28th Feb 2022
On Shrove Tuesday people traditionally cook and eat pancakes.
The reason for this was to use up foods such as fat, eggs and milk before Lent.
It is also called Pancake Tuesday.
When did pancake racing begin?
In 1445, in the town of Olney in Buckinghamshire, England. A woman was so busy making pancakes that she lost track of time. When she heard the church bells ringing for the Shrove Tuesday mass, she ran as fast as she could to make it, and arrived still carrying her pancake in the pan!
