In ritual terms this is a significant week - Collop Monday, Shrove Tuesday, Ash Wednesday.
Shrove Tuesday was/is a day of gluttony, amateur theatricals and sport (especially football - Hutton mentions "silver sports" presumably related to the trophies awarded).
Out of the Lent Eve feasting of the past only the pancake remains as an example of ritual food.
Above: pancake recipes were in almost all newspapers this year, and famous chefs took seriously a simple peasant dish intended to use up scraps.
Above: pancake parties continued to be celebrated in village communities - an example of the Big Society (except that they pre-date the Big Society by centuries).
Above: I have also noticed restaurants celebrating Pancake Day with pancake races, complete with prizes (not exactly silver trophies, but the same idea).
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