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<\/a><\/p>\nThe British version of Pancake Day is something you are most likely already familiar with but every family celebrates it in a different way. Emily from Twin Mummy and Daddy<\/a>\u00a0has shared with us how they tend to celebrate this day.<\/p>\n Emily: \u201cOur pancake tradition is to make pancakes from scratch with the kids. They love helping to make the batter, whisking up all the ingredients and watching mummy and daddy flipping them over. We tend to roll them up and pack them with fruit for kids. We call them fruity pancake roll-ups! My husband and I tend to have a squeeze of lemon with ours and a sprinkling of sugar.\u201d<\/p>\n We asked Giada from\u00a0Miel Cafe to tell us all how she celebrates Pancake Day in Italy.<\/p>\n Giada: “Over here in Italy Pancake Day is called \u2018Marted\u00ec Grasso\u2019. It\u2019s the very last day before Lent, the last chance to enjoy some traditional \u2018fat eating\u2019 and the last day of our well-known Italian Carnevale. We actually don\u2019t have a custom of eating pancakes but a traditional food we eat is \u2018Chiacchiere\u2019 or Angel Wings. It\u2019s a sweet fried dough (very simple flour and eggs\u00a0sugar dough with a touch of rum\u00a0covered in icing sugar. It\u2019s very basic but such a nice, delicious classic. They are different from classic pancakes and are friable and crispy. But I\u2019ll reveal something, \u00a0we love pancakes as much, in any of their forms, so we use it as an excuse to eat them too on Pancake Day!”<\/p>\n German blogger Laura Berg now lives in Denmark and writes about her life there through her blog The Copenhagen Tales<\/a>. We asked her to share with us some traditions from both Germany and Denmark.<\/p>\n \u201cIn Denmark, Shrove Tuesday or\u00a0Pancake\u00a0Day is called Fastelavn. A number of traditions surround the festivities – children dress up in costumes and play a game called \u2018Beat the Cat out of the Barrel\u2019. In this game, a wooden barrel filled with sweets is hit with sticks until it breaks, and whoever deals the final blow is crowned \u2018King or Queen of cats\u201d. Instead of\u00a0pancakes, Danes eat a special kind of bun, Fastelavnsbolle, which is often filled with cream and glazed with icing or chocolate. There\u2019s even a poem about those buns!<\/p>\n In Germany, the highlight of the carnival or Fasching, festivities is Rose Monday, but in some regions, Shrove Tuesday is celebrated with parades as well. Further, there are some traditions and rituals held around midnight, the night between Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday. These are meant to conclude the carnival festivities, for example with symbolic funerals or burnings of the figure representing the sinful spirit of carnival or \u2018Fasching\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n In France, Shrove Tuesday is known as \u2018Mardi Gras\u2019 (fat Tuesday) but the main day for eating pancakes is \u2018Chandeleur\u2019 on the 2nd<\/sup> of February where they eat cr\u00eapes (pancakes in French). It is a fun day for all the family to get together and eat delicious pancakes. As sometimes Chandeleur falls on a working day, it\u2019s common to organise something during the weekends with family and friends to prepare and enjoy the pancakes altogether. The most popular pancakes are the ones with chocolate spread and banana, but sugar and jam are of course always invited to the party.<\/p>\n In Poland, Pancake Day is called \u2018T\u0142usty czwartek\u2019. Pancake Day literally translates as \u2018Fat Thursday\u2019 and the pancakes are actually doughnuts. There are also competitions to choose the most delicious doughnuts during different festivals.<\/p>\n Many of our hampers have some yummy jams perfect for your pancakes, such as the ones in our\u00a0breakfast hampers<\/a>. We hope that this post has given you an uncontrolled craving for pancakes and you will be celebrating Pancake Day with your family and friends.<\/p>\n Don\u2019t hesitate to comment below to tell us a little more about your own pancake tradition!Pancake Day in Italy<\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nPancake Day in Denmark and Germany<\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nPancake Day in France<\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nPancake Day in Poland<\/h2>\n
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