Pre-reading questions:
- Do you like eating pancakes for breakfast? Why or why not?
- What is your favorite topping for your pancake? Explain your answer.
Britons celebrate Pancake Day every year. It is held on a Tuesday before Ash Wednesday. Pancake Day is a way of using up rich foods like eggs, milk, and sugar before the 40-day fasting season of Lent. Making pancakes is an all-in-one way of using fatty foods before Lent.
Vocabulary:
pancake [noun] – a thin, flat cake of batter, usually fried and turned in a pan
Britons [noun] – a native citizen of Great Britain
all-in-one [adjective] – combining two or more items
fatty [adjective] – containing a large amount of fat
fasting [verb] – refrain from eating food
True or False:
- Belgians celebrate Pancake Day every year.
- It is held on a Thursday.
- It is held a day before Ash Friday.
- Pancake Day is a way of using up basic foods like rice, water, and salt.
- Making pancakes is an all-in-one way of using fatty foods before Lent.