The Fastest Pancake
in Two Countries!
The small town of Olney, in England, is very famous on one Tuesday is in February, and it's a special day. In some places, this is called Carnieval or Mardi Gras, but in the U.K. it's called Pancake Day. Traditionally,this is a day when people empty their kitchen cabinets to use up foods like eggs and butter. They make a lot of delicious pancakes and eat them with lemon juice and sugar. So why is Olney famous on Shrove Tuesday?