SATURDAY/SUNDAY 28th/29th MAY 2011.
After our Saturday morning special of Poached Eggs “ Campo ” on toast,they have very bright yellow yolks, we had a surprise Skype Video call from Jack and Lyn over in Melbourne; it turned out that Lyn has not been very well, she had contacted Pneumonia and Pleurisy ( Very Painful ) but is now getting over them, which is good news, otherwise everything is fine although they are now in their winter over in Australia; we are getting hotter by the day and the night time temperature is not dropping below 20degs ! In the afternoon Mano and Anna dropped off the meat for the pie and we arranged to go down to theirs to watch the match later in the evening; we had our Steak and Chips early and Mano picked us up,Mano has a very large screen so we settled down to watch the European Cup between Manchester Utd. and Barcelona; they were looking after Fabio for the evening so we spoke only English to him, he repeats what you say with the accent as you speak and it is very funny to hear him speaking Manchester, Liverpool and English/Spanish ! The match was a cracker, from Wembley, as Barcelona gave them a lesson in how to play football, they are the best team in the world, even Alex Ferguson said so, they took them apart and with their passing/carousel football they mesmerized them and won 3 – 1 ! We then came back up to Bar Rojas,Carlos,Anna Mari and Fabio joined us, Carlos and Fabio in their Barcelona shirts and watched as the local supporters went crazy with car horns blowing and the fireworks going off ! A great night was had by all !
On Sunday morning after tea and toast I started on the Beef and Mushroom Pie; I make it with Onions, Carrots, Leeks,Celery,Baby Mushrooms and secret ingredients, the Diced Beef is tossed in seasoned flour and browned off before it goes in the pot to cook along with a Beef and vegetable stock, I then taste and season and add some gravy browning to finish the gravy. We watched the Grand Prix from Monaco in the afternoon which was very exciting for a change, Vettel won and Alonso was second with Button third; meanwhile the GiroD’Italia finished with a time trial around Milan, David Miller from England won it and Contador took the overall Pink jersey for the second time in his career.
In the evening I cover the Pie with an Short Cut Pastry top and glaze before putting it in the oven when the folks arrive, Brenda made some of her famous Mash that Anna had requested and also plain Cauliflower,Alcelgas and Baby Carrots and garden Peas to go with one “ Helluva ” pie ! The pictures below give you just a taste of the Pie as it came out of the oven and hit the table. For pudding we had local fresh strawberries with strawberry jelly and Vanilla Ice Cream !! We then retired up to Bar Rojas where Carlos, Anna Mari and Fabio joined us for Beers,Fanta,Bacardi and Coke and Carrajillos to round off another “ Helluva ”weekend in a hot and sunny Manilva !
Thought for the Day;
Don’t think that there are no Crocodiles because the water is calm.
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