December

I think it's winter though the calender says not. The weather is erratic, December has been mostly dry after a very wet November, but we have freezing temperaures, snow and some beautiful warm days. The temperatures go from 16 to 18degrees C one day to 0 and below the next, then back again.


This week has been very busy. We had Christmas dinner last Saturday, in a local restaurant of repute. Very different from the way it would be done in England, there were loads of little dishes (tapas) then the main course, mine was Wild Boar, it was very tender and tasty but there was far too much, an enormous plate of meat and potato. There were no decoration or anything to show it was for Christmas!


Monday we had an outing to the coast, this was put on by the Xunta de Galicia to promote the eating of fish. It was a wonderful day. to start with the weather was superb, the coast of Galicia is beautiful, especially with the sun shining!
We started with a meal, this was cooked by an award winning chef! We had a plate with 3 cold fish dishes, like tapas again but beautifully presented, then the were 3 hot ones then octopus with beans. Whilst we ate the chef demonstrated other way of cooking fish.


The whole meal was superb, it really demonstrated to me the importance of presentation! I can cook but my food presentation is lamentable!
After lunch we visited a small village that has kept it's original character.

Finally it was a visit to a fish market, then a stop for coffee and cakes and back home.

Sunset over the Rias Baixas!

Today I have invited some of the local ladies for Mince pies and Gluhwein.