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Pancake Supper on Shrove Tuesday

2/17/2026

 
Good food and good friends on the evening before Ash Wednesday!
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​What is Shrove Tuesday?

Shrove Tuesday is a day of indulging in the rich, fatty foods that were traditionally abstained from during Lent. Making pancakes was a way to use up butter, milk, sugar and eggs before the 40-day fast. Its name comes from the Germanic-Old English word “shrive,” meaning absolve, and it is the last day of the liturgical season historically known as Shrovetide.

Celebrated the day before Ash Wednesday, Shrove Tuesday (also called “Pancake Tuesday” or “Pancake Day”) is the final day before the 40-day period of Lent begins. 
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There are even historical references to a “pancake bell” in English towns being rung around 11 a.m. on this day to signal that it was time to get frying.

- From The Episcopal Church Website (February 12, 2018)  Retrieved 2/19/2026
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