Day 9 ~ Bruiser ~ Oriental Coleslaw ~ Football

Full..... be careful out there!

Good 29º foggy morning.

 

Day 9 ............. WATER!!!!!! Hot and Cold. Running Flowing Gushing!

Went to PJ and Dave's yesterday for a shower. Talked about the water and what it was/wasn't doing. Dave called later and wanted to come up and take a look at the well pump house. He heard water running. Called me on his cell and said to shut down all the faucets in the house. Then he discovered a leak in one of the pasture pump houses. It controls the water between the well pump, the house, and the barn. They are small, contain pipes and valves and are covered with little wooden structures. With the lid off you could see the water gushing out~!

He went home and found a part to fix it and came back and TAAAA DAAAAA. Leak stopped. Water running normal in the house! Hot water heater on and hot water coming out of the faucets now!!! DAVE my hero!!!!!! Oh thank God! I am soooooooooo relieved. Don't need no stinkin' plumber when Dave is your neighbor!!!! LOL..... sorry Mike.

 

This is soooooo sooooo typical of cats... if you are reading a paper or magazine they get right in the middle of it. I had opened a Sheriff's Dept annual to find something and Mister comes along, checks it out, and lays down right on top of it!

Thanks Mom! You doin' something with this? I need a nap.

 

PICTURE of the day...

 

 

Ok, my buddy Linda asked me to send her this recipe...

We call this "Oriental Coleslaw" but the Pasadena Star News, to be politically correct when they published my winning entry, called it "Asian Coleslaw" !!! (1992) This is easy and everyone LOVES it.

 

1/4 cup peanut oil

1/4 cup rice vinegar

6-10 dashes Tabasco Pepper Sauce

2 T. sugar

1/2 t. ground black pepper

Mix together and set aside. (a glass jar with lid it good)

 

2-4 packages slivered almonds

1/2 cup sesame seeds (cheaper on Mexican food isle)

Toast seeds and almonds on cookie sheet 350º for 5-10 minutes until golden. Watch carefully so they don't burn. Cool.

 

1 pkg Top Raman noodles .. broken up small (put in plastic bag and hit with rolling pin!) Do not cook. Add to nuts and seeds. Set aside to add to salad at very last.

Shred one head cabbage. Rinse and drain well. Salad spinner works great! Chop one bunch green onions and mix with cabbage. Or, you can use the ready made slaw mixture with shredded carrots in it.

Great for potluck (double for big crowd). I transport cabbage/onion mixture in zip bag, seeds/nuts/noodles in zip bag, dressing in jar. Take along large bowl and salad tongs. To serve, put cabbage in bowl, add crunchy stuff, shake dressing and add. Mix and serve. (Be careful, you may just eat it all yourself!)

Historically this date.....

1707 – Last recorded eruption of Mount Fuji in Japan

1773 – American Revolution: Boston Tea Party – Members of the Sons of Liberty disguised as Mohawks dump crates of tea into Boston harbor as a protest against the Tea Act.

1811 – The first two in a series of four severe earthquakes occur in the vicinity of New Madrid, Missouri. These four so-called mega-quakes are believed to be an ongoing cataclysmic danger that could reprise the 1811-12 series of 2,000 quakes that affected the lands of what would be eight of today's heartland states of the United States.

 

1985 – Mafia: In New York City, Paul Castellano and Thomas Bilotti are shot dead on the orders of John Gotti, who assumes leadership of the Gambino family.

 

2003 – President George W. Bush signs the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 into law. The law establishes the United States' first national standards for the sending of commercial e-mail and requires the Federal Trade Commission to enforce its provisions.

And births this date include...

1938 – Liv Ullmann, Norwegian actress

1961 – Sam Robards, American actor

Son of Jason Robards and Lauren Bacall....

L-R Bogart's daughter Leslie, Sam, Lauren, Bogart's son Steven

1961 – Jon Tenney, American actor

.... plays Kyra Sedgwick's husband on The Closer and once married to Teri Hatcher

1963 – Benjamin Bratt, American actor

All I know. Happy Monday. Nuff said. Off to take a shower! Ciao.

xo Sue Mom Bobo

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