The weather is now set to warm up as we have rain forecast from tomorrow in fact we have a heavy rain watch from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. tomorrow. It then looks better for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday with rain again from Thursday.
The worst part of the forecast though is the El Nino weather system which is likely to bring some extreme heat during our summer. It sounds as though we may be following Europe with the heat and drought.
We went to the butcher yesterday and supermarket this morning. I bought a bacon hock from the butcher (much tastier than supermarket ones) and have a pot of pea and ham soup cooking at the moment. Among other things we bought some Terakihi (fish), mussels, and cockles. We usually have pan fried fish after going to the supermarket but decided on a seafood chowder which we made with the seafood from the supermarket and some prawns. It was delicious and there is plenty for tonight and lunch tomorrow. The photo definitely doesn't do it justice.
We both had some nice bread with it and I have a loaf of gf bread in the oven at the moment nearly cooked.
In our present climate, a bit of frost sounds rather nice. We are about to reach almost 40 C again next week; it's gone on far too long.
ReplyDeleteWay too hot for me. At least when it is cold you can light the fire and have warming soup. I just hope we don't get those high temperatures. Hopefully being a narrow landmass it won't be as bad. You will soon be back in Blighty where it is cooler.
DeleteYou seem to be having a cold winter. Snow in Wellington! And frosts for you. Lucky your bananas are OK.
ReplyDeleteThe fish chowder sounds delicious.
Thankfully the summer in Greece hasn't been extreme. Unlike the rest 9f Europe
Glad you haven't had the extreme temperatures. The chowder will definitely be staying on the menu.
DeleteThat is really cold for you up there. I found frozen water in an empty pot yesterday, could have been there for several days!!!Soup, a winter favourite.
ReplyDeleteYes we are not used to those low temperatures. Warmer and raining now. Hope it is not too bad this afternoon as we are going to neighbours as it is their 68th Wedding Anniversary. Take care.
DeleteOur sadly disrupted weather..you don't know what to expect any more...and while England Southeast of a line from Yorkshire to Hampshire has yet another period of heat..a yellow warning...West of Scotland has mid teens warm, showers and single digit temperatures at night!
ReplyDeleteHumans have made a mess of the world.
DeleteExcellent and very good, can it get any better? Greetings from my desired Slovenia, Andreja!
ReplyDeleteThank you for visiting.
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