Today is Pancake Day/Shrove Tuesday/Mardi Gras. Traditionally this is a time for feasting & merriment before Lent is observed, a period of 40-days where partying & cake-eating were frowned upon! Mardi gras (literally Fat Tuesday) was a day when larders would be emptied of all temptations, to be whipped up into an enticing feast. In … Continue reading Happy Pancake Day!