Anyone good at explaining Shrove Tuesday/Pancake Day?

Or pointing me to a url so I can read and appreciate?

TIA!

The using up of food such as eggs that isn't allowed to be eaten during Lent.

http://homepages.tesco.net/~derek.berger/holidays/pancakeday.html But that date in that page is for last year 

Shrove Tuesday is on 8 Feb this year, in case anyone was wondering.... just around the corner, so make sure you buy up all the Bisquick you can find, cos it's difficult to get the rest of the year! 

ooh ooh I saw some Bisquick yesterday and I'm not telling where!!

Oh wow, never heard of that before!!!  Guess not taking part in Lent will do that to you!  But any excuse to have panckaes, American or English is enough for me!!!!  I think I will take part this year!

It's the same tradition as Mardi Gras-partying and eating up the food before lent.  I think it's a cool tradition.   

I haven't had an probs finding Bisquick lately but pancakes are very easy to make from scratch and a jug of batter keeps in the fridge for a few days as well!

I haven't had an probs finding Bisquick lately but pancakes are very easy to make from scratch and a jug of batter keeps in the fridge for a few days as well!

You silly people making things from scratch!!!!

Hmmm, I should take cooking lessons

DH doesn't really like the taste of Bisquick - hence our making them from scratch.

Come to think of it, my mother made them from scratch and I actually liked them!  (If you tasted my mothers cooking you would understand! )  I'm going to ask her for the recipe.  She also made great Crepes too!!!  Now I'm hungry again!!!

DH doesn't really like the taste of Bisquick - hence our making them from scratch.

You know come to think of it, I don't like bisquik either!  I tried too, but I just really don't!

I haven't had an probs finding Bisquick lately but pancakes are very easy to make from scratch and a jug of batter keeps in the fridge for a few days as well!

I suggested doing that once, hubby was horrified!

You know come to think of it, I don't like bisquik either!  I tried too, but I just really don't!

I hate Bisquick!  Anything that versatile, I'm suspect.

The Kingsmill 'Giant Pancakes' in a 4 pack (plastic container) are pretty good.  Also I enjoy Aunt Bessie's frozen pancakes.  

I made pancakes 'from scratch' last weekend when we finally ran out of my hoard of Bisquick, but they just tasted wrong.   
I'm going to have to try it again using part buttermilk in place of all milk, and see if it's any better.

My husband make them every year for Shrove Tues. It took me two years to try them as I was grossed out watching him make them. He takes very cheap watery pancake mix and puts way too much oil in a pan and fries the pancake. Its about as thin as crepe. Then he puts lemon juice and sugar on it. GROSS! But I tried last year and they were really good Just not like the American pancakes you would get at IHOP or Dennys