How does America celebrate pancake day?

In America, every day is pancake day. Shrove Tuesday isn't celebrated here the way it is in the UK. We do Mardi Gras instead. King cake, seafood gumbo, jambalaya, red beans and rice, and other Cajun and creole favorites! I suppose you could add pancakes into the mix, but beignets are more fun. Beignets Recipe. read more

However, in the town of Liberal, Kansas, they actually celebrate Pancake day with the town of Olney in Buckinghamshire with "Pancake Races" and do it with an agreed upon distance, and then determine the winner via comparing times. read more