Today is Shrove Tuesday, also known as Mardi Gras.
This is the last day to celebrate before the Christian season of Lent, which starts tomorrow on Ash Wednesday. Traditionally on this day, foods are eaten that use up all the fat, butter, milk, eggs, and sugar ("rich" ingredients) in the larder, since Lent is a period of fasting and abstinence. These foods include doughnuts or fried dumplings in the Mardi Gras/French tradition or pancakes in the Shrove Tuesday/British tradition.
Who wants to go eat pancakes today?
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