Pancakes

Cooler and cloudy today, with occasional gusty wind and light showers. A better night's sleep, but I still feel like I'm playing catch-up on refreshing rest. I woke up at seven to listen to the news, then dozed and slept until eight thirty. 

I agreed to make the breakfast pancakes and Clare left her file of recipes on the kitchen table to inform me in making vegan pancake batter - basically white flour, almond milk and oil - with enough ingredients for four. I didn't notice a faintly inscribed instruction to make half the amount for two. It's surprising how much more time it took making six extra thick chapati like pancakes, but they turned out satisfactorily. It was gone ten by the time we ate. If the mixture had been a little more diluted I suppose there could have been eight or nine slightly thinner pancakes. As it was, we had three spare after eating our fill. Clare said she forgot to mention using spelt flour, assumed but not mentioned in her hand-written recipe, it seems any plain flour will do, with any plant milk. Cooking to perfection requires minor adjustments to each different mixture. The first in any batch is always an experiment.

Later on, as we were out of plant milks so I went to Tesco's and bought four different ones and some fruit. Clare was cooking a veggie pasta dish for lunch by the time I got back. When we'd eaten I started work on Morning Prayer for Wednesday in Ascensiontide and drafted a reflection. Then I went for a walk. Strong gusts of wind made it quite cold, and stiff legs made it quite an effort so I returned home for a respite until I felt ready to walk the last mile. I sat and watched the last two episodes of 'Memento Mori' which sprang a few surprises as more became known about the killer's background, or is it killers' background for the presence of identical twins is revealed. 

It's not entirely clear whether there's one evil twin and one normal, or two evil twins. A corrupt cop who had fixed the illegal adoption of one of them and blackmails the adoptive parents and then their child years later is murdered by one of them, but which one? Several people want to see them dead, but both twins escape at the end, of what turns out to be series one. There's another series that's been broadcast in Spain but not reviewed. It seems I'm not the only viewer to find the first series ending confusing - a smoke screen to conceal an impending second series. 

For supper I had a portion of laver bread with a reheated pancake. The combination and taste and texture was delicious, to be remembered for another occasion, perhaps with the addition of some small pieces of fried bacon. Afterwards I completed my walk for the day with a spring in my step, legs no longer feeling stiff and leaden. Then I watched this week's episode of 'Panda' and headed for bed.