WEDNESDAY
25th/ DECEMBER 2013. “ CHRISTMAS DAY ”
Well they
say that the ‘best laid plans of man and’ – as I was awoken at 6-30 am by
Charlie to go for his first walk of the day! Now for the really bad news, the
Atlantic storm as forecast hit us over night and by 6-31 am it was at its
height! The wind was at storm force and the rain was blowing horizontally up
our street!! Both the dog and I came back looking like we had just been washed
in! The rest of the day was the same so we did not see Chipsa.
After a
little lie for all of us we set too to get our side of the Xmas Day feast on
the go; I roasted the two Crowns of Turkey followed by the Roast Beef joint,
then made a large pan of my famous finger coating Gravy, the savory stuffing
was Cranberry & Chestnut, later before we were picked up by Dominco at
5-0pm I roasted a large tray of my special Duck fat Roast Potatoes and lastly
we whipped the cream to top of the trifle! We packed every thing up and took
all the necessary bits and pieces including my best Carvening Knife and Fork.
After
having our shower and getting dressed up we had a late Xmas Brunch of ‘Smoked
Salmon and Scrambled Eggs’ with ‘Kir Royale’ to set us up for the night ahead!
We arrived
at Carlos’s house which Tom the pro-gofer is renting and soon realized that we
needed all sorts of stuff, a Microwave,Tabel Knives,Cloths,Tabel Mats, Napkins
etc; Caros shot off and came back with everything as we opened up the large
table and set it. the family stared arriving in dribs and drabs, Mano and Anna,
Sally Ann with Dylan and then Anna Mari and Fabio. See the picture above. Sally
brought her contributions along including lots of assorted bottles of wine, Red
&White,Cava,Pink Cava and Sherry.
Meanwhile I
was in the very small kitchen finding out what worked and how, sorting all the
food out and finding the crockery to serve it all on! Sally got her Lobster
Salad ready with the beautiful fresh small Lobsters that she had bought, she
also had all the vegetables ready, Baby Garden Peas with Ham, Brussels Sprouts
and mashed Carrots, Parsnips Chips, Braised Onions in a white cream sauce along
with the ‘Pigs in Blankets and her homemade Yorkshire Puddings!
I then had
to work out how to heat everything and get it all out hot! I used the
Micowave,three rings on the hot-plate, the large Plancha Griddle plate that
Carlos also brought along – thank god! I carved the Turkey and Beef onto large
serving plates that Sally had donated – we the had lift off with Brenda’s and
Sally’s help, most of the vegetables went on the table and I served the meats
and the Roast Potatoes with my good-old large/trusty serving spoon & fork
which I’ve had for over fifty year!
A memorable
Xmas dinner for all sorts of reasons went down very well and was enjoyed by all
– I think! By then the proceeding got loud and noisy as we had a game of table
Bingo which came within the special Xmas Crackers from ‘Marks and Spencer in Gibraltar !’ ( Fabio won!) All this time
Charlie was wandering around taking in the sights and sounds, he also had his
Xmas dinner and ate it all up! One satisfied customer anyway!!
Later Peter
and Barbara came along with their three children,Jake,Megan and Leah as they
live only a couple of doors way, so the festivities really took off and go very
loud and boisterous!! The ‘Trifle’ and other Desserts that Sally had made will
have to wait for another day.
Dominico
dropped us back up to our house with Charlie sat on my knee in the Jaguar to
end a ‘ Helluva’ Xmas dinner! It was then time for his final walk of the
day,luckly the rain and winds had
stopped as forecast and in fact it was mild! Result !!
Thought for
the Day; See above.
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