Pancake Day is a chance to use up foods that aren't allowed in Lent, (a period of abstinence) such as butter and eggs, which are among the ingredients of pancakes.
It is also known as Shrove Tuesday, the day before Ash Wednesday, which marks the start of Lent, a Christian festival leading up to Easter Sunday.
Shrove Tuesday always falls 47 days before Easter Sunday, so the date varies from year to year, this year it is Tuesday 12 February.
The word Shrove comes from the old verb "shrive" meaning to confess. In the Middle Ages, people used to confess their sins and obtain forgiveness on Shrove Tuesday.
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