Pancake Tuesday

Well all you Christian folks out there are probably gorging yourselves right now in honor of 

Fat Tuesday.  

I hope you find the baby too if you're into that.  

Anyways I'd like to share a little cultural difference with you today.  

In England, Fat Tuesday is more commonly known as Pancake Tuesday, 

and also known as "Shrove" Tuesday.

Who knows wtf a shrove is?

Anyone?

Me either - so I dictionaried it.

 shrove

n shrove [ʃrouv]

the first day of Shrovetide.

Right....  Shrovetide.  

That clears it up.  

Sometimes I wonder if they actually are speaking English in England.

But thats besides the point, what I really wanted to address is this...

Pancake vs. Crepe

In England, they seem unable to distinguish between pancakes and crepes.

Usually using the term "pancake" to mean either crepes OR pancakes.

So I just wanted to clarify...

This is a pancake...

And this is a crepe...

(forgive the crap photo this was taken when I started my blog...)

OK, glad I have gotten that off my chest.

British people spend all of "Pancake" Tuesday

talking about eating pancakes, but they're actually eating crepes.

Come on England, let's learn the difference.

Anyways, are you giving anything up for Lent?

I'm giving up cheeeeeese!

But I might make a little exception next week when 

my parents and my sister come to visit!

I'm currently working on planning the best itinerary for splitting their time between London and Sheffield for their first ever UK visit.  

I am really excited to show them where I have been living.

Now I'm just trying to think of good Dad friendly activities,

the poor man always ends up shaking his head

 while he sees his credit card bill blow up in front of his face.

Any suggestions?