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.
