SATURDAY 24th / DECMENBER
2016 “ XMAS EVE “
We all managed a little lie in this
morning, ‘ Charlie’ sleeps all night downstairs on the settees before coming up
in the morning on to our bed to let you know that it nearly time for him to go
out on his first walk of the day!
See the picture below of ‘ Charlie’
relaxing on the settee after his walk & breakfast”
We met the gas bottle delivery man, so we paid
him and he exchanged our gas bottle, that we had left outside our front door, when
we returned I went down to our butchers to collect the ‘Rib of Sirloin of Beef
(3)‘
See below the local fresh ‘Turkey’ – Legs,
Thighs & Wings separate, ready to go in the oven later this morning, the ‘Rib
of Beef’ will be roasted, to order, on Boxing Day.
We have another clear & crisp day here in sunny Manilva, there is just a little breeze but it's still very mild for the time of the year, tomorrow will be the same and next week is now looking fine & settled.
The Mixed Herb ( Sage, Tarragon, Rosemary
etc) & Chestnut Stuffing is made and
the Homemade ‘ Pigs in Blankets, they will go in the oven after the ‘ Turkey’
is roasted, meanwhile the ‘ Vegetable Chef’ is preparing all the vegetables, fresh
local Sprouts ( with Smoked Bacon Bits) fresh local Parsnips ( par-boiled &
roasted) Glazed Carrot Batons, Garden Peas & Minted Baby New Potatoes – The
‘ Duck Fat ‘ Roast Potatoes will be cooked tomorrow, I’m making my ‘finger
licking’ Pan Gravy later.
To start we are having a ‘Seafood Horsd’oeuvre Platter ’ with Smoked
& Poached Salmon, Prawns, Gambas, Crab & Fish Croquettes – then for
Dessert with have a traditional ‘Christmas Pudding’ with Brandy Sauce and we
are just about to make our very special ‘ Peach & Manzanilla Trifle ‘ I
have also some Home Baked ‘ Swiss’ Mince Pies from the award winning ‘ Swiss
Bakery/Confectionery Shop in Puerto Duquesa!
To start the day we are having a very nice
glass of chilled ‘ Anna Codorniu Cava Rosado’
With the starter we are having the excellent ‘Echo Falls Chilean Sauvignon
Blanc’ and with main course it’s going to be a fine ‘Faustino VI Rioja ‘
On the sports front this weekend; over here
the ‘La Liga’ closes down until the New Year, in the ‘ Premiere League’ it’s
the traditional ‘Boxing Day’ games as Everton travel to Leicester & Manchester
City cross the Pennines to Hull, on Tuesday Liverpool welcome Stoke; also on
Boxing Day the main horse racing from the 8 meetings is at Kempton Park with
the ‘ King George VI Chase’
This evening I’m going across to the
airport in Gibraltar to meet Michelle
and the family, on the way back to their apartment we are going to call in to
see Brenda, I’m collecting them tomorrow lunchtime to show them around the area
and then come to our house for the Christmas Festivities! Watch this space.
Thoughts for the Day; See above.
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