In France, it is called Mardis Gras or Fat Tuesday. In some countries, people stop eating fat during Lent. Perhaps you think fat would not be hard to give up, but fat is used to fry delicious treats, such as doughnuts. On Fat Tuesday, people use up all the fat in their cupboards. In Germany and Austria, people cook crullers in the fat.
Crullers are thick doughnuts.
In Finland, people cook a pancake called blini. Some people stop eating eggs during Lent. This is why Shrove Tuesday is also called Pancake Tuesday. People who live in Olney, a town in England, celebrate this day with a special event. They have had a pancake race on every Shrove Tuesday for over 500 years.