Shrove Tuesday.

Charlie here!

Today is Shrove Tuesday, a day for Pancakes! I decided to make some pancakes with nice sauces. Here are the kumquats from Mrs H. I chopped them up and boiled them with water and sugar for a fruity sauce.

Tiddy made a nice chocolate sauce. He loves chocolate more than any other food! Can you see his big smile?

Tiddy put some chocolate  and some cream in a saucepan. Ted and Ed enjoy watching us cook.

Can you see the cream and chocolate in the pan? There would have been a lot more chocolate, but Tiddy ate lots of pieces!

Tiddy heated the chocolate and cream in the pan. Can you see him mixing it with a big spoon? It is important to stir it all the time you cook it, incase it burns to the bottom of the saucepan. That would make Tiddy very sad.

For the pancakes, I used flour, eggs and milk. I mixed it all up into a nice smooth batter. Lumpy batter makes lumpy pancakes. Not a good idea.

I had to mix the batter for soooo long my arm was aching. I didn't mind though, as I wanted to make nice pancakes. At last, the batter was smooth.

Now it's cooking time! The other bears all watched as I put the batter in a frying pan, added some juicy currants and tossed the pancake in the air to turn it.

Some people have pancake races on Shrove Tuesday. They have to run and toss a pancake at the same time! They must be very clever!

Here we all are, with our special pancakes. I had the Kumquat sauce with mine, but Tiddy just wanted chocolate sauce on his. Ted and Ed shared with  us.

It didn't take us long to finish our pancakes. Before we took this photo, Tiddy had to wash his face, as he was covered in chocolate sauce.

Tiddy then made a special announcement. He said that Shrove Tuesday was on a Wednesday next year. We all thought his joke was funny, but he laughed so much he turned upside down and Ted and Ed climbed up on his feet!


What a great Shrove Tuesday!


Charlie x