It's Pancake Day today, which is a celebration we have in the UK every single year, so we're gonna tell you five things about pancake day that you didn't know... hopefully.

So what is pancake day?

Pancake day is traditionally known as Shrove Tuesday, which is the day before Ash Wednesday and that marks the start of Lent.

The reason people make pancakes is because way back in the day people used to get rid of all of their fatty things, so their milk, their eggs, their butter,

and then what better thing to make with all those ingredients than pancakes?!

Perfect!

So when is pancake day?

Well, pancake day varies every year, it's usually between February and March and it always depends upon the date of Easter.

So why are pancakes flat?

It's because we don't actually put baking soda in our pancakes, so I think they're also known as "crepes" or "crêpes" depending on how you pronounce them.

But I know they are very different to American fluffy pancakes and that's why we don't put baking soda in.

So our pancakes are completely flat and they can be rolled or folded and I love having lemon and sugar inside my pancakes.

Yep, but you can have savoury pancakes as well, you put some cheese or ham in there. You can have it with anything.

- But pancake day is certainly not something we do every day, it's just today. - No.

It's such a treat.

But today is fairly unique, do people around the UK do pancake day races?

I don't know! I've never actually heard of it before.

I've not heard of anyone like running up and down doing a relay race with a pancake in a pan.

It reminds me a sports day at school with the egg and spoon.

Oh my gosh, I used to love the relay race, but I love that it's not entirely on you, it's like a team effort to get it right.

But no, this is certainly not a strictly British tradition.

I think it's just a fun little thing that people tend to do here in Borough Market.

So thanks Borough Market for hosting this, this has been a lot of fun.

Yeah, it has. We're gonna get ourselves a pancake now.

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