Shrove Tuesday

Shrove Tuesday
Canarian Recipes for Shrove Tuesday
by Pamela Heywood
For the British at least, Shrove Tuesday is probably better known as Pancake Day. Those wonderful delicacies, smothered in sugar and lemon and often tossed around in village competitions. As you will...
http://ezinearticles.com/?Canarian-Recipes-for-Shrove-Tuesday
id=32570 - Apr 30, 2005
Reasons Why We Celebrate Shrove Tuesday
by
Kenny Leones
Shrove Tuesday is the name for the Mardi Gras celebration in other countries. Shrove Tuesday is a day for indulgence. People can eat lots of delicious foods without feeling guilty.
http://ezinearticles.com/?Reasons-Why-We-Celebrate-Shrove-Tuesday
id=3467059 - Dec 22, 2009
Shrove Tuesday - Pancake Night in Ireland
by
Pollux Parker
How do I love pancakes? Let me count the ways. I love it every morning, afternoon and the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday too.
http://ezinearticles.com/?Shrove-Tuesday---Pancake-Night-in-Ireland
id=4446958 - Jun 09, 2010
Mardi Gras, Fat Tuesday, Ash Wednesday and Lent
by
Jessie Penn
Mardi Gras is the last day of feasting and ends the day before Lent begins. This is why, in New Orleans, Mardi Gras ends abruptly at midnight as Ash Wednesday begins. Police usher party goers out of the area, while street sweepers clear the debris from the roadway.
http://ezinearticles.com/?Mardi-Gras,-Fat-Tuesday,-Ash-Wednesday-and-Lent
id=3505332 - Jan 01, 2010
Pancake Day
by
Jane Louise
Don't you just love Pancakes? I certainly do! All of my life I have never missed tosssing pancakes on Shrove Tuesday...
http://ezinearticles.com/?Pancake-Day
id=153732 - Feb 28, 2006
Why Mardi Gras Is Called Fat Tuesday
by
Tauqeer Ul Hassan
"Fat Tuesday" represents the "Shrove Tuesday" in English tradition. Both these terms refer to their equivalents in French tradition that is "Mardi Gras", the "Carnival Season", or "Mardi Gras Season."
http://ezinearticles.com/?Why-Mardi-Gras-Is-Called-Fat-Tuesday
id=5509056 - Dec 07, 2010
Shrove Pancakes in Great Britain
by
Pollux Parker
Lent starts on Ash Wednesday and ends on Easter. In the Christian world, it is a period of prayer, penitence, forgiveness and sacrifice. During this time, a lot of foods are forbidden to be eaten.
http://ezinearticles.com/?Shrove-Pancakes-in-Great-Britain
id=3909327 - Mar 11, 2010
Easter Eggs - Their Origin
by
Bosco Peters
Farmers abstained from eggs so that they might have chickens and ducklings in Spring. A religious prohibition against eating eggs in Lent clearly aided this. When Easter comes they might eat eggs once again. The place of eggs from Shrove Tuesday, through Lent, and into the Easter Season has a simple explanation.
http://ezinearticles.com/?Easter-Eggs---Their-Origin
id=490631 - Mar 15, 2007
Posh Pancakes, How To Make 'Em and How to Toss 'Em!
by
Sue Kendrick
Pancakes are traditionally eaten on Shrove Tuesday or Pancake day which falls on the 8th March in 2011. You don't have to be a slave to tradition though, they make an excellent pudding at any time, especially when you get creative with the ingredients!
http://ezinearticles.com/?Posh-Pancakes,-How-To-Make-Em-and-How-to-Toss-Em!
id=5927869 - Feb 15, 2011
Mardi Gras and the Catholic Church
by
Beth Guide
Fat Tuesday or Mardi Gras are most likely is never thought of as being rooted in any church let alone the Catholic Church. It has become a very secular celebration that is sometimes on the edge of good judgment. Most of all it's become one large party.
http://ezinearticles.com/?Mardi-Gras-and-the-Catholic-Church