Pancake Day also known as Shrove Tuesday (Fat Tuesday) is the holiday of feasting before Lent.

During Lent, people were once not allowed to eat animal products like milk, butter, and eggs. To prevent them from going to waste these products were cooked into tall stacks of pancakes.

Pancakes have been around for centuries, some sources claim that pancakes began over 30,000 years ago during the Stone Age.

In Pagan lore,  pancakes – symbolising the sun and begining of spring.

The ingredients for pancakes can be seen to symbolise four points of significance at this time of year:
Eggs – Creation
Flour – The staff of life
Salt – Wholesomeness
Milk – Purity

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