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Pancakes for Mardi Gras
By Sheilamarie Nellis
For Western Christians, Wednesday of this week is Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent, the forty day preparation for Easter. Tuesday, which is called Shrove Tuesday, or Mardi Gras, has long been celebrated as the last hurrah by those who begin this long journey towards Easter. Because Christians traditionally fasted from meat and dairy products during Lent, Mardi Gras or Shrove Tuesday, was the day to use up all of the meat, eggs, and milk in the house. This often took the form of making a pancake supper when whole villages or neighborhoods would get together to share these culinary treats. Mardi Gras (which in English means “fat Tuesday”) became a festive occasion, sometimes including parades such as still occur in New Orleans and in other places with a French or Spanish heritage. Eastern Christians separated the giving up of meat and dairy products into two events. Meatfare Sunday occurs two Sundays before the first Sunday of Lent and is the day Orthodox Christians say farewell to meat, eating meat for the last time before Easter, or Pascha. Cheesefare Sunday comes the following week when dairy products are eaten for the last time before Pascha. People usually celebrate this day with cheese blintzes, a pancake wrapped around a sweetened cheese filling with a fruit or berry topping. Whether you are religious or not, it is fun to participate in these pancake-eating festivals. My squidoo lens featured here includes a mention of more pancake festivals and has some delicious pancake recipes and ideas.
Sheilamarie taught fourth grade in New Hampshire. Despite what anyone else may tell you, her husband is definitely not from Mars.
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Any idea who the pancake champion of the world is? Ask my granddaughter. She'll tell you it's her dad.
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So THAT's what Mardi Gras is?  I thought it was just the U.S. equivalent of the Love Parade. 
 | | nick Mar 7, 2011 03:00 |  appreciated |
Thanks for sharing this fun intel, Sheila.
Your squidoo lens is also a fun read with great ideas.
Keep up the good work.
Best wishes.
Frederick
I love pancakes. I am sure a festival would even be more fun. Interesting.
Not only do I love pancakes, I also "liked" your Squidoo Lens. Great job on the article and the lens!
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