Good 65º scattered cloudy morning.
Yesterday it stayed very smokey again. Warmed to 103º. Then by
early evening we had a thunderstorm pass over. No rain. No lightening. Just lots
of rumbling!
Earlier I was going to go out back and turn on the rainbird,
but momma turkey and her babies were out there by the water tubs..... and eating
the cracked corn I put out for the birds.... Hard to get good pictures sideways
through a window!
Try this easy, keeping the house cool, meatloaf:
Slow Cooker Meatloaf Parmesan
1. In large bowl mix together 1 cup of the pizza sauce with the meat, onion, garlic, peppers, Parmesan, eggs, and seasonings.
2 1/4 pounds lean ground beef
15oz pizza sauce, divided
2 T dried minced onion
2 t minced garlic (or use freeze dried)
1/2 cup fresh bell pepper, chopped
1½ t. Italian seasoning
3/4 cup shredded Parmesan
2 eggs
salt and pepper to taste
1½ cups shredded Mozzarella
1. In large bowl mix together 1 cup of the pizza sauce with the meat, onion, garlic, peppers, Parmesan, eggs, and seasonings.
2. Spray 6 or 7 quart slow cooker with cooking spray and pat
meat down into crock, making sure the center is pressed down more than the
edges.
3. Cover and cook on high 2 hours
4. With a spatula push the extra oil off the top of the
meatloaf to the sides.
5. Pour remaining pizza sauce on the top of the meatloaf and
top with cheese.
6. Cover and cook a few more minutes until cheese melts.
Use lean ground beef because the meat will shrink up and the
fat will pool around the outside of the loaf. If you use higher fat beef the
loaf will be a lot smaller and you will have a lot more excess oil around the
outside.
Historically this date.....
1936 – Summer Olympic
Games: Games of the XI
Olympiad – Jesse Owens wins
his fourth gold medal at
the games becoming the first American to win four medals in one Olympiad.
1944 – The United States
Forest Service and the Wartime Advertising Council release posters
featuringSmokey Bear for the first
time.
1945 – World War II: Nagasaki is devastated when
an atomic bomb, Fat Man, is dropped by
the United States B-29 Bockscar. 39,000 people are
killed outright.
1969 – Followers led by Charles Manson murder
pregnant actress Sharon Tate (wife of Roman Polanski),coffee heiress Abigail Folger, Polish
actor Wojciech Frykowski,
men's hairstylist Jay Sebring and recent
high-school graduate Steven
Parent.
1974 – As a direct result of the Watergate scandal, Richard Nixon becomes the
first President of
the United States to resign from office. His Vice
President, Gerald Ford, becomes
president.
1988 – Wayne Gretzky is traded
from the Edmonton Oilers to
the Los Angeles Kings in
one of the most controversial player transactions in hockey history, upsetting
many Canadians.
And births this date
include....
1944 – Sam Elliott, American
actor
Born
in Sacramento, graduated high school in Portland,
and
went to Cal State LA....
1963 – Whitney Houston,
American singer, actress, producer and model .. and druggie... (d.
2012)
2005 – Caylee Anthony, American
child murder victim (d. 2008)
Picture of the day... strange animal friends...
And speaking of animals...
here is a bear momma with quintuplets, which is certainly not
the norm!
And mom and babies a few months later....
Later watching the news they said Portland had a new Police
Chief. She came from Oakland Ca and was Assistant Chief there. Her name is what
is wayyyyy too funny, Danielle Outlaw! Good grief!
All I know. Nuff said. Happy Hump Day. Ciao.
xo Sue Mom
Bobo
August 9th
- Hundreds of millions of the poor spend half to three fourths of their incomes on rice and only rice.
- Rice is the staple diet of half the world’s population.
- More than 90 percent of the world’s rice is grown and consumed in Asia, where people typically eat rice two or three times a daily.
- Rice farming has been traced back to around 5,000 BC.
Here are some recipes for rice pudding from one
of my favs.... Mr Food!
