Pancake Love
The first recipe for a pancake appeared in an English cookbook back in the fifteenth century.
The first recorded pancake race was in Olney, Buckinghamshire in 1445.
'Shrove' originally comes from the archaic English verb 'to shrive' which means to absolve people of their sins. It was common in the Middle Ages for 'shriveners' (priests) to hear people's confessions at this time, to prepare them for Lent, as priests do today.
The largest number of pancakes tossed in the shortest amount of time in the UK is 349 tosses in 2 minutes (Dean Gould at Felixstowe, Suffolk, 14 January 1995).
The longest race in the quickest time was held in Melbourne, Australia. Jan Stickland covered 384m in 59.5 seconds on 19 February 1995.
The largest pancake ever made and flipped measured 15.01m wide, 2.5cm deep and weighed 3 tonnes (Rochdale, Greater Manchester, August 1994).
An old French tradition involves touching the handle of the frying pan and make a wish when the pancake is turned whilst holding a coin.
Maple Syrup does indeed owe its name to the Maple tree. The Algonquin Indians who collected the trees and then boiled it to produce 1 litre of pure Maple Syrup from 40 litres of sap.
Shrove Tuesday - or Pancake Tuesday - is known as 'Fasnacht' in Germany (night of the fast) In Italy it is called 'Carnivale' (from the Latin for 'goodbye to the flesh') and 'Mardi Gras' (literally 'Fat Tuesday') is celebrated in places as diverse as New Orleans, Brazil and Australia. In Iceland the day is known as 'Sprengidagur' (bursting day) and is marked with the eating of salt meat and peas
Each year since 1986 an extravagant breakfast has been held in Springfield, Massachusetts. Hundreds of volunteers help with the event - in 1999, more than 71,233 servings of pancakes were served to more than 40,000 people.
information found at http://www.tiscali.co.uk/events/specials/pancakeday/pancake-
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