Pancake Day!
Pancake Day is fast approaching, with it falling on February 21st this year. In celebration of the upcoming day we offer you some of the Shrove Tuesday trivia that we have found on our travels across the web…
- The day has many different names across the globe including Fat Tuesday, Mardi Gras, Fastnacht Day and the Irish Máirt Inide.
- The widest pancake ever to be created was a 15m giant that was cooked in 1994 in Rochdale.
- As far back as the 12th Century many English towns used to hold a Shrove Tuesday football match. However the game had only 2 rules; firstly the winners are the ones with the most goals and the second rule no killing your opponents, and that was all.
-In 2005 the record for the highest pancake toss was set, which reached the grand heights of 3.29 metres.
- A common English tradition is the pancake race. The most famous and still going race event is in Olney Buckinghamshire which has been held since 1445. Traditionally contestants are women, so if men want to participate they must dress up as a housewife!
If you feel like getting into the Pancake Day spirit as well then check out our range of mixers to make the perfect pancake mix.
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