Mardi Gras is Fat Tuesday! It is also Shrove Tuesday and Pancake Tuesday – so it is the perfect excuse to have pancakes for dinner!!
This interesting article from The Compass explains the religious origins of pancakes on Mardi Gras and what Shrove means!! It is the eve of Lent as Ash Wednesday is the next day and kicks off the 40 days of Lent before Easter.
One of these years I’ll make it to New Orleans for Mardi Gras – which is SO much more than pancakes. This People article outlines Mardi Gras’s history and origin & PureWow shares 11 Traditions and 34 New Orleans Fun Food ideas.
PS – March 1st is also National Pig Day – for this year’s Mardi Gras, a pancake “pig out” seems appropriate. Esther the Wonder Pig loves pancakes and would agree!
Whitney's Fun Food Suggestions! 