WEDNESDAY 4th/ DECEMBER 2019.
I was up early again this morning to see
little Miss ‘Bella’ back with us for the day, she shot upstairs, as usual, onto
our bed, for a little lie in, she’s back with us next week for three days and
the following week for four days! ‘Doggy World Heaven’ is going to be busy over
the next couple of weeks & Christmas, as ‘Sunny, Chico & Pucci’ are all
joining us, as well as ‘ Chispa’ calling in to see all her friends!
After we freshened up and had our
breakfast, as I was on the rota, I had my favourite ‘Toasted Crispy Smoked Bacon
Butty’ – smothered in ‘HP’ Brown sauce – open on brown for Brenda – with mugs
of hot/strong tea.
On ‘ Castle Radio FM 89.2 & Online on
the WWW ‘ the “ Andrew Charles Breakfast Show “ was ‘ blasting out’ – the ‘Music
Quiz’ came on, I got it straight away, it was of course ‘Nat King Cole’ with ‘
Chestnuts Roasting On an Open Fire’! I’m in the weekly draw, again, on Friday
morning.
Brenda then popped down to our local ‘Sub-Post
Office’ to post our Xmas/Family cards to Australia & Canada, Lyn’s birthday
card arrived just in time, it has taken nearly two weeks! We spoke to her on
the ‘ Skype’ audio link up last night, just after Jenny had called her from the
UK, it was 10-00 am in the morning over in Melbourne, the family were just
arriving with her ‘ Birthday Cake ‘!
Meanwhile in the ‘Plaza de la Vendemia’ the
workmen are putting up the large ‘Tented/Marquee Village’ ready in time for the
annual ‘ Xmas Gastronomic Food, Wine &
Music Festival ‘ this weekend over Friday/ Sunday – at the same time the
Contractors are starting to put up the new ‘ Xmas Light Canopy’ along ‘ Calle
Mar’ – watch this space.
This morning it’s staying dry & sunny,
there is a light breeze, making it ‘ fresh & crisp’ – the sky is clearing
and is going blue, by lunchtime it’s due to reach 15/16 degs+ - it’s staying
the same over the next two days and the weekend, as the ‘ Wet-Stuff’ is blown
away, next week is now looking settled to start, hovering in the mid/high ‘
teens’ – overnight down to 10 degs+ -
then by next weekend we could be in for more ‘Rain’ Watch this space.
Yesterday lunchtime our dear friend ‘Big
Brian’ called in, he came to help me finish signing the digital online documents/contracts
for our new ‘Internet/Landline’ –‘ OliveNet’ system, I then sent them off,
within a minute they rang me and confirmed that everything was OK ( in perfect
English) – followed by an ‘E-Mail’ confirmation! It then takes two weeks to the
installation, watch this space.
I then popped down to our local ‘ Butchers’
in Calle Iglesia to pick up the diced Beef that I ordered yesterday morning, it’s
his best ‘ Estofado’ Stewing Beef, when I returned I then made the evenings
supper; my classic “ Beef & Vegetable Stew “ – the diced Beef is dusted in
seasoned flour and browned-off in Vegetable Oil, at the same time I sweated-off
the diced Onions, Shallots & Garlic, adding a dash of ‘Lea & Perrins
Worcestershire’ sauce & Tabasco, then the diced Carrots, Turnips, Leeks, Celery and Baby Mushrooms ( Tinned) – along
with a large glass of Brenda’s Red Wine, then a large spoon of ‘Tomato Frito’ –
the seasoning is adjusted before adding the browned-off Beef, together with a
rich ‘ Beef & Vegetable’ stock, adjusting the colour with a small teaspoon
of ‘ Crosse & Blackwell Gravy Browning, then left to ‘cook-off under the
eagle eye of the ‘ Second Chef’ – who can adjust the consistency if needed!
The ‘ Aromas’ are wafting around the house,
it will be served with ‘ Savoy Cabbage’ & Glazed Carrot Batons, accompanied
with ‘ Pickled Shredded Red Cabbage ‘
Yesterday evening after supper we caught
the next very moving episode of the ‘Gold Digger’ as more of the story/tale unfolded,
later we watched the pen-ultimate episode of ‘Rick Stein’s Secret France ‘ as
he reached the ‘Roussilon’ region in the foothills of the Pyrenees, with a ‘ French-
Catalan’ legacy, including the famous coastal town of ‘ Collioure’
Thoughts for the Day ; See above.
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