It’s Shrove Tuesday today, the last day before lent in the Christian religion and for many, whether religious or not, that means eating pancakes!  Eating pancakes has become a tradition at this time of year and I’ve been known to eat quite a few savoury and sweet pancakes during this day ever year.  Hhowever did you know that there are some interesting facts and history around pancakes and Shrove Tuesday?  In fact the history of this delicious flat fried cake goes furthur back into the past than even I realised.  So why not read on and find out some of the interesting things I learned about this special day. 🙂

Shrove/Shrive Tuesday

The word shrove is the past tense of the word shrive which means to go to church and absolve yourself of all your sins.  Although this was originally meant to be a period of reflection, it soon became…