Happy National Pancake Day! (A Little Late)
Pancakes for everybody!
Well, at an IHOP, that is. They are marking the celebration of Fat Tuesday, or Pancake Day, or (as it is more commonly known) Mardi Gras. International House Of Pancakes delayed their celebration a week (due to Super Tuesday primaries, it was actually on the 5th), but today they are giving away free short stacks of pancakes:
Known also as Fat Tuesday or Mardi Gras, National Pancake Day dates back several centuries to when the English prepped for fasting during Lent. Strict rules prohibited the eating of all dairy products during Lent, so pancakes were made to use up the supply of eggs, milk, butter and other dairy products…hence the name Pancake Tuesday, or Shrove Tuesday.
In 2008, Fat Tuesday falls on February 5, which also happens to be Super Tuesday, on which a record number of states will hold their Presidential primaries. In the interest of embracing the democratic process, IHOP has postponed its celebration of National Pancake Day by one week, and will give away free pancakes on February 12.
Since beginning its National Pancake Day celebration in 2006, IHOP has raised nearly one million dollars to support charities in the communities in which it operates. With your help, we hope to raise $750,000 for Children’s Miracle Network in 2008!
All they ask in return is a small donation:
IHOP (NYSE: IHP), one of America’s favorite restaurants for breakfast, lunch and dinner, has announced plans to serve millions of free pancakes in celebration of National Pancake Day on February 12, 2008. The celebration is designed to bring together friends and family, as well as to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for Children’s Miracle Network, a non-profit organization dedicated to helping children’s hospitals, and other worthy causes.
2008 will mark IHOP’s third year of staging the national event, and more than 1,300 IHOP restaurants throughout the United States will once again invite guests to enjoy a free short stack of IHOP’s signature buttermilk pancakes from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. In return, IHOP guests are asked to donate what they would have spent on the free pancakes, or more, to their local children’s hospital or another worthy cause.
I can’t think of a better way to celebrate (and give to a good cause) than with a stack of wheats, can you?
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You and your pancakes are evil. I’m 3000 miles away from the nearest IHOP right now (to be rectified on Feb 18th when I arrive back in the U.S.).
Evil I say!
Comment by RT Cunningham — February 12, 2008 @ 11:28 am
Bwahahahaha!
Yet, through the magic of the internets, you can still donate!
(have a safe trip home!)
Comment by k — February 12, 2008 @ 1:21 pm