A VERY COLD, GREY & WET SUNNY MANILVA ON WEDNESDAY.

WEDNESDAY 22^nd/JANUARY 2020.

Brenda was up first again this morning to see little ‘ Miss Bella’ back with us for the day, for the last time this week, she shot upstairs and joined us on our bed for a little lie in, we then freshened up and as I was on the breakfast rota I had a ‘Toasted Crispy Smoked Bacon Butty’ – smothered in ‘ Heinz Tomato Ketchup’ – as we have run out of the ‘ HP’ Brown sauce – open on brown for Brenda with some sliced Baby Mushrooms, seared in the bacon juices with a knob of butter, mugs of hot/strong ‘PG’ Tips Tea helped to wash them down!

During the night we had a loud cloud burst and the heavy ‘ RAIN’ has not stopped since, this morning it’s very grey and overcast with a stiff breeze, it looks like it’s in for the day, only reaching 14 degs+ - overnight down to a very cold, by our standards, 4 degs!  - the first proper ‘RAIN’ that we have had in nearly a year!! Over the next three days it’s staying the same, with moderate to heavy rain all the time, hovering in the low ‘ teens’

On Sunday as the next ‘ Atlantic’ front comes in we are then in for a prolonged dry and settled spell, with patchy clouds and sunshine, all of next week,  gradually going warmer, up to 19/20 degs by next Wednesday! The breeze is dropping and the overnight temperatures will rise a little, to 9/10 degs+ - about normal for the time of the year, watch this space.

After breakfast I then got this evenings supper on the go; a “ Lambs Liver with ‘Pigs in Blankets’ Red Wine Mushroom & Onion Casserole ! I dusted the sliced ‘Liver’ in seasoned flour and browned it off, at the same time grilling the ‘ Pigs in Blankets’ – I then made the sauce, sweating off the sliced Onions, Shallots & Garlic with diced Baby Mushrooms, adding a dash of Lea & Perrins & Tabasco, along with a large glug of Red Wine, before adding a rich ‘ Demi-Glaze’ ( Gravy) and left to cook off, before placing the ‘Liver & Pigs in Blankets’ in the large casserole dish and covering with the sauce, ready to go in a hot oven this evening.

Meanwhile the ‘ Second Chef’ was preparing the braised Cabbage with Acelgas & crushed Carrots & Turnips and her famous ‘ Mashed Potato’ – to go in the hot oven this evening with the casserole. I will garnish the casserole with ‘Crispy Smoked Bacon’ as it comes out of the oven.

 “ Comfort Food to Die For”   

Today is definitely a stay at home day, we are staying inside in the dry, keeping warm and relaxed, taking things very easy, in my case trying to recuperate after my nasty fall, the bruising is coming out, I’m still sore but the pain has dropped, the ‘ Night Nurse’ is looking after me, a hot shower yesterday helped a lot, this afternoon/evening we will be channel hopping, as usual, to find something to watch, yesterday we caught ‘ Cold Feet ‘ and then last night the second episode of ‘ Silent Witness’ with another surprise ending!

Thoughts for the Day;  See above.

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