Pancake Day | LearnEnglish Teens | British Council Pancake Day, or Shrove Tuesday, is a special day celebrated in many countries around the world. It is celebrated in English-speaking countries like the UK, Ireland, Australia and Canada. In France, the USA and other countries, it is called 'Mardi Gras' or 'Fat Tuesday'. In others like Spain, Italy or Brazil, Shrove Tuesday is at the end of Carnival. Pancake Day is always on a Tuesday in February or March. Another tradition on Pancake Day in the UK is pancake racing. Pancakes are very easy to make. Ingredients: One cup of flour One cup of milk One large egg Some salt Some butter or oil Lemon juice Some sugar Instructions: Fill one cup with flour and put into a bowl. When the pancake is ready, squeeze some lemon juice and put some sugar on it and eat it immediately.
Unusual British festivals | LearnEnglish Teens | British Council Hello. I’m going to talk about British festivals. I’m sure you’ve heard about the Notting Hill Carnival in London and the Edinburgh Festival, but today we’re going to look at a lot more that you might not know about. Actually, a lot of these are not exactly festivals, but strange races or competitions. Some of them are ancient and some are modern. So, let’s start in January in the north of Scotland with the Burning of the Clavie. Now to the north of England. Another kind of race takes place in spring – cheese rolling. From people-racing, to animals, very tiny animals. More fun, in my opinion, are the onion-eating contest, also in Gloucestershire – a race to finish eating a raw onion – and the Black Pudding Throwing Championship, in Lancashire. Finally, let’s go back to the south of England. So, that’s just a taste of a few of our old and more modern traditions.