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Anglo-Catholic customs of Shrove Tuesday
This page contains some of the information on previous pages in this site, and now I am unsure of who to properly give credit. It is a well done site, and ends with a quote that should be memorized by all good Christians: "REMEMBER: Shroves can't be purchased -- only Lent."
Lithuanian Shrove Tuesday Customs and Traditions
This is one page of a site devoted to Lithuanian customs, and is followed by a page on Lent. This is a page to see, as it has some wonderful graphics, pictures of "Shrovetide Masks" which were apparently worn for some of the traditions, and some really interesting historical notes.
British Customs and British Traditions Shrove Tuesday or Pancake Day
Learn on this site how "Pancake Racing" began as a Shrove Tuesday tradition in Olney, England, and how the tradition is carried on to modern times, and of the Shrove Tide Football Match, with goals three miles apart.
Semmeldagen à Shrove Day - Sweden
Wheat flour buns filled with cream and almond paste, the traditional Shrove Tuesday snack in Sweden.
Domestic-Church.Com (Pancake Day explained)
Has another explanation of the reason for pancakes on Shrove Tuesday, and some interesting pancake recipes.
Shrove Tuesday on AllAboutIrish.com
I was hoping to find some great Irish ideas, but this is basically a straightforward explanation of why and how Shrove Tuesday is celebrated.
Curious Customs in England - Shrove Tuesday
This comes in a page of mostly customs of children, but really caught my eye because of the description of Kissing Friday, the Friday following Ash Wednesday.
"Fat Tuesday" food traditions
This is a page from the Arizona Republic, and while it speaks of the food traditions of "Fat Tuesday" (a.k.a. Shrove Tuesday) it has some recipes which are fat-free or low-fat, for pancakes and even one called "Mardis Gras Jambalaya."
Shrove Tuesday - Lasatul Secului
I guess things are different in Romania, where this page is from. Here is how its description of Shrove Tuesday begins: "It is a night holiday 13-14 of November and it starts the Advent."
Shrove Tuesday as celebrated in Zemaitia, Lithuania
Now this begins sounding more like a real celebration, but toward the end there is a description of the celebration of Shrove Tuesday at the beginning of the 20th century which really shows the anti-semitic feeling that was a driving force in that region.
Shrove Tuesday in Finland
This page is on the totality of the Easter season, and has some interesting views of how the season, and Shrove Tuesday, were and are celebrated in Finland. I included this page because it has some interesting features, including links to scans of 100-year old Finnish Easter cards.
Finnish Shrovetide Recipe Archive
Has a good explanation of Shrovetide, the season of 4 days beginning the Saturday before Shrove Tuesday, and a whole raft of great recipes for Finnish and Russian Shrovetide foods, including Russian "blins", Finnish Shrove buns, and a link to other traditional Finnish dishes.
Shrove Tuesday in Sweden
You will have to scroll down a ways on this page, called "Some Swedish Occations (sic) and Traditions." I include the page because the primary reference is to "Shrove Sunday, the last Sunday before the fast." Also because it has good graphics, and "7 late risers day", July 27, a holiday for people who are late for work.
Dating Fat Tuesday
No, this isn't a matchmaking site, but a site which gives a very good explanation of the way the date for Fat Tuesday or Shrove Tuesday is reached, as well as Mardi Gras dates to 2012. By all means give the intro time to load, it is really well done in flash w/ sound.
Schmeckfest in North Dakota
Fastenacht and "schlitzkuchla" (a deep-fried pastry) among the German-Russians of North Dakota - food festivals in Eureka, S.D., and Rugby, Fargo, Wishek and Richardton, N.D. with recipes for Kaseknepfla, Kuchen and Schlitzkuchla.
Poland, Valentano Italy, Slovenia,
And the pages keep coming.
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