Lent connection

There's a short stack of names to describe next Tuesday: Shrove Tuesday, Fat Tuesday and Tuesday of Carnival among them. But all those monikers sound the same when said with a mouthful of pancakes.

The stackable breakfast staple is such a crucial ingredient in preparing for Lent that the day has also been branded National Pancake Day.

The food's connection to the eve of Lent derives from the tradition of clearing pantries of rich ingredients like eggs, milk and sugar before the fast that forbade people from eating them. Because those three items happen to be part of the pancake recipe, the circular breakfast confection became the popular meal on the day before Lent: Shrove Tuesday.

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