Fun facts for Pancake Day

Shrove Tuesday, which this year occurs on Tuesday March 5, marks an important point in the Christian calendar. Although it is celebrated in many different ways throughout the world, for many Christians, Shrove Tuesday involves feasting on pancakes and, in fact, many people also refer to it as Pancake Tuesday. This because it occurs right before Ash Wednesday, which marks the start of Lent, traditionally a period of fasting for Christians.

Before the fasting, people would therefore use up whatever staple foods they had left in their larder such as flour, sugar, eggs and milk. These ingredients to make pancakes, and it’s a tradition which has survived to this day.

Here are some fun Pancake Day facts to get you in the mood:

1. Pancake Day depends on when Easter occurs and so is a moveable feast. It can fall anywhere between February 3 and March 9.

2. Many towns in England conduct pancake races on Pancake Day. This involves running for about a quarter of a mile with a frying pan and tossing the pancake in it. It is believed the first Shrove Tuesday pancake race took place in Buckinghamshire in 1445.

3. Not all countries traditionally eat pancakes on Shrove Tuesday. They eat meat which has been preserved in salt in Iceland while in Finland they eat pastries and pea soup. Polish people eat a traditional pasty called paczki while in Lithuania they also eat donuts on Pancake Day.

4. American pancake chain IHOP give away free pancakes on Pancake Day to raise money for charity.

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National Chili Day: Six interesting chili facts

National Chili Day is observed each year on the last Thursday in February and celebrates a dish which has become hugely popular across the United States. It’s thought that chili was first brought to the US by Mexican immigrants, but the dish itself has its roots in Spain.

Here are some interesting facts you may not know about chili.

San Antonio in Texas became famous as the first place in the United States to make chili popular. It was thought that a group of travelers from the Spanish Canary Islands who had moved there in the early 1700s began cooking a dish with meat and peppers that were growing locally.

Such was the popularity of chili in Texas that the dish became known as ‘a bowl of red’.

The first recorded chili cook-off is believed to have taken place in Terlinga, Texas in 1967. The cook-off ended in a tie between a cook from New York and a chili maker from Texas, so local pride was maintained.

Hot chili can help you lose weight as the chili peppers can cause a thermodynamic burn inside the body which is turn quickens the body’s metabolism.

There is the same amount of vitamin C in one green chili pod as you would find in an orange.

The 36th President of the United States and Texas native Lyndon B Johnson was a huge fan of chili. His favorite chili recipe actually contained venison instead of beef. The recipe, which was known as Pedernales River chili, proved hugely popular throughout the country so much so that Johnson’s wife Lady Bird Johnson had the recipe printed on cards and sent out to those who had requested it.

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Dry January: How was it for you?

Right now, many people will be celebrating the end of their temporary temperance and cracking open bottles of wine and beer to toast the fact that they survived Dry January. And who would begrudge those who have sworn off the booze for a whole month from toasting it with their favorite tipple.

Dry January originated as a drive by alcohol awareness groups to get people to address their relationship with alcohol and consider abstaining from it for a month. January is the prime month for this as it is usually the time of year when people are looking to cut back a bit and get healthier.

The health benefits from abstaining from alcohol are undisputed, with health professionals claiming that it can lead to weight loss and lower blood pressure. You don’t need a medical degree to know that too much alcohol can be bad for your health and those who drink moderately to heavily can see a tangible benefit to giving up the booze for month.

However, this is a school of thought that suggest that Dry January may not be exactly the best approach to addressing drinking habits, and can often be counter-productive. Some experts suggest that those who are used to drinking frequently should instead try to moderate their drinking over a longer term rather than going cold turkey after the holiday season. Indeed, many claim that those who have successfully completed Dry January simply go back to their old drinking habits once it’s over in an attempt to make up for lost time.

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Top three character deaths in books we can’t get over

Authors can be cruel to their readers, and none more so than when beloved characters die in ways that we just can’t reconcile with. There are hundreds upon thousands of character deaths we can’t get over, and not all of them are down to George R R Martin. Here is a rundown of just a few of the character deaths in books we can’t get over.

Leslie Burke (Bridge to Terabithia)

Whether you’re watching the movie or reading the book, the death of Leslie Burke is a bitter pill to swallow. Not just the moment you find out that she is dead but the impact that her death has on the rest of the characters, especially Jess. Jess goes through the seven stages of grief and it’s even harder to read about his struggles than it is to accept that Leslie is really dead and not going to suddenly pop out of the woods again.

Brooks Hatlen (Shawshank Redemption)

When Brooks is given parole, you can already see things are not going to end well for him in the outside world. Having spent most of his life in prison, there is nothing more terrifying than being a free man. You see the man struggling to adjust, and even toys with the idea of committing a crime so that he breaks his parole and can go back home. Yet, in the end, he decides that instead suicide is the answer. He writes a final letter to Red and Andy in Shawshank, carves “BROOKS WAS HERE” in the wall and hangs himself.

John Coffey (The Green Mile)

When an innocent man suffers for the crimes of an evil one, it is always hard to see. When that man is a gentle and simple creature like John Coffey, it’s even worse. The man with healing hands, who cures Paul of his urinary tract infection, cures the warden’s wife of an inoperable brain tumour, and brings Mr. Jingles back to life, is completely innocent of the crime he is put to death for. Just as there is nothing that Paul can do to save his life, there is nothing the reader can do either.

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Book Adaptations Coming To TV In 2019

It seems now more than ever, there are so many exciting and varied book adaptations lighting up our screens. This list adds to that, with some of the great adaptations to look forward to in 2019. Whether you enjoyed the visceral dystopian nightmare of The Handmaid’s Tale, the sweeping epic drama of Game Of Thrones, or the stylish arthouse thriller vibes of The Little Drummer Girl, book adaptations on tv these days have a little something for everyone. And 2019 is shaping up to be no exception, with these great works to look forward.

Good Omens by Neil Gaiman And Terry Pratchett

This book, from two of the giants of literary and comedic fantasy, almost needs no introduction. But for those not familiar, it’s a masterful deconstruction of Christian theology and symbolism, modern society, and a wickedly funny apocalypse. To make matters even more appealing, the adaptation has lined up a truly all-star cast, featuring David Tennant, Michael Sheen, and John Hamm.

Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng

This critically acclaimed 2017 novel is a fantastic work in its own right, unravelling mysteries and secrets in an idyllic small town Ohio community, all whilst using the plot twists to craft complex and intriguing 3-dimensional characters, with tensions building over to a boiling point. Sure to go over well with fans of Big Little Lies, the 2019 adaptation will be produced by and star Reese Witherspoon and Kerry Washington.

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A Haunting Book, Full Of Light And Shadow : The Voyage Out By Virginia Woolf

Woolf’s first novel , The Voyage Out , is an exploration of a young woman , namely , Rachel Vinrace, who has received no formal education , has been brought up at home in a manner which does not prepare her for any sort of independent adult life. Rachel is intensely conscious of her lack of formal education, her powerlessness in society, and her exclusion from the male-dominated world of governance and decision-making. Her one consolation is that she has been left undisturbed to develop her artistic flair for piano-playing.

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