Pancakes

[davidanthony]

Why are pancakes traditionally eaten on Shrove Tuesday?

[JoolsTwo]

This site will probably explain it better than I can :-

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrove_Tuesday

[jan1956]

that site does not work, I think the idea was to use up all the good fresh thing in the larder ready to fast for lent on ash Wednesday.

[hobbitess]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/christianity/holydays/shrovetuesday.shtml

This explains (Hopefully)

[JoolsTwo]

Thats right - things like eggs, milk, fat and sugar which traditionally aren't eaten during lent. So you make the pancakes to use it all up. If you want to look at the site just type it into your browser and it should work. I have often found when I post a site address on here it does not work. I wonder why?

[JoolsTwo]

Hobbitess why do your site work and mine doesn't?? :-(

[hobbitess]

Not a clue!

Ask Quizmonkey. He thinks he is an expert!

[JoolsTwo]

Lol

[juliefer]

I'm definitely no computer expert but I've seen the explanation for the non-working link given by others on this site. If you try JimJools' link, when the site comes up there is a </p> at the end of the address in the top bar. Delete this and then click on 'Go' and the site will open OK. Hope this helps.