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Pancake Tuesday or Pancake Day or Shrove Tuesday?

13-02-2018 4:03pm

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In our house it was always called Pancake Tuesday.

Pancake Tuesday or Pancake Day or Shrove Tuesday? 119 votes

Pancake Tuesday.

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Pancake Day.

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Shrove Tuesday.

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#2 13-02-2018 4:05pm

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In our house it was called stuffing your face day

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#3 13-02-2018 4:07pm

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Mardi Gras

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#4 13-02-2018 4:07pm

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In my house it's called did you go shopping no I thought you were going shopping day.

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#5 13-02-2018 4:07pm

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It is also Donegal Tuesday.

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#6 13-02-2018 4:08pm

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Interchangeable

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#7 13-02-2018 4:10pm

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Faschingsdienstag! (With doughnuts)

Tbh I prefer stuffing myself with pancakes than dressing up like an eejit.

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#8 13-02-2018 4:10pm

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Tuesday.

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#9 13-02-2018 4:45pm

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I thought it was Jif lemon day.

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#10 13-02-2018 4:52pm

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Bob Harris wrote: »

I thought it was Jif lemon day.

its pronounced 'gif'

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#11 13-02-2018 4:54pm

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All depends on whether I’m looking to get fed.

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#12 13-02-2018 4:56pm

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pleas advice wrote: »

its pronounced 'gif'

I use this stuff!

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#13 13-02-2018 4:57pm

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The tuesday before Ash Wednesday.

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#14 13-02-2018 5:06pm

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Shrove Tuesday. Would hear it often referred to as Pancake Tuesday though.

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#15 13-02-2018 5:08pm

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In my house growing up it was called 'shut the f*ck up, you're the youngest and not getting any pancakes, ya little boll1x'

I just called it Tuesday.

Sometimes I make pancakes when it's not even a Tuesday

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#16 13-02-2018 5:09pm

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A-cup tuesday.

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#17 13-02-2018 5:11pm

Hande hoche!

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Now that we are on the second page, can get notions and refer to crepes.

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#18 13-02-2018 5:12pm

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Pancake Tuesday. Also known as one of the best days of the year!

🤪

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#19 13-02-2018 5:26pm

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Fat tuesday

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#20 13-02-2018 5:37pm

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How about both?

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#21 13-02-2018 5:39pm

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I miss my Grannys pancakes .... Jaysus she made nice pancakes!!!

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#22 13-02-2018 5:40pm

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As long as it’s topped with ice cream I don’t care!

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#23 13-02-2018 5:48pm

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pleas advice wrote: »

its pronounced 'gif'

I use this stuff!!

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#24 13-02-2018 5:50pm

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Badly Drunk Boy wrote: »

I use this stuff!!

Lol

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#25 13-02-2018 6:53pm

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#26 13-02-2018 6:56pm

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Pancake Tuesday. With golden syrup. Aw yiss

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#27 13-02-2018 7:01pm

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Pancake Tuesday and I'm going to have mine with a variety of nut butters on it:cool:

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#28 13-02-2018 7:10pm

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Can’t believe it’s Pancake Tuesday already!
It just crepe’d up on me! 😝

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#29 13-02-2018 7:13pm

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Try_harder wrote: »

Can’t believe it’s Pancake Tuesday already!
It just crepe’d up on me! 😝

'Flip' off will ya!

:P

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#30 13-02-2018 7:14pm

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#31 13-02-2018 7:15pm

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Never had pancakes growing up, still don't see the big deal about them either.

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