KJ Particiapted in and Won the Annual Shrove Tuesday Pancake Race at School this week! We are so Proud! So what exactly is Shrove Tuesday, and Why a Pancake Race? (Don't worry I had to look it up.) Here is what I found outShrove Tuesday: The Pancake FestShrove Tuesday gets its name from the ritual of shriving, when the faithful confessed their sins to the local priest and recieved forgiveness before the Lenten season began.
As far back as 1000 AD, "to shrive" meant to hear confessions.
Historically, Shrove Tuesday also marked the beginning of the 40-day Lenten fasting period when the faithful were forbidden by the church to consume meat, butter, eggs or milk. However, if a family had a store of these foods they all would go bad by the time the fast ended on Easter Sunday. What to do?
Solution: use up the milk, butter and eggs no later than Shrove Tuesday. And so, with the addition of a little flour, the solution quickly presented itself in... pancakes. And lots of 'em.
Today, the Shrove Tuesday pancake tradition lives on throughout Western Europe, the United States, Canada and Australia, but is most associated with the UK where it is simply known as Pancake Day with a traditional recipe, although these can be as varied in the UK as there are British households.
In France, (as well as here in the US - or more famously - in New Orleans) it's known as Fat Tuesday which kicks off the Mardi Gras festival with wild celebrations just before the austere Lenten season.
So How does one participate in and win a Pancake race? They are armed with a frying pan and a pancake, wearing an apron and a bandana. They run about 1/4 mile with the frying pan and pancake as fast as they can. KJ not only ran and won out of all the girls but her time even beat the boys! WOO HOOO! I only hope she continues to run from the boys!
(a momma can hope right! ;))
Have a Beautiful Day!
Christina
I was 55 seconds and the boys winner was 56 seconds
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