Sidebar Sidebar
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.

Happy Pancake Day?

Stampyhead

Stampyhead

macrumors 68020
Original poster
Sep 3, 2004
2,294
30
London, UK
A friend of mine who lives in London informed me that today, Feb. 5, is a holiday called Pancake Day over there. Is this a real holiday or was she just pulling my leg? I'd never heard of it before so I thought I'd ask the largest UK-dwelling community that I know.
 
It's technically called Shrove Tuesday.

Link to Wikipedia

We used to have pancake suppers at the church i grew up in, so it does have relevance here/stateside
 
Ah you're right. I just looked it up. Yeah, I was a bit late posting it, wasn't I? Oh well. I had never heard it called that name before. Thanks for the clarification.
 
Pancake Day is our typically British wankily understated replacement for Carnival, the thing that the rest of the world gets to celebrate. Tasty, but basically pants.
 
It's what Americans know as Mardi Gras, or "Fat Tuesday."

Americans celebrate a National Pancake Day on Feb. 12th, I believe. IHOP will be offering free 1/2 stacks (meaning 3 pancakes instead of the full 6) to dine-in customers on that day.
 
dynamicv said:
Pancake Day is our typically British wankily understated replacement for Carnival, the thing that the rest of the world gets to celebrate. Tasty, but basically pants.
Click to expand...

I don't even understand that. Wankily? Pants?

We have Pancake Saturday here at my house. It happens on Saturday. Duh.
 
blairwillis said:
I don't even understand that. Wankily? Pants?

We have Pancake Saturday here at my house. It happens on Saturday. Duh.
Click to expand...

Rest of the world gets Carnivals

We get pancakes... :rolleyes:

I love pancake day, it's a great excuse to eat something thats incredibly greasy and very high in sugar :D

Does anyone else love a rolled up pancake with golden syrup dripping out the side?

(AMERICANS TAKE NOTE: Golden syrup is not maple syrup)
 
I found that out yesterday too :p I'm an American in London (been here 2 weeks now) and thought I'd eat some pancakes like the locals, except a lot of places were sold out of the necessary ingredients :(
 
Dang, where have I been? I had no idea this was something that was done in the U.S. as well! Someone owes me a lot years worth of pancakes...
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Register on MacRumors! This sidebar will go away, and you'll see fewer ads.
Top Bottom
Back