Worcester News work experience student Vito Pauletic comes from Croatia, where they do not mark Shrove Tuesday with pancakes.

The University of Worcester student visited the Anchor Inn, in Diglis, to see what the fuss is about.

I FIRST heard about the Pancake Day while overhearing someone getting overly excited about it in the Worcester News office.

"Pancake Day,’’ I thought, "now that must be a rather flat joke."

To my surprise, it turned out to be a real thing and it quickly made my list of quirks only British people possess, right next to unnecessary apologies and Geordie Shore.

Realising there is an entire day dedicated to a mixture of eggs, milk, and butter came as a shock to me as a Croatian student in England who never heard of anything similar.

Sure, we have mouth-stuffing carnivals before Lent and yes, pancakes exist in Croatia, but no, we don’t honour them with a special day.

Being a journalism student too, the matter simply had to be investigated.

I used my work experience time at Worcester News wisely and set off towards a nearby pub that served the sacred meal for the day to get some first-hand insight.

Pans were getting greased up and flour mixed smooth as, before my eyes, the Pancake Day was getting under way.

The Anchor Inn pub, in Diglis, Worcester, owned by Kathryn Walsh Gibbons and her husband Nic said they would be adding the delicacies to the menu and keeping the doors open until 11 at night.

The kitchen of the Anchor Inn is captained by David Hunt, a previous regular customer who started working in the pub’s cuisine last September.

"We will have the savoury option filled with smoked ham, cheese, and spinach or the sweet French Crepe Suzette pancakes,’’ Mr Hunt said.

"It should be a success. We already have quite a few bookings for the day.

Everyone in the food-based pub seems to be excited about the event.

Mrs Walsh Gibbons said: "Shrove Tuesday has always been a family tradition and we’ve been doing quite well in three years that we have owned the pub.

"We usually serve fresh and local produce with a variety of local brews."

Leaving the pub left me slightly more confused than when I had arrived. Possibly because of the sheer excitement the event presents to everyone.

For me, it was still going to be a regular Tuesday.

If I feel like making pancakes, I won’t make a big deal out if, but I will respect anyone who does.

Just please don’t use Marmite as a filler.