[Cet] Tomorrow is pancake day!

[Robert Waldrop]

This is an interesting article by the about.com guide to Catholicism about the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday being "Pancake Tuesday", a reference to a traditional medieval custom of using up eggs, butter, and dairy (then forbidden by the Lenten fast) by making pancakes.

http://catholicism.about.com/b/2008/02/05/its-pancake-day.htm?nl=1 

Bob Waldrop, OKC
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