What day is Shrove Tuesday this year? - Page 2

Chipper · 6 Feb 2007, 04:52 AM

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Originally posted by robert@fm
Not really paradoxical:

1) Shrove Tuesday (aka Mardi Gras (literally "Fat Tuesday"), at least in Latin America) is what's called "Pancake Day" in the UK, and is always 47 days before Easter; it was thus March 4 in 2003, and is February 20 this year.  Next year it will be February 5.

2) Theoretically, there's nothing to stop anyone declaring any day they like as "Pancake Day", just as the US celebrates "Mother's Day" on a date other than Mothering Sunday, which is 21 days before Easter.  Because of the way UK bank holidays work, some people in the UK still refer to the last Monday in May as "Whitsun", although it seldom actually is (Whit Monday is the 50th day after Easter, which this year coincidentally happens to be the 28th of May; but it usually doesn't work out that way).

Thanks for the explanation, help me understand the paradox (or lack thereof).

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Originally posted by robert@fm
Interesting site.

Thanks!

robert@fm · 25 Feb 2009, 03:16 AM

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Originally Posted by robert@fm

This year [2004], Shrove Tuesday is February 24

And is again this year!

Sadly I haven't got any pancake fixings, and my friend is fast asleep anyway -- he'll probably wake sometime tomorrow.

Oh well, we'll just have to have our pancakes a day or so late this year...

vans · 25 Feb 2009, 05:49 AM

We have just finished eating lots of pancakes. Sugar and lemon juice seems to be the favorite filling this year. We took it in turns to to toss the pancakes. Needless to say mine were a disaster.

I know that in Austria they call it Faschingsdienstag. One year we were staying in a hotel in Austria, we were the only British family. On Shrove Tuesday at the end of our evening meal, and without us asking the hotel staff gave us a big plate of pancakes, covered in chocolate. I thought that was very thoughtful. I don't think the Austrians have pancakes on Shrove Tuesday

robert@fm · 8 Mar 2011, 09:13 PM

Today (March 8) is Shrove Tuesday this year!

I've got all the fixings; eggs, flour, non-stick frying spray (olive-oil based), lemon juice, powdered sweetener (it works great on pancakes as a sugar substitute)... now I just hope my friend stays awake long enough.

robert@fm · 17 Jan 2012, 11:54 PM

Shrove Tuesday is February 21 this year.

At the recommendation of the diabetes forum I'm on, I and my friend may be having buckwheat pancakes (lower GL than those made from ordinary flour) this year...

ROBERT.BAK · 22 Jan 2013, 02:44 PM

Tuesday, February 12 this year!

25 Feb 2009, 05:49 AM	#18
vans Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 59	We have just finished eating lots of pancakes. Sugar and lemon juice seems to be the favorite filling this year. We took it in turns to to toss the pancakes. Needless to say mine were a disaster. I know that in Austria they call it Faschingsdienstag. One year we were staying in a hotel in Austria, we were the only British family. On Shrove Tuesday at the end of our evening meal, and without us asking the hotel staff gave us a big plate of pancakes, covered in chocolate. I thought that was very thoughtful. I don't think the Austrians have pancakes on Shrove Tuesday

8 Mar 2011, 09:13 PM	#19
robert@fm The "e" in e-mail Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: London, UK Posts: 4,681	Today (March 8) is Shrove Tuesday this year! I've got all the fixings; eggs, flour, non-stick frying spray (olive-oil based), lemon juice, powdered sweetener (it works great on pancakes as a sugar substitute)... now I just hope my friend stays awake long enough.

17 Jan 2012, 11:54 PM	#20
robert@fm The "e" in e-mail Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: London, UK Posts: 4,681	Shrove Tuesday is February 21 this year. At the recommendation of the diabetes forum I'm on, I and my friend may be having buckwheat pancakes (lower GL than those made from ordinary flour) this year...

22 Jan 2013, 02:44 PM	#21
ROBERT.BAK Essential Contributor Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Backup of robert@fm Posts: 245	Tuesday, February 12 this year!