What's the strangest thing you've pulled out of a pancake on Shrove Tuesday?
Shrove Tuesday has become a day synonymous with pancakes for supper in Newfoundland. It's also tradition in many communities to hide buttons, coins, strings and other trinkets in the batter as symbols. - SaltWire NetworkST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Some people will do it for breakfast. Others for lunch. And some make it their evening meal.
One thing's for certain, regardless of the time of day, and that's that pancakes will be on a lot of plates across Newfoundland and Labrador today.“Shrove Tuesday,” the day before Ash Wednesday, is observed in many Christian countries through participating in confession and absolution, the ritual burning of the previous year’s Holy Week palms, finalizing one’s Lenten sacrifice, as well asIn Canada, carnivals or Mardi Gras festivals are also held around this time of the year.
In Newfoundland, tradition calls for a penny or ring in the pancake batter. The person finding the penny will gain wealth, while the one who has the ring will find love.says the custom is"derived from widespread customs in European traditions, and shaped as much by religious beliefs as by traditional divinational activities, it is a mixture of traditions, evolving continuously."
"Shrove Tuesday was a time to use up as many as possible of the foods banned during Lent: meat products in particular, including butter and eggs. Pancakes were a simple way to use these foods, and one that could entertain the family." As one is supposed to refrain from eating meat, eggs, milk and butter during the 40 days of Lent, making pancakes became a way of using up all those remaining ingredients left in the house.
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