A Change of Dinner Plan
Thursday 10th June 2021
We started out with two main goals this morning – clean up the boat ready for Sheila’s arrival tomorrow afternoon and eat dinner at the local Thai restaurant in town. The morning went according to plan – Gloria worked on the inside of the boat whilst I cleaned up the cockpit and side decks, using Soft-Scrub with bleach to remove the nasty stains from the “fuzzy head” insects. After a quick lunch we jumped in the dinghy and went into the dinghy dock at the marina. By this point the breeze was blowing fairly solidly at 10-15 knots and as we approached the marina we met another dinghy coming out just as his motor died, so we ended up towing him back in with us.
We had a lovely walk down a bike path that runs eastwards along the shore and with a decent breeze it felt so pleasant after the oppressive heat yesterday. We thought we would go straight out to dinner after our walk but it seemed too early so we headed back to Cotinga to hang out for a while. However, the wind had now picked up to 15-20 knots and we had to motor back directly into the building waves. I ended up getting completely soaked and had to change out of all my clothes once we were back on board. When the wind didn’t ease up we dropped our plans to go out for dinner and Gloria cooked a fantastic tuna and rice dish that her mother used to make. You start by sautéing onions, garlic and celery and then add stock (chicken), rosemary and basmati rice. When the rice is cooked you added the tuna and voila a simple but delicious dinner. The secret is to use tuna in oil rather than water and use that oil to cook the veggies. I also made a bread and butter pudding (as we would call it in the UK) which I enjoyed but was a bit squidgy for Gloria who isn’t really into custard. Now it’s about 8pm and the weather had calmed down a little.
Mike
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