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The church will also host a Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper on Feb. 13, from 5 to 7 p.m. Pancakes, fruit, sausages and more will be available for the celebration before the season of Lent begins.
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Tracy Trobridge, Baltimore Sun, 1 Feb. 2024
Pancakes are popular foods for Shrove Tuesday because they are made with fatty ingredients that people are supposed to stay away from during Lent.
—Cameron Jenkins, Good Housekeeping, 24 Jan. 2023
Blanck said that his church wanted to sponsor a Shrove Tuesday performance by his jazz group and felt that Hey Nonny would be a better location than the church.
—Myrna Petlicki, chicagotribune.com, 15 Feb. 2022
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Tracy Trobridge, Baltimore Sun, 1 Feb. 2024
Pancakes are popular foods for Shrove Tuesday because they are made with fatty ingredients that people are supposed to stay away from during Lent.
—Cameron Jenkins, Good Housekeeping, 24 Jan. 2023
Blanck said that his church wanted to sponsor a Shrove Tuesday performance by his jazz group and felt that Hey Nonny would be a better location than the church.
—Myrna Petlicki, chicagotribune.com, 15 Feb. 2022
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“Shrove Tuesday.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Shrove%20Tuesday. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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Shrove Tuesday
noun
: the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday
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