International Pancake Day

1.

Presentation
in English language
on the topic: "International Pancake Day"
student of group BU-9-21
Levin Vladimir

2.

On one Tuesday in
February or March,
which coincides with
"fat" Tuesday, a
hearty holiday is
celebrated International Pancake
Day, which is
especially popular in
England and America.

3.

In the United States, the
first pancake festival
took place in Kansas
in 1950. But in the
English town of
Olney, it has been
held for more than
500 years.

4.

It began with the fact that once during Lent, one of the
townspeople secretly fried pancakes in her kitchen.
Suddenly there was a bell ringing. The poor hostess was
so scared that, forgetting about everything in the world,
she rushed to church ... right with a frying pan in her
hands and pancakes crunching on it.

5.

This was in 1445. Since then, the townspeople
have been organizing an annual pancake race women, certainly in dresses and aprons, must
run a certain distance, tossing a pancake in a
frying pan.

6.

A similar tradition exists
at Westminster
School in London - a
pancake baked with
horsehair so that it
does not fall apart is
thrown in a pan, and
then the students try
to grab a larger piece.

7.

So in Albee and Liberal, women run through the
streets every year with pans in hand, flipping
pancakes as they run.

8.

And the winner's reward
is the kiss of the bell
ringer, honor and
respect. Well, the
pancakes that did not
fall from the pans
during the races are
then eaten together
by the spectators.

9.

Pancake races have
their own rules. Only
women over 18 years
old, who must be in
dresses and aprons,
participate in the
competition. There
are always a lot of
applicants, but only
30 people are
selected.

10.

One of the main conditions is that you need to run
the entire distance, which is 400 m, and on the
way at least twice turn the pancake in the air so
that it falls back into the pan.

11.

And they all run to the
place where the
unknown ancestor of
Pancake Day fled
many years ago - to
the church.

12.

The date of the holiday
changes every year,
but always falls on a
Tuesday in February
or March.

13.

Pancakes in England
are thinner and most
often served with
lemon and sugar or
corn syrup.

14.

In stores, mixes are
sold in jars for quick
cooking pancakes.
Stir the mixture with
water and fry
immediately.

15.

It is quite possible to
attribute pancakes to
the category of
English national
cuisine. Especially on
this day. On the day
of a pancake, or
pancakes.