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Syrup is poured over a stack of pancakes. Tuesday marked National Pancake Day in the US. Other parts of the world celebrated pancakes last week on Shrove Tuesday, the day before Ash Wednesday. Newscom
Children in aprons and caps hold their pancakes in frying pans ahead of the Children's Pancake Race in Olney, England, on Feb. 16. Olney's famous race is run every Shrove Tuesday, featuring women who have lived in the town for more than 6 months. It dates back to 1445 and is believed to have begun when a townswoman late for the Shriving service at the Olney parish church, ran the distance down the High Street to make it to the church - still clutching her frying pan and wearing an apron. Lefteris Pitarakis/Reuters
Cakes are on sale during Pancake Week festivities in Suzdal, Russia, on Feb. 14. Vladimir Smirnov/ITAR-TASS/Newscom
Pancakes cook on a frying pan at an outdoor shop in Tibet. Newscom
A Palestinian makes a pancake at a food stall in the West Bank city of Ramallah in November ahead of the Eid a-Adha holiday celebrated by Muslims around the world. Newscom
Artist Dan Lacey painted a series of candidates from the 2008 presidential election with pancakes on their heads, including Sarah Palin, shown here. Lacey, of Minnesota, features other weird works with pancakes in his gallery. WENN.com/Newscom
Lord Alfred Dubs (r.), a British Labor Party politician and former Member of Parliament, and Allegra Stratton (c.), of The Guardian newspaper, compete int he annual Parliamentary Pancake Race in Westminster, London, on Feb. 9, to raise money for a charity, Rehab. Stefan Rousseau/AP
Russian pancakes with salmon roe are seen on sale in Suzdal, Russia during Pancake Week. Vladimir Smirnov/ITAR-TASS/Newscom
Large pancakes are cooked on a giant griddle during a contest in Yinan County, China, on Feb. 7. Du Yubao/Xinhua/Newscom
A Palestinian baker prepares 'Qatayef,' traditional pancakes popular during Ramadan, in the West Bank city of Hebron on Aug. 22. Hazem Bader/AFP/Newscom
People prepare a large pancake as part of celebrations for Maslenitsa, or Pancake Week, in Stavropol, Russia, on Feb. 14. Millions of Russians celebrate the holiday to mark the end of winter, which according to the Orthodox Church, is a week of feasting before Lent. Eduard Korniyenko/Reuters
Cook Valencia San Vicente pulls pancakes off the grill in the kitchen as hundreds of patrons take advantage of the Denny's free Grand Slam Breakfast national giveaway at a local Denny's restaurant in Tempe, Ariz., on Feb. 9. Ross D. Franklin/AP
Girls eat a spring pancakes as part of celebrations to welcome the beginning of spring in the Chinese lunar calendar in Beijing, China, on Feb. 4. Newscom
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Pancake Day, also known as Shrove Tuesday, is Feb. 12. Top these classic buttermilk pancakes with fruit and syrup of your choice for a sweet start to the day.
Feb. 12, 2013 is Pancake Day. It is also Carnival Tuesday in Trinidad and Tobago, Panama, and Dominica – the last day of feasting and frolicking before the beginning of Lent.
While pancakes are enjoyed all year round, there is something special about having them on Pancake Day, especially the Guyanese-style pancakes which are more like the Portuguese malasadas, a direct influence of food of that country on Guyana. They are puffy nuggets of doughnuts. I like them the traditional way I grew up having them, with homemade syrup but for the past two years, I have also been rolling them into cinnamon sugar. They are so good with tea or your favorite hot beverage.
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