Our Christmas
Beez Neez now Chy Whella
Big Bear and Pepe Millard
Sun 25 Dec 2011 23:57
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Our Christmas
The tree on Beez
Neez
During our interesting bimble around
Beaufort Museum yesterday I got chatting to one of the volunteer’s – Jewel,
whose husband Tom had taken us up to the roof of the museum to see the sights
and point out places of interest. Jewel very kindly invited us over to their beautiful house for a traditional Christmas Eve
supper of ham, sweet potato and all the trimmings.
The table looked
a treat and one of the other guests was local authoress – Kay Salter, a wonderful dry-witted character, and friend of
Jewel’s since 1964. Also there was Kim’s husband Jimmy, and other ladies of
life-long standing - Sunny and Sandy.
After supper we didn’t have far to
roll, just next-door-but-two to Ann Street United Methodist
Church for a carol service and blessing led by the choir in which Tom and
Jewel are both members
I was more than a bit miffed. This is
the first time in my life I have ever seen a Nativity
setting with no black magi – shocking
A decorated Beaufort on
our short walk home
This fabulous picture
came from Colin and Ann – aptly showing Bear grazing and
foraging in the fridge, this time with
Santa.
So did we come up with a full
Christmas lunch, people have asked if it could be done on a two-burner stove
with a small oven – of course it can - with a bit of jiggery-pokery. I was
cooking the veg as the family calls came in. I variously sobbed in the swede and
blubbed in the bubble. By the time we rang Mum, I could get “Love You” out and
no more before I went all unnecessary in the sprouts. Last year we were on board
Flying Cloud and the year before away on Boa Vista in the Cape Verde Islands,
this year I had way too much time thinking about who I was missing at home and
what the grandchildren were unwrapping.
Thank you all for ringing, we
wouldn’t have missed a single second – not for the world.
At three o’clock our time (eight
o’clock UK time) we settled down with a glass of rose and our meal. Bear had his
turkey, ham, stuffing (with sausage meat), roast potatoes, swede, carrots,
cauliflower, sprouts, sliced mushrooms in the gravy and grape jelly. With the
leftover sprouts from yesterday (donated by Jewel), I whipped up a dish of
bubble and squeak and I curried the sweet potato to try something completely
different. I did forget to do little sausages wrapped in bacon and I really
dropped a gooley when I noticed I forgot to do Bear’s bread sauce. It was on my
list and had been dug out of storage and put just inside the cupboard, near to
hand. Never mind I’ll just have to have the same again
tomorrow with sauce. Boxing Day I scored ten out
of ten, but had to look away as the ‘wallpaper paste’ bread sauce was
demolished.
Ooooooh not for me, Mrs. But Bear was
a chuffed captain.
ALL IN ALL NO ONE MENTION
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