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From Wikipedia

Shrove Tuesday is the term used in the English-speaking countries of the United Kingdom[1], Ireland[2], and Australia[3] to refer to the day after Collop Monday and before Ash Wednesday (the liturgical season of Lent begins on Ash Wednesday). In these countries, and amongst Anglicans in Canada, this day is also known as Pancake Day, because it is customary to eat pancakes on this day.[4][5][6] In other parts of the world — for example, in historically-Catholic and French-speaking parts of the United States and elsewhere — this day is called Mardi Gras, and in areas with large Polish-immigrant populations (for example, Chicago and Detroit) it is known as Paczki Day.

From Cuzzypedia

Pancake Tuesday is the term I use for the day when I have pancakes for dinner and eat way to many and feel full all night. Get that skillet warmed up , it is time to flip!

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In the Canadian province of Newfoundland, household objects are baked into the pancakes and served to family members. Rings, thimbles, thread, coins, and other objects all have meanings associated with them. The lucky one to find coins in their pancake will be rich, the finder of the ring will be the first married, and the finder of the thimble will be a seamstress or tailor. Children have great fun with the tradition, and often eat more than their fill of pancakes in search of a desired object.

So let me get this straight, they throw the broom or the dust pan in their flap jacks? Those crazy Newfies.

Just in case you are a complete moron in the kitchen, here is a recipe to get your flap on tonight.

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