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Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. This article’s tone or style may not reflect the encyclopedic tone used on Wikipedia. See Wikipedia’s guide to writing better articles for suggestions. They are often served with a wide variety of fillings such as cheese, fruit, vegetables, meats, and a variety of spreads. Crêpes can also be flambéed, such as in crêpes Suzette.

French pilgrims that were visiting Rome for the Chandeleur. There are a few superstitions around the preparation of crêpes for Le Jour des Crêpes. Another version of the tradition involves cooking a crêpe with a gold coin on top. Some hide the first crêpe in a drawer instead of eating it for good luck in the coming year. Eating and sharing crêpes with others on Candlemas is another tradition based on popes giving food to the poor every year on February 2. When sweet, they can be eaten as part of breakfast or as a dessert. Savory crêpes are made with non-wheat flours such as buckwheat.