tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4042137655317733742.post4206278062074233670..comments2023-08-10T12:21:48.968+02:00Comments on Happy Hamburgers: PancakesTarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17473083502808050073noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4042137655317733742.post-57686507683126841612009-02-28T23:48:00.000+01:002009-02-28T23:48:00.000+01:00Fastelavn=Shrove Tuesday=Mardi Gras=Carnival=the l...Fastelavn=Shrove Tuesday=Mardi Gras=Carnival=the last time you are allowed to indulge in fun and debauchery for the next 40 days. Did you get enough debauching in?<BR/><BR/>Anyway, it seems that all the Christian denominations have some form of last minute celebration that involves food. For the anglicans and catholics (<A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrove_Tuesday" REL="nofollow">and Lutherans</A> - THANK YOU WIKIPEDIA) it's all about the pancakes. (Wikipedia again says it's because we're supposed to use up all our eggs and fat because we're not supposed to be eating them during lent. So the other sweet pastries that are specific to Denmark and Sweden are of the same idea.) For other catholics (of the non-pancake persuasion?) and orthodox, it's the <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnival" REL="nofollow">carnival aka Mardi Gras</A> (which means "fat tuesday" - years of high school french and I only learned this fact recently). And if you aren't sick of the random wiki-history (and hopefully my links are embedding... my bad if they aren't) there is a page dedicated to <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnival_in_Denmark" REL="nofollow">festelavn.</A><BR/><BR/>Apologies to Anon for butting in on any explanation you had in mind. :-)Archaeogoddesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09305683483488880519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4042137655317733742.post-18966331978319910912009-02-28T17:29:00.000+01:002009-02-28T17:29:00.000+01:00Cannot wait to hear what comments you get on this ...Cannot wait to hear what comments you get on this one to educate us!! I am sure anon. will have a great deal to say! LOL<BR/><BR/>So I have to ask...do you have a box of Pioneer mix that you brought back from the US or several Pan-kits mixes...or do you have a homemade mix that you created?!?!?Kelli Nørgaardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17410295651793053766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4042137655317733742.post-62371002996054947652009-02-28T17:13:00.000+01:002009-02-28T17:13:00.000+01:00LOL, thanks for the lesson! British pancakes are t...LOL, thanks for the lesson! British pancakes are the same, your thicker ones are more like what we call Scotch pancakes. I love that you deliberately burned them for your kids!<BR/><BR/>And yes Pancake Day is Shrove Tuesday. I only ever remember because I see pancake mix in the supermarket, and I know it is a Tuesday. It's the start of Lent, 40 days before Easter.Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13739729422526468003noreply@blogger.com