Buckwheat pancakes are not found on every Shrove Tuesday menu. But at Zion United Methodist, the yeasty cakes are a mainstay. “We had a couple requests for it,” said Barbara Bollinger, … ...

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Shrove Tuesday is the last day of “shrovetide,” which is an English equivalent to the Carnival (Meat Festival) tradition that developed separately out of the countries of Latin Europe.

ADAMSTOWN, Md. (AP) -- Kinklings are a Frederick County Shrove Tuesday tradition, and next Tuesday morning, the Carroll Manor Fire Co. will be filled to the brim with this sweet, doughy concoction.