MANILVA SUNDAY ROAST.

SUNDAY 23rd/SEPTEMBER 2012. Another hot and very sunny day down here in Sunny Manilva – 30 degs. and rising; As it is Sunday the sisters are going down to the large market on the ‘ Feria ’ground down in the valley below the village – I dropped them down in the morning and then picked them up later; meanwhile back here in the kitchens we were busy getting the Sunday Roast on the go, Roast Turkey ( Half the bird from last Xmas ) which we had dropped into the deep freeze,uncooked.Brenda’s vegetables were Cauliflower and Broccoli Mornay,Baby Brussels Sprouts with Smoked Bacon sippets,Glazed Carrot Batons and Garden Peas and Parsley Baby New Potatoes ! I made two kinds of stuffing Sage and Onion and fresh Chestnut ( the girls picked them up, hot ) and of course Goose Fat Roast Potatoes and finger licking Gravy !! The pictures above show the three sister’s about to tuck in and later as they attacked the Trifle; we made the Trifles late on Saturday night with Madrelaine Sponge, Strawberry Jam, Peaches and Grapes all soaked in local Sherry, then Brenda topped it with her Strawberry Jelly and finished them off in the morning with the Custard and whipped Cream and decorated them with fresh local Strawberries and Wallnuts ! An early Christmas Day lunch ! When the girls got back they were shattered after being in the sun for three hours so they went for a siesta as we went up to Bar Rojas for our Paella lunch. In the afternoon I had a sports day, down on the main TV I had the Grand Prix on from Singapore,sadly Hamilton engine conked out! Upstairs on one PC I was following the World Men’s Road Race cycling from Holland as also sadly Cavendish, Wiggins and Froome all retired from exhaustion after trying to help their team mate Tiernan Locke win on the hilly course, the Belgium Philippe Gilbert won; and finally on the other PC I was watching the football from England, in particular Liverpool v Manchester Utd. – Liverpool lost 1-2,here in Spain Barcelona won 2-0 against Granada but the Real Madrid v Rayo Vallecona game was abandoned when the lights where sabotaged in bizarre circumstances ! After dinner we caught the late film “ Vantage Point ”from 2008 with John Hurt, Dennis Quiad and Forest Whitaker in a political action thriller before hitting the sheets to get ready for my birthday on Monday ! PS; We had Cheta here on her first ‘ Sleep Over ’ as Isobel was staying at her daughters over night as she had an appointment at the surgery in the morning which is just around the corner; we brought her bed and comfort blanket up and she was no trouble, in fact she was as good as gold – she was picked up this morning. Thought for the Day; Act enthusiastic and you will be enthusiastic. … .