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Beatriz Stukas Isadora Paim
Pancake day
Pancake Day is celebrated on the last day before the start of Lent with a lot of food.
In Brazil, the date is known as Carnival Tuesday and is the last day of the revelry.
Is the day when Christians say goodbye to fat to begin the fasting period of Lent. The role of pancake day is precisely to mark the end of the period of “plenty” or to be able to eat everything, to enter this period of taking it easy
Classic pancake recipe for Pancake Day
Ingredients:
140g of wheat flour;
200ml whole milk;
2 eggs;
25g of unsalted butter, melted, and a little more to grease.
Ingredients:
140g of wheat flour;
200ml whole milk;
2 eggs;
25g of unsalted butter, melted, and a little more to grease.
Preparation:
Sift the flour with a pinch of salt in a medium-sized bowl and make a hole in the middle.
Break the eggs into the hole and start mixing slowly.
Add the milk in a constant flow, stirring constantly and gradually incorporating the flour.
Beat until the dough is smooth and all the flour has been incorporated. Let the dough rest for 30 minutes, then mix in the melted butter.
Heat the pan over medium heat. Lightly grease the pan with the melted butter. Using a ladle, place about 2 tablespoons of pasta in the pan and shake it so that the bottom of the pan is covered.
Cook the pancake for about 45 seconds on one side until golden brown and then, using a spatula or your skill, turn the pancake over and let it cook on the other side for about 30 seconds.
Sift the flour with a pinch of salt in a medium-sized bowl and make a hole in the middle.
Break the eggs into the hole and start mixing slowly.
Add the milk in a constant flow, stirring constantly and gradually incorporating the flour.
Beat until the dough is smooth and all the flour has been incorporated. Let the dough rest for 30 minutes, then mix in the melted butter.
Heat the pan over medium heat. Lightly grease the pan with the melted butter. Using a ladle, place about 2 tablespoons of pasta in the pan and shake it so that the bottom of the pan is covered.
Cook the pancake for about 45 seconds on one side until golden brown and then, using a spatula or your skill, turn the pancake over and let it cook on the other side for about 30 seconds.
April Fools' Day
April Fool's Day is celebrated annually on April 1st. It is a date where people tell light lies and play tricks on their acquaintances for sheer fun.
The game would have started at the time of the calendar change ordered by King Charles IX, in 1564. Until then, the Julian calendar was in force, for which the New Year festivities were celebrated from March 25 to April 1. From the order of the king, the Gregorian calendar would be used, which means that the year would start on the first of January.
Considering the conditions of communication in that century, the change must have taken months, or even years, to be known to all French people. In addition, many people were against this change, and continued to celebrate New Year's Eve according to the Julian calendar.
The jokes, therefore, originated from the resistance of some, and the lack of information from others in relation to the exchange of calendars. It is said that false invitations to “New Year” parties were common. When people stopped falling for the same lie, at the end of the year, the “liars” started to create other fictitious situations, such as weddings, from which they sent several invitations. The games at this time of the year spread throughout Europe, and arrived in Brazil through the Portuguese.
