SUNDAY 24th/ DECEMBER 2017. “ XMAS EVE – NOCHE BUENA “
Just a little lie in this morning, the
village is very quiet and the church bells have not started! Brenda took ‘ Charlie’ out for his first walk
of the day, ‘ Reina’ is with us tonight
for a sleep over, meanwhile I made the ‘ Crispy Smoked Bacon Butties’ with mugs
of steaming tea, to get the day on the go.
The Turkey has gone in the oven to roast,
the’ Crown’ with a leg & thigh separate, as you can see in the pictures
below, resting on a bed of assorted ‘ Trivets’- Onions, Leeks, Celery, Carrots,
Parsnips etc, the Turkey rubbed with Lemon Juice & Salt, then a mixture of
Goose Fat/Vegetables Oil- a hot oven to start for the first hour, then turned
down a little before periodically basting the ‘ Bird’!
I check the roasting with a long/thin meat
skewer until the juices run clear, I will then make my famous ‘ finger-licking’
Pan Gravy in the roasting tray after
taking out all the Trivets & Oil, a spoon of flour added and cooked off
before deglazing with a rich Turkey/ Vegetable Stock, seasoned to taste, a dash
of ‘Gravy Browning’ and the consistency checked, then passed through a sieve
and left to cook out under the eagle eye of the ‘ Second Chef’!
See blow after coming out of the oven!
We then has a nice catch up/chat with Tim & Thea ( the Moffatts!) up in Mojacar, as they are settled on the site below Mojacar Pueblo, as you can see in the pictures below, they are spending time with friends and getting together with them over the Xmas period, this year, for the first time, Jo & Ben are back at their house in Colwyn Bay, North Wales, for Christmas, Jo is coming back over to see them for the New Year, on her way back to Madrid, just in time for Tim’s Birthday!
See blow after coming out of the oven!
We then has a nice catch up/chat with Tim & Thea ( the Moffatts!) up in Mojacar, as they are settled on the site below Mojacar Pueblo, as you can see in the pictures below, they are spending time with friends and getting together with them over the Xmas period, this year, for the first time, Jo & Ben are back at their house in Colwyn Bay, North Wales, for Christmas, Jo is coming back over to see them for the New Year, on her way back to Madrid, just in time for Tim’s Birthday!
This morning, at the moment, it’s rather
dull & overcast with a stiff breeze, making it cold & ‘ crisp’ to say
the least! Hopefully the sun is due to break through later, reaching 18 degs+ Christmas Day is staying the same but on
Boxing Day/Wednesday some of the wet stuff is back, the rest of the week and
over next weekend is now looking back to normal, for the time of the year, dry
& settled reaching 20 degs+ Watch this space.
See the beach down in Sabinillas this morning and Colwyn Bay at dawn also this morning!
See the beach down in Sabinillas this morning and Colwyn Bay at dawn also this morning!
This evening for our supper we are having ‘
Braised Lamb Shanks’ in a Minted Gravy, with whole/baby French Green Beans
& ‘ Garden Pea A la Flamande’ ( mixed with baby Carrots) & Brenda’s
famous ‘ Mashed Potato and ‘ Pommes
Rissolees’ – ( Cubed boiled potatoes
tossed in foaming Butter!)
Yesterday evening after supper we settled
down to watch on the ‘ITV Hub’ the detective drama series “ Bancroft “ starring
Sarah Parish as a hard-hitting Detective with a ‘ past’ – with something to hide,
as she goes for promotion, we followed the first two episodes and caught the
back to back next final two episode’s. With a cast of Faye Marsay, Linus Roche,
Adrian Edmondson, Art Malik, Lee Boardman & Kenneth Cranham, who all add to
a nail-biting and very gripping story line, with 2/3 murders, a fire-bombing
and a shooting, all by the lady Dectective ‘ Bancroft’ - as she attempts to
take down the local crime ring, watch it right up to the end!
Thoughts for the Day; See above.
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