Midst elections and pots of tea, we breathe

The bears decided today was to be a quiet patient time, with tea refills all round. Ursula got a diluted version.

And after waking at 5am, scared to check on election results, but did anyway, slept again after an early breakfast, not as good as hoped, not as bad as feared. In two years a lot of vulnerable gop senators will be up, and we have a chance there. Hope springs eternal. With any luck we may have levered the current occupants out of the White House. We'll see. 

Meanwhile, experiments in wraps. It seemed like a good idea to do something in the kitchen involving pounding and shoving and rolling, and wraps were it.

The dough didn't work exactly like the Polish lady's dough on YouTube, possibly Polish flour is different. I did end up adding a spoonful of water and a spritz of olive oil in addition to the recipe. And since I can not find the recipe again, fortunately I made notes for my Big Binder, I can only offer you the post-it.

I also got a lot more wraps out of it. She made four. I think I got about twice that. You mix the dough, knead, then let it rest. How come I do all the work and the dough gets to rest, I mutter.

Then, picking a bowl to mark the dough the right size for the pan, to cut around the circle and add the scraps to the next wrap.

And rolling happily. And stacking. 

And interleaving with parchment paper to freeze. Fast food for future use. 

And frying the dough. I wondered if it would be elastic enough to roll, it might just crack. But no, it rolled a treat. This is fun to do, like pancakes.

And here's today's lunch, stuffed with cabbage mix.

I'm thinking of stuffing future ones with spicy potato, dosa style.  Or various other ideas I haven't had yet.

I thank the friends who kept up a helpful email exchange yesterday, helping each other get along and breathe. You all know who you are!  Waving a wrap in your honor! And looking forward to when we can declare, about the election, "It's a wrap!"