GET your batter at the ready because Pancake Day is here.
The date changes every year and comes before Lent ahead of Easter – but when is it in 2021?
When is Pancake Day 2021?
In 2021 Pancake Day – which is also known as Shrove Tuesday – falls on Tuesday, February 16.
The day always falls on the seventh week before Easter.
It is also the day before Ash Wednesday which marks the beginning of the the period known as Lent.
The tradition of eating pancakes stems from the time when people were trying to use up rich foods such as eggs, milk and sugar before the fasting season of Lent.
Is Pancake Day always on a Tuesday?
The day always falls on a Tuesday because of the period of time it marks between the start of Lent and Easter.
The following day, Ash Wednesday marks the start of Lent, in which Christians go through a period of 40 days of fasting, designed to help them remember the same amount of time Jesus spent fasting in the Wilderness.
This culminates in Easter, with Easter Sunday this year falling on April 4.
How long is there between Pancake Day and Easter?
Shrove Tuesday always falls 47 days before Easter Sunday, so as Easter varies from year to year so does Pancake Day.
The date can fall any Tuesday between February 3 and March 9.