when is shrove tuesday this year 2007?

Question

Why do we eat pancakes then?

Answer 1

It's the day before Ash Wednesday.
To use up the eggs milk and flour prior to Lent.

Answer 2

Shrove Tuesday is the term used in the United Kingdom, Ireland and Australia to refer to the day before Ash Wednesday (the liturgical season of Lent begins on Ash Wednesday).

In these countries, this day is also known as Pancake Day, because it is customary to eat pancakes on this day.

The word shrove is a past tense of the English verb "shrive," which means to obtain absolution for one's sins by confessing and doing penance.

Shrove Tuesday gets its name from the shriving (confession) that Anglo-Saxon Christians were expected to receive immediately before Lent.

For many Christians Lent is traditionally a period of fasting before Easter. Shrove Tuesday is the last day before Ash Wednesday, the day Lent begins.

This day is traditionally marked as the day to clean out the cabinets of all eggs, milk and fats before the fast. Most households in the UK use these ingredients to make pancakes, giving Shrove Tuesday the nickname of Pancake Day.

Though fewer people in Britain strictly observe Lent today, everyone enjoys eating pancakes.

Shrove Tuesday (and Mardi Gras) will occur on the following dates in the following years:

2007 - February 20
2008 - February 5
2009 - February 24
2010 - February 16
2011 - March 8
2012 - February 21
2013 - February 12
2014 - March 4

Hope this helps.

Answer 3

I believe it is on Tuesday 20th Feb but I am not 100% sure. My diary says Ash Wednesday on the 21st Feb and I have always thought this day followed Shrove Tuesday.

We eat panckaes as Ash Wednesday is the beginning of Lent where you give something up for 40 days and nights, Jesus did this in the desert. Back in the day, people would put everything into the pancakes ready for Lent so they had eaten it all the day before.

Answer 4

February 20th is Shrove Tuesday.
It is called Pancake Day and this is because as it is the last day before Lent you were supposed to use up all your flour and eggs and jam, cook them all up and enjoy so that come Lent your cupboards were bare. Lent is when you have to give up pleasures or something you personally enjoy for 40 days as a sign of respect as it symbolises the 40 days Jesus spent in the desert/wilderness with no food or water, being tempted by the Devil.

Answer 5

February 20th.
The next day is the first day of lent (traditionally a fasting period)
All the things one couldn't eat in Lent went into the pancake!!!

Answer 6

As has been said, the idea was to use up rich ingredients that would not be eaten again until after Easter.
--That Cheeky Lad