Am I the only one that finally noticed all the free pancakes on Fat Tuesday? A little late, the synapses in my brain finally started connecting and I did some research on the history of Pancake Day . Mardi Gras or Fat Tuesday is also known as Shrove Tuesday- coming from the word shrive- confess all sins. Festivals included rivalry and eating foods like pancakes originally because many of the ingredients like fat and eggs where traditionally restricted during Lent.
Hmmm- cool huh, but of course I had to find the pagan roots and according to a couple spots I found, it is historically based on an Ancient Roman Lupercalia festival that honored the God Lupercus, a pastoral God connected with fauns and satyrs. Also this is that transition time between late winter and spring- infused with fertility and life being reborn- I can just imagine the folks opening their doors coming out of their winter abodes and taking to the streets in joy and wonderment of the coming spring!
So it all makes sense now why I had the biggest urge to make this months "Once Upon a Table" story project about pancakes- I am glad I followed my instinct though it did not make sense until yesterday for me! That is some serious past life stuff working through me! You may remember me featuring a newly found book that cracked me up called "The Pancake That Ran Away" by Loek Koopmans on my old blog- I just kept going back to that book the whole month and finally settled on doing that as the project.
I finished the project last night and will be finishing writing the pattern and taking pictures today, I will try to have it posted before bed tonight! Till then eat some pancakes for me!
