Good 57º gonna be in the 90ºs again day! UGH. Smoke coming in.
Seems to stay out at night and drifts back in by morning....
You can just see it coming over the top of my mountain....
Yesterday I made my
friend Judy Duvall's Crockpot Burgundy Beef. Here's the
recipe:
1 boneless beef pot
roast, 2¼-2½ pounds (I used a 4# eye of round roast)
1 can condensed Beef
Mushroom soup
1 can cream of onion
soup (I used French Onion)
1 cup sliced
mushrooms (I re-hydrated dried mushrooms... and used a couple
cups)
1 cup chopped onion
(I used two large shallots)
Then I also added 6
stalks of celery chopped and about 2 cups of baby
carrots....
1/4 cup Burgundy wine
(I used 1 cup Cabernet Sauvignon)
Trim and cut beef
into 1" pieces. Stir in the rest of the ingredients. Cover and cook 4 hours on
high or 8 hours on low, or 6 hours on medium. (I cooked it 7 hours on
high)
One hour before the
end of the cook time I mixed 1/4 cup flour with about 1 cup milk in a jar and
added in about 1/2 t. ground black pepper. Shook it up and added it in to
thicken. Then I cooked some trottole pasta and served it on that. You can serve
on rice or noodles....
I made a salad with
baby spinach, one of Jeannie's cucumbers, and tomato. Brianna's Poppy Seed
dressing...
SUPER GOOD
DINNER!!!!!
As for the
wines...
Burgundy wine (French: Bourgogne or vin de Bourgogne) is wine made
in the Burgundy region in eastern France,[1]
in the valleys and slopes west of the Saône River, a tributary of the Rhône. The most famous wines produced here—those
commonly referred to as "Burgundies"—are dry red wines made from Pinot
noir grapes.
Burgundy wines produced in the United States are usually
inexpensive jug wines made from different grape varieties.
Cabernet Sauvignon = Cabernet = Cab
(or as my Darling pronounced it "Cabinet
Sa-vig-nee!LOL) Pronunciation: cah-burr-NAY sow-vee-NYOHN
Cabernet Sauvignon grapes make a hearty, complex red wine that's
especially good with roasted meats and heavy stews. Domestic Cabernets are
often excellent. Substitutes: Bordeaux OR Merlot OR
Zinfandel
We seem to have a big influx of hummingbirds. Probably be due to
the fires. All feed spots are filled at times...
This little guy owns this feeder. He sits on the wire on a
birdhouse guarding it and chases away any birds that attempt to drink his
personal nectar...
And outside was this ground squirrel with an apple he stole
from my garden..... he was happily eating away until he saw me with the camera,
dropped the apple, looked scared, picked up the apple and ran!
Today is a very special anniversary.... Tom & Adelle (Easton...Wilson W'63) Graves celebrating anniversary 48! HAPPY ANNIVERSARY KIDS!
.... with their Barkley~!
Historically this date....
1892 – The father and stepmother of Lizzie
Borden are found murdered in their Fall
River, Massachusetts home.
1944 – The Holocaust: a tip from a Dutch informer leads the Gestapo to a sealed-off area in an Amsterdam warehouse, where they find and arrest Jewish diarist Anne Frank, her family, and four others.
1987 – The Federal Communications Commission rescinds the Fairness Doctrine which had required radio and television stations to present controversial issues "fairly".
HA! That never happened again!!!
1993 – A federal judge sentences Los Angeles Police Department officers Stacey Koon and Laurence Powell to 30 months in prison for violating motorist Rodney King's civil rights.
1944 – The Holocaust: a tip from a Dutch informer leads the Gestapo to a sealed-off area in an Amsterdam warehouse, where they find and arrest Jewish diarist Anne Frank, her family, and four others.
1987 – The Federal Communications Commission rescinds the Fairness Doctrine which had required radio and television stations to present controversial issues "fairly".
HA! That never happened again!!!
1993 – A federal judge sentences Los Angeles Police Department officers Stacey Koon and Laurence Powell to 30 months in prison for violating motorist Rodney King's civil rights.
Births this date include....
... weirdo
1961 –
Barack
Obama, American politician, 44th President of the United States, Nobel
Prize laureate (HA!)
Fox New radio host
Todd Starnes became just the latest conservative to blast
President Obama for having the nerve to think he has a place on
the golf course, even on his birthday weekend. Referencing the recent international terrorism alert, Starnes tweeted “There’s a worldwide terror alert, 21 embassies are
shutting down – but Obama’s got time to play golf today,” and hashtagged another tweet about the outing with the hip-hop slang term
“flossing,” which refers to an ostentatious display of material wealth.
All I
know. Happy Sunday. Nuff said. Ciao.
xo Sue Mom Bobo
August
4th
US Coast
Guard Day
U.S. Coast Guard Day honors the military
branch that protects our waters and shorelines. The U.S. Defense Department
suggests that this day is largely an internal celebration for all Coast Guard
personnel and their families, past and present. But, we'd like to encourage
everyone to honor the brave members of this important branch of the military.
Celebrate U.S. Coast Guard Day by learning
more about the responsibilities and functions of the U.S. Coast Guard. They are
now playing an even more extensive role in Homeland Security to protect our
country.
We salute Coast Guard personnel
today.
7 comments:
Oh so glad to see you made the Burgundy Beef recipe. You used my fav kind of roast. Mother and I used to buy many of those at a time for the freezer. I went out last night to get a roast from the freezer to make the recipe. Well John had the top of the freezer loaded down so no crock pot beef for him today!! :( Yours looked so good. I'll bet it would also be good with sour cream added like stroganoff which John loves!
Did you brown the meat in a skillet before the crock? I always like to do that with roasts.
Happy Anniversary Adelle! She is my FB friend.
We had a hummer who was a bully. He would sit and guard the feeder and chase the others away. He had a red neck so that became his name! I think there was a rebellion because he stopped doing that. lol
I remember going to a ballet about Lizzie Borden. What a topic for a ballet, huh? I don't think they ever proved that she had done the murders, did they?
Have a good one!
XO Trisha
No, I didn't brown the meat. It was so good and tender, OMG. With all those flavorings it's not necessary to brown it first.
This is very typical behavior for hummingbirds. That's why I have two feeders!
No, Lizzie Borden was never convicted, but speculation continues. If you click her name you can read about it. xo
Wow, did your dinner look wonderful. Will definitely be making that. Thanks to your friend Judy for sharing the recipe. Glad you are using the cukes, I'm sure you will have more. Pretty good crop this year.
The hummers are so funny to watch. Some are so cranky and territorial.
I have not read all the history stuff yet, and am going back to read about Lizzie Borden. That was a very interesting case. Why she was never convicted, questionable for me?????
Have a wonderful Sunday and don't forget to watch football at 5. chat later. xo
Jeannie
Yes, that recipe is a keeper.
Ahhhhh yes, football!!! xo
Put the camera down, get those disgusting ground squirels in your gun sights. Jim
Thank you for the recognition of the Coast Guard on this day. They are our "first responders" on the water. Semper Paratus -- always ready.
Take care,
Dale
So that is where "our" squirrels went- you can keep them furry rats):-
That recipe looks good.
Going to fee my hummingbirds- those fast and furious garden decorations I want to keep around.
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