Good 42º cloudy gloomy morning. Rained on and off yesterday.
Stayed cold, only warmed to 44º. Snow on the Siskiyou Summit...
This is funny! A grouchy little girl with squeaky
shoes...
I think I need a pair of these!!
Yesterday I worked on my computer most of the day. I had a
heck of a time uninstalling the AOL. Would NOT cooperate. It would not
uninstall! Then I finally got it reinstalled. Pain in the whoo whoo!! Then I had
to find all my "favorites" to put back on the toolbar for easy access. Was worn
out. Sure wish you were closer, Turk!!!!
Today is Steve Geon's birthday. Wilsonite and friend. We worked on the
Annual Staff together. He retired from LAPD.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY STEVE!! You travelin' man, you! What country are you in
now?
Historically this date
1947 – The U.S. Screen Actors
Guild implements
an anti-Communist loyalty
oath.
1970
– Douglas
Engelbart receives
the patent for the first computer
mouse.2004 – KmartCorp.
announces that it is buying Sears,
Roebuck and Co. for $11 billion USD and naming the newly merged company Sears
Holdings Corporation.
And births
this date include...
1925
– Rock
Hudson, American actor (d. 1985)
1942
– Martin
Scorsese, American film director
1943 – Lauren
Hutton, American actress
I just never
did get the 'tooth gap' with her. Soooo unattractive! Could have been fixed! She
has the $$ ! BTW, these pictures in order of her age.
1944
– Danny
DeVito, American actor
1949 – John Boehner, American politician
1951
– Dean Paul
Martin, American singer and actor (d. 1987)
This is my Bruiser!
.... and he does exactly this to Dude! BIG Dude, 100 pounds, and RUNS from
Bruiser!
Last night's football:
Later it was reruns for dinner, chair, fire in wood stove, wine, TV (Blue
Bloods 3 episodes and part of a Hallmark "Boyfriend For Christmas" movie...
I sat under the electric throw (Brian and Jen gave me for Christmas last
year) and I think that helped my shoulder. It's not quite as bad as it's been.
Thankfully. Still careful with using the right hand/arm to do stuff!
All I know. Nuff said. Happy Tuesady. Ciao.
xo Sue Mom
Bobo
November 17th
National Baklava Day (OH be still my heart! Some Baklava and a glass of
Greek Restina..... HEAVEN!)
The History Of Baklava
The earliest form of the pastry was made in the 8th century B.C.E.
in northern Mesopotamia, when the Assyrians layered very thin pieces of dough
with nuts and honey, and baked them in wood-burning ovens. Greek seamen brought
the concept home.*
Athenian artisan bakers created phyllo, the leaf-thin layers of
dough; and as early as the 3rd century B.C., the modern prototype of baklava was
served in wealthy Greek households for special occasions. Other nations adapted
the recipe: Armenians added cinnamon and cloves, Arabs added rosewater and
cardamom. The pastry spread to the households of wealthy Persians and Romans; in
the 4th Century C.E., when the Roman Empire expanded to Byzantium (modern
Turkey), so did baklava. A Mediterranean favorite, it is easy to see why every
country would want to claim baklava as its own!
We know that baklava was baked in the kitchens of the The Topkapi
Palace in Istanbul, Turkey—the residence of the Ottoman Sultans from 1465 to
1853. The pastry is part of the cuisines of many of the 25 former Ottoman Empire
countries, which included Albania, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Crete, Cyprus, Greece,
Herzegovina, Hungary, Moldavia and Serbia. The Empire was finally dissolved in
1922, but delicious baklava remains for all to enjoy.
Recipe:
2 comments:
Ohm be still my scale. I haven't made baklava in eons. Once upon a time, a very long time ago, girlfriend who learned to bake when she lived in Iran ( as a newlywed before the Shah's fall) spent the day teaching me how to make. How did I end up with a kitchen best suited for making reservations?
May your shoulder continue to heal quickly.
At least baklava isn't that hard to make. If there was someone here to share it I might make some. Otherwise I'd eat it all!!! xo
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