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Next Tuesday is Mardi Gras. Around the world, Catholic communities celebrate a day of overindulgence before Lent. Most Protestants, who don't celebrate Lent, ignore Mardi Gras too. In Britain, however, we ... eat pancakes. Traditionally with sugar and lemon juice. How did this tradition come about?

by /u/Brickie78 in /r/AskHistorians

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