Shrove Tuesday (pancakes)

Celebrate Shrove Tuesday with us, bring a topping of choice to share.

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What is Shrove Tuesday?

The word shrove is a form of the English word shrive, which means to obtain absolution for one's sins by way of Confession and doing penance.

Thus Shrove Tuesday was named after the custom of Christians to be "shriven" before the start of Lent.

It is chiefly marked by feasting and celebration, which traditionally preceded the observance of the Lenten fast.

It is the day before Ash Wednesday.