自粘防水卷材施工要领:Pancake Day英语介绍

Shrove Tuesday, traditionally a day of some merry-making - is a last fling before the long fast. The aspect of Shrove Tuesdays best remembered today is the traditional making of pancakes. For many people it is Pancake Day and nothing more. The custom arose through the necessity of using up any foodstuffs which were forbidden in Lent.

Pancakes were and still are believed to be of good luck in many areas of the world as they contain many herbs and food stuffs associated with the promotion of prosperity and longevity.

This day became one of celebration announced by the 'Pancake Bell'. The sounding of this bell meant that villagers could return home and prepare the pancakes, and join in games and general merriment (pancake races and tossing the pancakes are just two examples of common traditions). In some areas of England the sounding of the bell is documented as far back as 1450, with the most well known being in Olney, Buckinghamshire.

The actual word Shrove is derived from the word 'shrive' which means to confess sins. People were called to church on Shrove Tuesday to be shrived - that is to be forgiven and cleansed of all sins before the coming of Lent, which began the following day - Ash Wednesday.

The custom itself can be traced back several centuries when Shrove Tuesday was the last day that any form of festivities could take place before the period of Lent.

A traditional Shrove Tuesday sport still practiced in some places, is the Pancake race. Women race with pancakes in frying-pans, tossing them as they run. Tradition holds that the race was first started in the fifteenth century.

There are many customs connected with the making of pancakes - one being that the maid who could successfully cook and toss a pancake on Shrove Tuesday Would be married within the year. If an unfortunate pancake maker accidentally tossed their pancakes on the fire, then tradition has it that she was carried outside and deposited on the nearest dunghill!

Old Fashioned Rhymes Sung on Pancake Day

As with other festivals, Shrove Tuesday was used as an excuse for processions around the village, demanding alms from the better-off. In more recent times, the processions were confined mainly to children. In many districts of England the rhymes chanted on these occasions have been preserved, and most of them refer to food.

Two from Wiltshire.

A-shrovin', a-shrovin',
i be come a-shrovin',
a piece of bread, a piece of cheese,
A bit of your fat bacaon,
Or a dish of dough-nuts,
All of your own makin'!

A-shrovin', a-shrovin',
Nice meat in a pie,
my mouth is very dry.

From Warminster.

Dame, is your pan hot?
Lard and corn is dear;
I've come a-shovin',
Tis but once a year.
So up to the flitch
and cut a gurt stitch;
If your hens don't lay,
I'll steal your cock away
Afore next Shrove Tuesday

From West Somerset.

Tippety-Tippety-tin;
Give me a pancake and I'll come in.
Tippety-tippety-toe,
Give me a p

Cornish version.

Nicky, nicky, nan,
Give me a pancake and then I'll be gone.
But if you give me none,
I'll throw a great stone
And down your door shall come.

Method

Sieve the flour and salt into a basin, making a well in the center. Break the eggs one at a time and pour into the well. Gradually beat the eggs and flour together, adding the milk little by little until creamy consitency has been reached. Beat the batter for a few minutes to aerate it, and leave to stand for an hour or so if possible.

Heat the frying pan or griddle with a little lard and pour enough batter to cover the area needed. Cook until the top is dry, and then either toss or turn the pancake and cook the other side until brown.

Turn out onto a greaseproof paper, sprinkle with sugar and lemon juice as desired and roll up before serving.