Tizeye Posted February 25, 2020 Share #1 Posted February 25, 2020 Pancakes tonight? HINT: Don't go to IHOP for dinner tonight! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petitepedal Posted February 25, 2020 Share #2 Posted February 25, 2020 Or Donuts today Hmmm funny how fasting or abstaining from things is no longer a lifestyle...unless you jumped on the alternate fasting day diet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikeman564™ Posted February 25, 2020 Share #3 Posted February 25, 2020 1 minute ago, petitepedal said: Or Donuts today paczki Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge Posted February 25, 2020 Share #4 Posted February 25, 2020 Not sure what any of these foods have to do with Shrove Tuesday (or what Shrove Tuesday actually is!). Fat Tuesday or Mardi Gras, sure. Shrove Tuesday (also known in Commonwealth countries and Ireland as Pancake Tuesday or Pancake Day) is the day in February or March immediately preceding Ash Wednesday (the first day of Lent), which is celebrated in some Christian countries by consuming pancakes. In others, especially those where it is called Mardi Gras or some translation thereof, this is a carnival day, and also the last day of "fat eating" or "gorging" before the fasting period of Lent.[2] Shrove Tuesday is observed by many Christians, including Anglicans, Lutherans, Methodists and Roman Catholics,[3] who "make a special point of self-examination, of considering what wrongs they need to repent, and what amendments of life or areas of spiritual growth they especially need to ask God's help in dealing with."[4] This moveable feast is determined by Easter. The expression "Shrove Tuesday" comes from the word shrive, meaning "absolve".[2] As this is the last day of the Christian liturgical season historically known as Shrovetide, before the penitential season of Lent, related popular practices, such as indulging in food that one might give up as their Lenten sacrifice for the upcoming forty days, are associated with Shrove Tuesday celebrations. The term Mardi Gras is French for "Fat Tuesday", referring to the practice of the last night of eating richer, fatty foods before the ritual fasting of the Lenten season, which begins on Ash Wednesday. Many Christian congregations thus observe the day through the holding of pancake breakfasts, as well as the ringing of church bells to remind people to remember to repent of their sins before the start of Lent.[5][6] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tizeye Posted February 25, 2020 Author Share #5 Posted February 25, 2020 Just as I have done successfully for previous years, I am giving up football. I will not watch any NFL or college football games for the next 6 weeks. Now bring on March Madness! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr Posted February 25, 2020 Share #6 Posted February 25, 2020 33 minutes ago, Tizeye said: Just as I have done successfully for previous years, I am giving up football. I will not watch any NFL or college football games for the next 6 weeks. Now bring on March Madness! XFL.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickinMD Posted February 25, 2020 Share #7 Posted February 25, 2020 Tomorrow it's, "Remember that you are dust and unto dust you shall return." When I was in public high school, it was ok for kids to come to school late on Ash Wednesday IF you had ashes on your forehead. So, of course, we all got our ashes - even some non-Catholic teenage friends we'd bring along to church with us! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirby Posted February 25, 2020 Share #8 Posted February 25, 2020 King cake in the office today! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn Posted February 25, 2020 Share #9 Posted February 25, 2020 I didn’t even know we were supposed to eat pancakes today but I made blueberry pancakes again using a full pint of fresh blueberries. They were very good. Esther eats them with just butter, I use Vermont pure maple syrup. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airehead Posted February 25, 2020 Share #10 Posted February 25, 2020 19 minutes ago, MickinMD said: Tomorrow it's, "Remember that you are dust and unto dust you shall return." When I was in public high school, it was ok for kids to come to school late on Ash Wednesday IF you had ashes on your forehead. So, of course, we all got our ashes - even some non-Catholic teenage friends we'd bring along to church with us! I did that once with my Catholic friends. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airehead Posted February 25, 2020 Share #11 Posted February 25, 2020 Ps my mother did not find it amusing. Note to self- wipe off ashes before going home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn Posted February 25, 2020 Share #12 Posted February 25, 2020 1 minute ago, Airehead said: I did that once with my Catholic friends. If we were allowed to come in late as long as we had ashes on our face I would have tried using ashes from the grill or wood stove. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsnip Totin Jack Posted February 25, 2020 Share #13 Posted February 25, 2020 Pancakes became associated with Fat or Shrove Tuesday because in preparation for the Lenten fast of 40 days, they wanted to use up all the items they couldn’t consume in lent. Meat, Milk, eggs, butter and sugar. A feast was prepared the day before Ash Wednesday and, over time became Pancake Tuesday, Mardi Gras, and Carnival. After 40 days of no eggs eaten, there was an oversupply as the chickens, not being Catholic and all that, kept on laying eggs. That’s why we currently dye eggs and do the egg hunts on Easter Sunday. We are having pancakes tonight, made the old fashioned way with flour, baking powder, sugar, salt, eggs, milk, and butter. I am adding blueberries to the last batch for me as the heathens don’t like blueberry pancakes. Cooking bacon in the oven too. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12string Posted February 25, 2020 Share #14 Posted February 25, 2020 It's a day of preparation for Lent. If you're gonna repent during Lent, you need to catch up on your sinning during Carnival to make it effective! I do find it interesting, going to church on Ash Wednesday is not an obligation, getting ashes is a tradition, not a requirement, but we'll see about 3 times as many people tomorrow than we do on Sundays. I guess they're coming because it's a giveaway day - free ashes. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donkpow Posted February 25, 2020 Share #15 Posted February 25, 2020 What are the ashes made from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12string Posted February 25, 2020 Share #16 Posted February 25, 2020 23 minutes ago, donkpow said: What are the ashes made from? Palm from last year's Palm Sunday mixed with a little oil. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donkpow Posted February 25, 2020 Share #17 Posted February 25, 2020 1 hour ago, 12string said: Palm from last year's Palm Sunday mixed with a little oil. Thank you. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn Posted February 25, 2020 Share #18 Posted February 25, 2020 3 hours ago, Old#7 said: I am adding blueberries to the last batch for me as the heathens don’t like blueberry pancakes. Cooking bacon in the oven too. They don’t like blueberry pancakes? That’s un-American. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tizeye Posted February 25, 2020 Author Share #19 Posted February 25, 2020 2 hours ago, 12string said: Palm from last year's Palm Sunday mixed with a little oil. With all the palm trees down here it is easy enough to skip church and just burn some palm fronds for the ashes when late for school. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donkpow Posted February 25, 2020 Share #20 Posted February 25, 2020 I'm not involved in any of this stuff but I see on TV some churches do a drive through service. Drive up, get ashed, go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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