FRIDAY 21st/
NOVEMBER 2014.
After our
usual breakfast ‘Scruffy’ was picked up and we then shot off on our travels;
the local market was open so we picked up some nice fresh flowers and our first
‘Poinsettia’ but not the last! Our first stop down in Sabinillas was at the
English Bookshop for the papers and a new Diary for Brenda and another ‘Ken
Follett’ to read.
We are also
today buying the ‘El Gordo’ lottery ticket; it costs 23 euros but is the
biggest ‘National Xmas Lottery’ in the World, the whole village buys the same
numbers by tradition – fingers crossed once again – this time next year we all
could be Millionaires!!
We then did
our main shop in’Mercadona’ before heading off along the coast to ‘Pueblo
Guadiaro’ by Sotogrande to go and check out the new ‘Iceland’ store that opened
a couple of weeks ago, it has an English Manager and staff, we knew the lady on
the till! So we ended up buying lots of ‘Goddies/Treats’ for Christmas
including their award winning ‘Mince Pies’ and a fabulous box of Christmas
Crackers with some really good presents in them! The prices are very good and a
lot cheaper than ‘Super Sol’ See below!
The weather
today is a little overcast but still warm but there is a stiff breeze getting
up ahead of the ‘Atlantic’ weather front that is due to hit us over the
weekend; the coast of the Mediterranean today was spectacular as the waves were crashing in along the beaches
as we drove along. It’s still hovering at around 21/23degs!
So I then
got tonight’s supper on the go “Seafood Fish Pie” which I haven’t made for a
little while’ I first sweat- off the diced Onions, Leeks, Celery and Carrots
with a large glass of Brenda’s White Wine, then add a good strong Fish Stock,
my secret ingredients and a rich Béchamel sauce before adjusting the consistency
and seasoning to taste!
At the same
time I cook-off and then refresh the Cod, Hake & Salmon Fillets, Brenda
shells the local Prawns and I then mix by hand all the fish including some
diced Smoked Salmon and lots of Chopped Parsley (Brenda again!) I coat the fish
with sauce and leave it to cool before Brenda tops off the Pie with her famous
‘Mashed Potatoes’!! It goes in the over
this evening and is served with Garden Peas.Stage 1 & Stage 2 below - Stage 3 to follow later!
Stage 3 !
Stage 3 !
This
evening after supper we will find a film to watch.
Thoughts
for the Day; See above.
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