day traditionally for eating pancakes as pancake recipes were a way to use up any stocks of milk, butter and eggs which were forbidden during the abstinence of Lent.
But, What's an English pancake? A pancake is a thin, flat cake, made of batter and fried in a pan.

On that day it is traditional to eat pancakes (recipe), toss pancakes and take part in pancake races.