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Shrove Tuesday

Poll: How many pancakes will you have today?

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TODAY IS KNOWN by many names – Shrove Tuesday, Pancake Tuesday, Fat Tuesday, Mardi Gras.

Whatever you call it, it’s a tradition for many to tuck into some pancakes today. 

Fruit? Lemon? Sugar? Chocolate? Bacon?

Whether you are a sweet or savoury kind of person, there’s plenty of options to have as a topping on your pancakes.

So, today we’re asking you: How many pancakes will you have today?


Poll Results:

3-4 (3064)
1-2 (2441)
I won't be having pancakes today (2216)
5+ (1114)
You can never have too many (1092)
I don't like pancakes (609)

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    Mrs Doyle
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    Feb 16th 2021, 8:59 AM

    Lost 13kg in weight last year, I don’t intend to put it back on!

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    The Guru
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    Feb 16th 2021, 9:05 AM

    @Mrs Doyle: ah go on

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    Brian Farrell
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    Feb 16th 2021, 9:11 AM

    @The Guru: go on go on go on go on

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    Amen Limes
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    Feb 16th 2021, 9:17 AM

    @Mrs Doyle: ya will ya will

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    Colin McNamara
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    Feb 16th 2021, 9:22 AM

    @Amen Limes: maybe she likes the misery

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    Feb 16th 2021, 9:23 AM

    @Mrs Doyle: semel in anno licet insanire

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    Jake Kelly
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    Feb 16th 2021, 9:46 AM

    @The Guru: there’s cocaine in them, wait not cocaine i mean…. raisins

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    The world outside the M50
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    Feb 16th 2021, 10:01 AM

    @Mrs Doyle: You won’t if you follow the whole idea of Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday – that is the beginning of Lent.

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    Paul Byrne
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    Feb 16th 2021, 10:23 AM

    @Mrs Doyle: Fair play on the weight loss

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    Sinead Boland
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    Feb 16th 2021, 10:34 AM

    @Mrs Doyle: Down with that sort of thing

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    pat seery
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    Feb 16th 2021, 11:19 AM

    @Mrs Doyle: did you stop eating Pancakes ha ha

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    Football in the Groin
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    Feb 16th 2021, 8:58 AM

    All of them.

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    Paul Fitzpatrick
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    Feb 16th 2021, 9:14 AM

    @Football in the Groin: Stay away from my pancakes

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    Gerard Heery
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    Feb 16th 2021, 9:30 AM

    @Paul Fitzpatrick: doughnuts are better for ye ha

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    Ann Experiment
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    Feb 16th 2021, 10:45 AM

    300. I will have 300 pancakes.

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    Vikki Brennan
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    Feb 16th 2021, 10:02 AM

    Pancakes at every meal please with pancake snacks in between. Burnt on the outside, still raw on the inside, just like mammy makes!

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    Ger
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    Feb 16th 2021, 11:49 AM

    I just made blueberry pancakes with blueberry syrup and I think I just gave myself diabetes

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    Feb 16th 2021, 10:17 AM

    What ever Tony says

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    Feb 16th 2021, 9:54 AM

    Continental styles crepes with berries, cocoa and hazelnut spread!

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    Feb 16th 2021, 10:26 AM

    @: Notions. Give me misshapen Irish pancakes with an aul bit of Siucra and Jif squeezy lemon any day.

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    Kevin O'Brien
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    Feb 16th 2021, 12:44 PM

    Just have a pancake. A good old fashioned pancake.

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    Feb 17th 2021, 11:54 PM

    You mean crêpes from France, specifically Brittany? What is continental style crepes?

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    Feb 16th 2021, 7:02 PM

    I had 6 last Tuesday coz I thought it pancake Tuesday last wk so I’m now a week into Lent ahead of everyone else

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    Feb 16th 2021, 12:53 PM

    I’ll do what I always do, eat to many & say “next year I’m definitely only eating one or two”
    While swallowing a pack of Rennies.

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