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In modern times Shrove Tuesday is known best for being the day when you get to eat pancakes. However what is now often seen simply as a chance to eat a tasty dinner has long origins in religion.

Shrove Tuesday is a special day in the Christian calendar as the last before the period of Lent and is believed to have been celebrated for the last 100 years.

Lent is a period of 40 days when Christians gave up food to mark the time Jesus spent in the desert

Traditionally pancakes were eaten as a way of having a last indulgence and using up food which was forbidden during Lent, such as fat, butter and eggs, and would not keep for the 40 day period.

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