Next: hand-chop half a kilo of mushrooms into 2mm pieces, to make the stuffing for mushroom pancakes. (I usually make double quantities, so this won’t be as bad as previous years.)

🍄🔪🔪🔪🔪🔪🍄🔪🔪🔪🔪🔪 🍄🔪🔪🔪🔪🔪 🍄🔪🔪🔪🔪🔪 🍄🔪🔪🔪🔪🔪.... halfway through.

... 🍄🔪🔪🔪🔪🔪 🍄🔪🔪🔪🔪🔪 🍄🔪🔪🔪🔪🔪 🍄🔪🔪🔪🔪🔪 🍄🔪🔪🔪🔪🔪... and done. Now the onions and parsley.

First pancake of the batch came out OK. This isn’t normal - something bad is clearly going to happen later.