Chickpeas and war

Chickpeas are one of the most wonderful ingredients, and certainly is king among the pulses. Their only irritating feature, if you as I
refuse to buy them in tins, is that they have to be soaked in cold water for at least ten hours before you can do anything with them.
Before that, they are hard as stone and look pretty scary.
The fact is, you have to think a day ahead if you want to cook with chickpeas, and yesterday I put the bag of chickpeas on the kitchen to make sure I soaked them before going to bed. But I forgot, only to abruptly awake aroung 1 in the morning suddenly remembering, and then staggering into the kitchen in darkness and pour water over those darn peas.
Today's menu is hommous - or however you spell it - homemade hummous, which I haven't made for quite some time because you can buy very good organic hummous in Tesco. The thing is, every time we buy some, it's being eaten in no time. Hummous is a favorite in this family, even Sofie has grown into liking it.
Yesterday was the 60th anniversary of Omaha Beach, and BBC visited the town of Bedford in the US, where many men of the A Company came from. The A company were among the first soldiers to try to land on the beach, dodging German bullets and overcoming what must have been unbelievable horror. 97% of the company didn't make it.