Good 37º very dark and gloomy raining morning. Don't know when
the rain started, just a steady fall and not enough to measure yet. Yesterday we
did have SUNSHINE intermittently ! Nice.
10am:
12:30:
1:30:
I went outside and just let the sun shine on my face. Felt sooooooooo good!
By sunset the sky cleared out and I thought for sure we'd have freezing
temps, but no. More rain through the week and rain/snow for Christmas!
Saturday's football game between the Jets and the Cowboys....
Yeah, Tootie! Your guys pulled it off. Didn't think that would happen as
the scores were so close and back and forth!
Today's football:
Here is a video of Marine Basic Santa Training.
(Shared by George Bachmeier-LASD ret)
I told a few people about my pal Erika's Blautkraut and a bunch of them
wanted the recipe... This came from her mom's cookbook, Meine Rezepte. It is
soooooooooooo good!
I, of course changed some of the recipe and cooked it in my Crock*Pot for 3
hours
3 T butter (original calls for lard)
2# red cabbage, 3-4 pound head of red cabbage, shred about 3/4 of it
1-2 onions, chopped
2 bay leaves (as a substitute I used crushed thyme leaves)
2 cloves (I used powdered cloves)
salt and pepper to taste
2 Granny Smith apples, chopped
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup white vinegar
Melt the butter in the bottom of your Crock*Pot, alternatively add the
cabbage apples, and onions in a couple of layers. Sprinkle sugar on top and wash
it over with the vinegar. I added 3 more pats of butter on top.
I put the Crock*Pot on low for a couple of hours, stir now and then, then on high for 3 hours and stirred the mixture every hour. This can be
made ahead and freezes well. A great side to turkey, ham, pork, or chicken. I
like it hot or cold.
High school friend Linda (Kretzinger) Price just had her cat "fixed" and
Gracie is wearing a cone for the present time. I saw this Simon video and shared
it with her in FB. Too funny!
Historically this date....
1946 – The popular Christmas film It's a Wonderful Life is first released in New York
City.
1959 – Unknown attackers murder the Walker family in Osprey, Florida.
.....
horrible. Can't imagine what they went through!
1989 – United States invasion of Panama:
The United States sends troops into Panamato
overthrow government of Manuel Noriega. This
is also the first combat use of purpose-designed stealth aircraft.
1991 – A Missouri court sentences the Palestinian
militant Zein Isa and his wife Maria
todeath for the honor killing of their daughter
Palestina.
2007 – Elizabeth II becomes the oldest monarch of the United
Kingdom, surpassingQueen Victoria, who lived
for 81 years, 7 months and 29 days.
2007 –
The Portrait of
Suzanne Bloch (1904), by the
Spanish artist Pablo
Picasso, and O
Lavrador de Café by Brazilian
modernist painter Candido
Portinari, are stolen from theSão Paulo
Museum of Art.
And births
this date include...
1908 – Dennis Morgan, American
actor (d. 1994)
1927 – Charlie Callas, American
comedian (d. 2011)
....and a
bunch of other people, of whom I do not
know!
Yesterday was laundry. Joy. Make the bed. Joy. Take trash to the can by the
road, because I knew it would be raining today so the trash can went up onto the road, so a day early! Joy. And dinner
was reruns. A snuggy fire in the wood stove, chair, wine, and a Hallmark movie.
Feeling a bit puny, so taking Zicam*
and drinking hot tea with lemon!
( *Zicam is a branded series of products
marketed for cold and allergy relief whose original formulations included the
element zinc. The Zicam name is derived from a portmanteau of the words "zinc"
and "ICAM-1".) Which seems to help.
All I know. Nuff said. Happy Sunday. Ciao.
xo Sue Mom
Bobo
December 20th
National Sangria Day (Boy, that sounds good right now!)
December 20th is National Sangria Day. The word derives from
the Spanish word for bloodletting, and refers to the red wine that was used as a
base for the punch.
THE HISTORY OF SANGRIA
Around 200 B.C.E., the conquering Romans arrived in Spain
and planted vineyards. They soon discovered that red grape varietals produced
the best wine in the local soils. While some was enjoyed locally, the majority
of the wines were shipped to Rome.
The locals created fruit punches from the wines, and called
these drinks sangria after the color.
While sangria was drunk in Spain for more than 1,000 years,
it didn’t arrive in the U.S. until 1964—at the Spanish Pavilion at the World’s
Fair in New York. It was quickly adopted by Americans.
HOW TO MAKE SANGRIA
In Spain, sangria is typically made with Rioja or another
local red wine. There are white wine versions, called sangria blanco (white
sangria) and sparkling versions using cava, sparkling white wine.
The wine is typically blended with chopped fruit, fruit
juices or other sweetener (honey, sugar, syrup, lemon-lime soda instead of the
club soda), soda water and sometimes brandy. While some people feel that the
cheapest wine will suffice because the flavor gets blended with these other
ingredients, we recommend using a good quality wine. (Let “quality” refer to
anything you’d be happy to drink straight from the glass.)
Ideally, the sangria—without the soda water—should be
allowed to chill overnight for the flavors to meld. The chilled soda water
should be added right before serving.
To serve, pour the sangria into a pitcher filled with ice
cubes and garnish with more fresh fruit.
