it's really quite curious...im interested in all kinds of answers.
2007-02-20 11:18:32 · 13 answers · asked by annamisleh 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
The originated eons ago. When people were giving up things for Lent they gave up fats and lard and things like that. The Tuesday before Lent they made pancakes to rid those items out of there kitchens. The legacy has carried on.
2007-02-20 12:31:11 · answer #1 · answered by mimegamy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've never heard that was the traditional food eaten on that date. People eat whatever they like, pancakes or otherwise, on Fat Tuesday because that is the last day to indulge before they give up everything for Lent which starts the following day and lasts 40 days after.
2007-02-20 13:28:35 · answer #2 · answered by Cinnamon 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it's because many people start fasting on Ash Wednesday (the next day). And after that many people give up dairy and eggs and leavening items (all things found in a pancake). It's sort of a binge before the purge.
Hope this helps :D
2007-02-20 11:34:15 · answer #3 · answered by bellytail 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know why pancakes in particular, but tomorrow is Ash Wednesday, a day of fasting for Catholics. This means only enough food to keep yourself from passing out. Then for the next 6 weeks we are to eat no meat on Fridays either.
2007-02-20 11:26:38 · answer #4 · answered by Crazymom 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I've lost 5 kilos in my first week. It's my 10th day and I have included salad with some protein (eg. egg/ lean chicken) as you suggested. After 4 years of trying, the fat is finally coming off. It truly feels like magic!
Get started today!
2016-05-19 23:08:49 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the reason that pancakes are linked with the day previous Lent is that the 40 days of Lent type a era of liturgical fasting, interior which in effortless words the plainest foodstuffs will be eaten. hence, wealthy elements jointly with eggs, milk, sugar and flour are disposed of at modern-day earlier to the commencement of the fast. Pancakes were hence the appropriate way of utilizing up those perishable products, as well providing a minor celebratory banquet earlier to the fast itself.
2016-12-04 10:44:04 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ash Wed. is the start of Lent. fat tuesday is the last day to eat flours,grains,etc. until Easter. remaining flours,eggs,and dairys are used to make pancakes.
2007-02-20 11:28:04 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Pancacks are eaten on fat tuesday because they are filling. the idea of fat tuesday is to prepare your body for fasting. Tradionaly people fast on ash wednesday which is the start of the easter season.
2007-02-20 11:39:22 · answer #8 · answered by nancy g 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We eat paczkis (poonch-keys) to celebrate Fat Tuesday...
2007-02-20 11:27:06 · answer #9 · answered by beetlejuice49423 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
people like pancakes and thats what they are giving up.
2007-02-20 11:21:45 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋