A CLEAR AND DRY SUNNY MANILVA ON SUNDAY;

SUNDAY 23^rd/ NOVEMBER 2014.

We were awoken this morning by our neighbors opposite, who are from Madrid, packing and leaving to go home; we then had a quick breakfast and then got tonight’s supper on the go “ Braised Steak with Shallots,Onions,Mushrooms & Vegetables ” See the picture below of my ‘ Mis-en-Place’

I’ve used diced Onions, Shallots, Carrots, Leek, Celery, Turnips, Pumpkin, Green &White Beans, Garlic and Bay Leaves, Mushroom stalks and sautéed Onions! My secret ingredients along with a good slug of Brenda’s Red Wine and Rich Beef & Vegetable stock together with some Mixed Herbs and Tomato ‘Frito’ finish off the sauce after adjusting the constancy and seasoning to taste! Brenda is getting ready Cabbage with Alselgas and a dish of her famous ‘Mashed Potato’ See below the finished 'Supper'!

At the moment the wet stuff is keeping away and its clear with no breeze, the temperature is on the 20degs mark, so it’s rather pleasant and mild in sunny Manilva! The sun has just come out and the sky is Blue!

Just a quick update on all the scores and results from yesterday; both Everton and Manchester City won 2-1, Real Madrid won 0-4 and Barcelona beat Seville 5-1 with a hat trick from Messi which makes him the leading all time goal scorer in ‘La Liga’! England beat Samoa 28-9 Wales lost to the All Blacks 16-34 but the result of the day was when Ireland beat the Australians 26-23!! – ‘Sexton’ ( Jonny!) was the star of the game!!

At the ‘Abu Dhabi Grand Prix’ Hamilton is second on the grid behind Rosberg, it is going to be a very exciting and gripping race! Lewis Hamilton has just won the 'Abu Dhabi' Grand Prix and become the 'World Champion' !! 

Last night we watched the last episode of the “Rick Stein Mediterranean Cooking” before supper, it was in Morocco and then Turkey with some spectacular simple food using local ingredients and seasonings.

Then after our supper we found a good film to watch which was Produced by, Directed and starred Clint Eastwood “ True Crime’ from 1999 about a prisoner on death row with 12 hours to the go before he is given a lethal injection! Clint is a journalist with all sorts of problems, a recovering alcoholic, a wife leaving him as he is having an affair with his Editors wife, a young journalist/girl friend who is killed in a road accident and the world against him! It also stars Isaiah Washington,Dennis Leary,James Wood and Lisa Gay Hamilton – Watch it to find out what happens?!

Thoughts for the Day; See above.

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