Pancake Supper and Races (St. Andrew’s, Saratoga)

On Tuesday (5 February), we held a Shrove Tuesday pancake supper and race at
our parish, St. Andrew’s
Episcopal Church in Saratoga, CA. The Pancake Race
is one of our family’s favorite church festivals and we helped manage the event
in partnership with St. Andrew’s amazing Youth Group.
My daughter Jessica was sad she could not join us this year (she is at Carnegie Mellon
in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania). She wrote out her

“How to run a Shrove Tuesday Pancake supper and race” instructions in case
anyone wants to hold their own pre-Lent celebration. (She said last night that this
has been her most popular blog post so far!) John and I sent Jessica our notes on
this week’s event and she wrote an

update blog entry today. For those who don’t know

Shrove Tuesday from
Mardi Gras, read
The Unofficial Olney Page for one version of how the famous tradition got started
in 1445 in Olney, England.

Here are some photos from St. Andrew’s grand event. As you can see, we had
races between little kids, older kids, teens, and mixed groups. All the racers
won a strand of sugar beads (which also were the table decorations).

Youth Group Cooking Pancakes

Youth Group Cooking Pancakes, Shrove Tuesday, St. Andrew's, Saratoga
photo: copyright 2008 Katy Dickinson