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Pancake day in Exminster
January 23, 2012
Shrove Tuesday will soon be upon us and St Martin’s church Exminster in collaboration with Exminster Methodist Church will be celebrating with savoury and sweet pancakes. These will be served in the Methodist Hall and between 12 and 2pm on the 21st February, and you are most welcome to join us.
The word ‘shrove’ is the past tense of the verb ‘to shrive’, an old English word meaning to obtain absolution for ones sins through confession and doing ‘penance’. During the week before Lent (Shrovetide) Christians were expected to go to confession in preparation for the Lent season.
The custom of eating foods made with eggs, sugar and fat comes from the tradition that these were generally not eaten during the fasting period and as such were used up. Pancake Day (or Fat Tuesday or Mardi Gras) is a great day of feasting so please feel free to join us for this meal.
Click here to download a Shrove Tuesday 2012 Poster
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