Pancake Day, or Shrove Tuesday to the traditionalists, is a last hurrah before the austerity of a pancake-free Lent.

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If you are a pancake lover, chances are that you might be one of the more than 1 million people who will stop at IHOP tomorrow to celebrate National Pancake Day and enjoy free pancakes.

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After a big bowl of vegetable soup - the best yet - we resist the temptation of a Dracula dessert (fruit ice cream and jam in a pancake) and walk out through the Wolf Room into the dying day.

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