Pan-tastic fun making Shrove Tuesday treats
![Pupils at Hambleton Primary Academy prepared for Shrove Tuesday with some pancake making and tossing. Lucy Pearce prepares another batch.](https://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/webimg/legacy_ash_78058417.jpg?crop=3:2,smart&width=640&quality=65&enable=upscale)
![Pupils at Hambleton Primary Academy prepared for Shrove Tuesday with some pancake making and tossing. Lucy Pearce prepares another batch.](/img/placeholder.png)
The savoury treats will be topped with sugar, lemon juice, and syrup across the Fylde coast today as families enjoy Shrove Tuesday.
The centuries-old tradition takes place on a different date every year but always precedes the first day of Lent – or Ash Wednesday.
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![Pupils at Hambleton Primary Academy prepared for Shrove Tuesday with some pancake making and tossing. Pancake tossing are L-R: Molly Thompson, Max Whiteside and Freya Farrington.](https://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/webimg/legacy_ash_78058418.jpg?crop=3:2,smart&width=640&quality=65)
![Pupils at Hambleton Primary Academy prepared for Shrove Tuesday with some pancake making and tossing. Pancake tossing are L-R: Molly Thompson, Max Whiteside and Freya Farrington.](/img/placeholder.png)
In recent years, toppings have become more and more outlandish, and now include beer, bacon, and Oreos.
Pam Birch, executive principal at Hambleton, in Church Lane. said: “Good learning is always layered; cookery skills, British traditions, RE, teamwork... And of course a heavy dose of having fun!
“That way the memory stays and the learning is ingrained.”