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Hi all,
As many of you will know, today is Pancake Day, also known as Mardi Gras, Fat Tuesday and Shrove Tuesday!
Interestingly, this day is celebrated in different ways depending on where you are in the world - here in the UK we call it Pancake Day or Shrove Tuesday and it involves eating lots of pancakes (in the French crepe style, not American style pancakes)! This comes from the tradition of eating up all the fatty foods in the cupboards before fasting for Lent.
In countries where it is called Mardi Gras (e.g. Brazil, USA), however, it tends to be celebrated with big colourful carnival parades which can begin in January but end today.
So what are your favourite pancake toppings? Do you always go for Nutella or do you prefer the classic lemon and sugar? Also, a key question - do you prefer Crepes or American-style pancakes?
It would also be great to hear how you celebrate Mardi Gras/Shrove Tuesday where you are - is there a parade?
I've already had a pancake (crepe) today with nutella, banana and strawberry - it was delicious! I reckon that's my favourite combo :). All of the supermarkets here in the UK have an extra stock of eggs, flour and milk to make sure that everyone can buy what they need to make pancakes!
I look forward to hearing your views!
Kirstie