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Pancake Day is upon us and what better way to get in the mood for some flipping fun than with handy hints and tips from some top chefs.
Shrove Tuesday marks the traditional feast day before the start of Lent on Ash Wednesday. Originally, it was the last opportunity to use up eggs and fats before embarking on the fast.
Pancakes later became a perfect way of using up these ingredients, with the pancake first featured in cookery books around 1439.
“The tradition of tossing or flipping them is almost as old,” says Historic UK, quoting a text from 1619 that said: “And every man and maide doe take their turne, And tosse their Pancakes up for feare they burne.”