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Post by amp on Mar 1, 2022 22:26:01 GMT
Since today is Fat Tuesday, what are your Lenten plans? I'm still figuring mine out. I'll probably give up desserts for Lent, and read a small scripture every morning. Is everyone having pancakes for dinner tonight?
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Post by Linda on Mar 1, 2022 22:27:40 GMT
pancakes for dinner - yes
lenten plans? I'm not quite sure...
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Post by Bridget in MD on Mar 1, 2022 22:57:41 GMT
We’re doing pancakes. That’s about all I planned
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Post by pilcas on Mar 1, 2022 23:02:43 GMT
I have never heard of pancakes for dinner as a Lent tradition. Or is it for the day before?
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Post by Delta Dawn on Mar 1, 2022 23:04:43 GMT
I have never heard of pancakes for dinner as a Lent tradition. Or is it for the day before? My mum always made pancakes fro Shrove Tuesday. Mardi Gras in other words. |
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Post by littlemama on Mar 1, 2022 23:05:20 GMT
Im giving up chocolate and hoping it sticks this time!
Pancakes on Shrove Tuesday arent a thing where I live. Paczki are, but I think they are gross.
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Post by amp on Mar 1, 2022 23:07:55 GMT
I have never heard of pancakes for dinner as a Lent tradition. Or is it for the day before? It's tradition in the Catholic church...at least where I'm from...to have pancakes for dinner on Fat (or Shrove) Tuesday. The theory is that pancakes are fattening and we will be eating a lot less fattening stuff during Lent...which doesn't really happen...but it's still a tradition.  My father gives up desserts for Lent every year and loses about 20 lbs...I'm not quite that disciplined. |
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Post by scrappinwithoutpeas on Mar 1, 2022 23:10:22 GMT
We're having pancakes for dinner at home, but not going to our church's pancake supper since DH's asthma is really bad at the moment. We always have pancakes for Fat Tuesday/Shrove Tuesday. ( pilcas, it's traditional food for the day before Ash Wednesday, when Lent begins.) As for other lenten plans, not sure yet. |
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Post by monklady123 on Mar 1, 2022 23:31:41 GMT
We're eating pancakes right this minute. Pumpkin pancake mix from Trader Joe's. It's kind of traditional, but also it's fun to have breakfast for dinner. |
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Post by maryland on Mar 1, 2022 23:41:49 GMT
We had salmon for dinner, forgot that pancakes were a big Mardi Gras meal. Growing up, we had pancakes for dinner every Thurs. My dad played volleyball on Thursdays and felt that pancakes gave him energy! I was so tired of pancakes, I have hardly eaten them since living at home. My family loves pancakes and would eat them for any meal! |
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Post by katlaw on Mar 1, 2022 23:45:13 GMT
Pancakes for dinner. It reminds me of Shrove Tuesday when I was a kid.
Not sure about Lent yet. I should give up eating junk food after supper. It is a habit that got much more common during the last 2 years.
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Post by craftedbys on Mar 1, 2022 23:55:45 GMT
Instead of giving something up this year I am going to try to do something that is a sacrifice (do a chore that someone else doesn't like to do, watch what I say: less cussing, more positive words,; doing things I don't like to do without being grumpy about it).
I was going to fix pancakes for supper but then realized that I could make breakfast for supper tomorrow (eggs, potatoes, pancakes) and make it an easy meatless meal. Plus, I made 2 huge king cakes this afternoon (one is filled with apple with cinnamon/nutmeg/ginger and the other has a maple/walnut filling. There are only four of us, to eat these so we sure don't need pancakes as well, LOL.
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Post by jayfab on Mar 1, 2022 23:56:21 GMT
Im giving up chocolate and hoping it sticks this time! Pancakes on Shrove Tuesday arent a thing where I live. Paczki are, but I think they are gross.Whoa, that's sacrilegious LOL. I ate two today and went to a Polka Paczki Palooza party this morning. |
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Post by amp on Mar 2, 2022 0:07:13 GMT
Im giving up chocolate and hoping it sticks this time! Pancakes on Shrove Tuesday arent a thing where I live. Paczki are, but I think they are gross.Whoa, that's sacrilegious LOL. I ate two today and went to a Polka Paczki Palooza party this morning. There is no place near me I could buy paczki...the closest thing would be Dunkin Donuts jelly-filled donuts... |
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Post by amp on Mar 2, 2022 0:09:08 GMT
Instead of giving something up this year I am going to try to do something that is a sacrifice (do a chore that someone else doesn't like to do, watch what I say: less cussing, more positive words,; doing things I don't like to do without being grumpy about it). I was going to fix pancakes for supper but then realized that I could make breakfast for supper tomorrow (eggs, potatoes, pancakes) and make it an easy meatless meal. Plus, I made 2 huge king cakes this afternoon (one is filled with apple with cinnamon/nutmeg/ginger and the other has a maple/walnut filling. There are only four of us, to eat these so we sure don't need pancakes as well, LOL. One of the priests suggested that a couple of years ago at my church. It's a good idea -- do something nice/pleasant/helpful instead of not doing something. Either way, it's a conscious decision. |
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Post by scrappyesq on Mar 2, 2022 0:57:34 GMT
I’ve been eating cookies all day. I’m giving up sweets. My Lenten Bible study plan is the book of Ezekiel. Yesterday was foundational with multiple verses about the resurrection and today we actually started the book.
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Post by papercrafteradvocate on Mar 2, 2022 1:03:43 GMT
I have never heard of pancakes for dinner as a Lent tradition. Or is it for the day before? Me either and I’m Catholic! 🤣🤣🤣 Now we do bake potatoes pancakes for dinners on Fridays during Lent. We made dirty rice and grilled shrimp! Yummy! Dessert—maybe ice cream. When we were little we had either cheese pizza or grilled cheese or Mac-n-cheese 🧀 We don’t necessarily “give up” for Lent, we tend to take up something, and given the war in Ukraine, we’re talking about pooling our family money and giving it to help Ukraine. We just are not sure to where yet. When kiddos were little we gave each (plus us) a calendar covering all the days of Lent, we sat down and wrote one thing that we would do to help someone else—could be anything—acts, kind words, money, gifting. We do more of a family version now, and while we haven’t each written a calendar in a few years, it seems to “have stuck” and has been remembered we see out of the blue compliments, favors, wanting to do something for another… |
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Post by papercrafteradvocate on Mar 2, 2022 1:07:44 GMT
Im giving up chocolate and hoping it sticks this time! Pancakes on Shrove Tuesday arent a thing where I live. Paczki are, but I think they are gross.Whoa, that's sacrilegious LOL. I ate two today and went to a Polka Paczki Palooza party this morning. Are you in Ohio? 🤣🤣🤣 That’s what everyone in Parma does !! |
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Post by maryland on Mar 2, 2022 1:27:06 GMT
My parents Methodist church does a Lenten luncheon every Wed. during Lent. Their luncheons are just a small group, but my parents enjoy it! Because most of their members are elderly, they don't do Fish Fries on Fridays. That would be too much work for their small church.
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Post by amp on Mar 2, 2022 2:03:18 GMT
I’ve been eating cookies all day. I’m giving up sweets. My Lenten Bible study plan is the book of Ezekiel. Yesterday was foundational with multiple verses about the resurrection and today we actually started the book. Wow! That's great! |
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Post by amp on Mar 2, 2022 2:05:17 GMT
I have never heard of pancakes for dinner as a Lent tradition. Or is it for the day before? We don’t necessarily “give up” for Lent, we tend to take up something, and given the war in Ukraine, we’re talking about pooling our family money and giving it to help Ukraine. We just are not sure to where yet. When kiddos were little we gave each (plus us) a calendar covering all the days of Lent, we sat down and wrote one thing that we would do to help someone else—could be anything—acts, kind words, money, gifting. We do more of a family version now, and while we haven’t each written a calendar in a few years, it seems to “have stuck” and has been remembered we see out of the blue compliments, favors, wanting to do something for another… These are all wonderful! I love the calendar idea. I'll suggest that to my son when he has children. |
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Post by littlemama on Mar 2, 2022 2:25:25 GMT
Im giving up chocolate and hoping it sticks this time! Pancakes on Shrove Tuesday arent a thing where I live. Paczki are, but I think they are gross.Whoa, that's sacrilegious LOL. I ate two today and went to a Polka Paczki Palooza party this morning. I know, I know! And the ones we had at work were from New Palace Bakery in Hamtramck. I just dont like jelly donuts or custard, so those made with lard are even less appealing! |
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Post by lily on Mar 2, 2022 13:27:04 GMT
Years ago I 'gave up' giving up something for Lent and now try to just do something nice for someone every single day all year. Even if it is just a compliment to someone, or picking up a piece of trash I see.
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Post by librarylady on Mar 2, 2022 20:03:49 GMT
I'm going to try to do something nice/kind each day....this year needs it.
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Post by Zee on Mar 2, 2022 20:53:11 GMT
Well I was working and work again tonight so nothing great, but they did have King cake in the cafeteria.
I'm giving up McDonald's for Lent. Laugh if you like 😁 but it's an actual sacrifice I'm making. No large diet coke on the way to work is like giving up coffee for other people. No chicken biscuit on the way home from work, no quick cheeseburger on the way to work.
It's going to be really hard but I've done it before. And just think of all the time I'll not be sitting in drive thru lines!
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Post by Lexica on Mar 2, 2022 21:04:18 GMT
I'm going to try to do something nice/kind each day....this year needs it. I am going to try this as well. I used to tell my son to do something nice/kind each day and then at dinner we would share what we did. It was fun and I hope it made an impact. It wasn't based on anything religious, it was just an effort to teach him some compassion, start the habit of focusing on other people, and to be a kinder human being. Once he told me his good deed for the day was saying hello to someone at school. I asked why that was a good deed and he said it was because he was a popular kid and the boy he said hello to wasn't. Ugh.  I said it was acceptable, but just saying hello as he walked by someone that he deemed unpopular wasn't quite what I was hoping he would do. I told him to try to expand that by sitting with the kid at lunch or inviting him to play whatever game they were playing at recess. Getting to know this boy. He agreed to try. |
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Post by amp on Mar 2, 2022 22:01:35 GMT
Well I was working and work again tonight so nothing great, but they did have King cake in the cafeteria. I'm giving up McDonald's for Lent. Laugh if you like 😁 but it's an actual sacrifice I'm making. No large diet coke on the way to work is like giving up coffee for other people. No chicken biscuit on the way home from work, no quick cheeseburger on the way to work. It's going to be really hard but I've done it before. And just think of all the time I'll not be sitting in drive thru lines! No laughing here...two years ago, right before before the pandemic started, my priest's Ash Wednesday homily mentioned something about giving up McDonalds for Lent. Great minds think alike! |
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Post by amp on Mar 2, 2022 22:02:52 GMT
I'm going to try to do something nice/kind each day....this year needs it. I am going to try this as well. I used to tell my son to do something nice/kind each day and then at dinner we would share what we did. It was fun and I hope it made an impact. It wasn't based on anything religious, it was just an effort to teach him some compassion, start the habit of focusing on other people, and to be a kinder human being. Once he told me his good deed for the day was saying hello to someone at school. I asked why that was a good deed and he said it was because he was a popular kid and the boy he said hello to wasn't. Ugh.  I said it was acceptable, but just saying hello as he walked by someone that he deemed unpopular wasn't quite what I was hoping he would do. I told him to try to expand that by sitting with the kid at lunch or inviting him to play whatever game they were playing at recess. Getting to know this boy. He agreed to try. Religious or not...the world needs more parents like you. |
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Post by jayfab on Mar 5, 2022 1:18:06 GMT
Whoa, that's sacrilegious LOL. I ate two today and went to a Polka Paczki Palooza party this morning. Are you in Ohio? 🤣🤣🤣 That’s what everyone in Parma does !! Nope, Michigan. Lots of Polish people where I live. |
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Post by RedSquirrelUK on Mar 5, 2022 11:57:44 GMT
We didn't have pancakes this year because my work shifts have changed and I don't get home till after 7:30pm on a Tuesday now. Too late to cook and stuff with pancakes.
But I've given up sugar for Lent and will make a donation to charity. I need to lose some of that chemo weight anyway!
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I said it was acceptable, but just saying hello as he walked by someone that he deemed unpopular wasn't quite what I was hoping he would do. I told him to try to expand that by sitting with the kid at lunch or inviting him to play whatever game they were playing at recess. Getting to know this boy. He agreed to try.
I said it was acceptable, but just saying hello as he walked by someone that he deemed unpopular wasn't quite what I was hoping he would do. I told him to try to expand that by sitting with the kid at lunch or inviting him to play whatever game they were playing at recess. Getting to know this boy. He agreed to try.