28th Feb 2025 - 07:00
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To celebrate the upcoming Pancake Day (Tuesday 4th March 2025) we have found our favourite food facts about this subject.
- While Pancake Day is especially celebrated in the UK, it is also observed in other countries like the USA (Mardi Gras), France (Carnival) and parts of Australia, though each has its own unique traditions.
- The town of Olney in Buckinghamshire is famous for its Pancake Day race, which has been held since 1445.
- On Pancake Day, British households spend an estimated £40 million on ingredients to make pancakes.
- According to the Guinness World Records, Brad Jolly from Australia flipped a pancake 140 times in just one minute.
- The most popular pancake topping in the UK is lemon and sugar, with over 20% of people choosing this combination.
- The first recorded pancake recipe was in an English cookbook in 1439.
- In France, it is a tradition to make a wish while the pancake is being tossed, holding a coin in the other hand.
- On average, British people use 1.5 million eggs and 700,000 liters of milk to make pancakes on Shrove Tuesday.
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