pancake race
Skillet-flipping footrace
A pancake race is a footrace in which competitors run while holding a frying pan and flipping a pancake, traditionally held on Shrove Tuesday in Britain.
The most famous takes place in Olney, England, where the tradition dates to the fifteenth century.
Runners must flip their pancakes a set number of times while racing to the finish line.
- flippingTurning over rapidly
- Shrove TuesdayPre-Lent confession and feasting
- frying panShallow cooking vessel
- batterUncooked cake mixture
- runningSwift foot travel
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pancake race100-meter dash
Brief straight-line footrace
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