Pancake Tuesday!

It's Pancake Tuesday, get out your griddles!

Today, I was sitting in the conference room working away. Around three o'clock one of the administrators from our Project Management Office stuck his head in the door and announced that there were pancakes out in the coffee area. Eyes lit up around the room, except for mine. My brows drew together in confusion. One of the ladies I work with announce to me that it's "Pancake Tuesday!" What?

Sure enough, we got up and went to the coffee area and there's a mess of pancakes in the catering pans. A line forms and people start grabbing pancakes and muffins.

How freakin' bizarre! Nothing better for an afternoon snack than pancakes, eh?

Well, upon further investigation, I discover that this is an Irish (and British) custom associated with Shrove Tuesday. The idea is that you use up all of your milk, eggs, and sugar before the fasting of Lent begins. What can you do with milk, eggs, and sugar? Make pancakes, of course!

Happy Pancake Day!