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Mardi Gras

Event Date and Time: 2/16/2010 12:00 AM to 11:59 PM

"Fat Tuesday" Pancake Day Race

Fat Tuesday is Mardi Gras. "Gras" is French for fat and "Mardi" is French for Tuesday. Also known as Pancake Day and Shrove Tuesday, Fat Tuesday always falls on the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday, which is the first day of Lent in the Christian faith. The custom of eating pancakes on Shrove Tuesday dates back hundreds of years. It was the day to clear the fat, cream, yeast, and other rich ingredients like butter and eggs out of the kitchen before the Lenten fast. Traditionally, the ingredients were made into pancakes.

We don't have pancakes, but we do have donuts;Stop into the office