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Pancake Day or Shrove Tuesday ( ' s hrove'  comes from the old word ' shrive'  and means    'confess' )   is the day before Ash Wednesday - first day of Lent. It's always celebrated 47 days before Easter Sunday so the date varies from year to year. In UK it's traditional on this day to eat pancakes. Why pancakes? Because they are easy to make and contain fat which was forbidden to eat during Lent, the period of abstinence from fat food, meat or broth.  In Poland Shrove Tuesday is also known as the last day of carnival, last day when one may eat food not allowed in Lent. Ash Wednesday (środa popielcowa) begins Lent, which commemorates Jesus' 40-day fasting and temptation in the desert. It's special time for Christians - time of reflection, repentance and prayer. In this way they prepare their heart for Easter, the most important religious feast. British pancakes are made of thin batter and are served with popular toppings like plain lemon and su...

One of greatest symbols of Cornwall is Cornish pasty  (in Polish :  pieróg kornwalijski ) . It's a regional delicacy, the Cornish define it as their culinary heritage. Although Cornish pasties are sold throughout the United Kingdom, native Cornish will say that a true Cornish pasty can be baked in the traditional way only in Cornwall. They are proud of it and must eat it really often as each bakery sells variety of pasties (different fillings and sizes) and before afternoon they are almost completely sold out :)  History of Cornish pasty dates back to the 13th century when the delicacy was devoured by the rich upper classes and royalty. In 17th and 18th centuries the pasty was adopted by miners and farm workers in Cornwall as a means for providing themselves with easy, tasty and sustaining meals while their very hard work.The wives of Cornish tin miners prepared pasties for their husbands to provide them with a filling, high-calorie meal during their exhausting days ...