Good 47º clear sunny morning.
Ok, here's the recipe for the Cucumber Salsa... so good!!!
(1/4 cup = 16 calories... YUMMM!)
2 cups finely chopped seeded peeled cucumber
½ cup chopped seeded tomato
¼ cup chopped red onion
2 T. minced fresh parsley
1 jalapeño seeded and chopped
4½ t. fresh chopped cilantro
1 clove garlic minced
(Peel and cut the cucs in half and lengthwise in half and use a spoon to
scrape out seeds. Then cut them in thin lengths and chop them. The one tomato
wasn't enough, so I used another half. Using a spoon with the tomato to remove
the seeds also. As well as the jalapeño.)
I decided to use a shallot instead of the red onion. It didn't take much of
the shallot, had half left. I like this garlic, saves chopping and mashing
garlic!)
¼ cup light sour cream
1½ t. lemon juice
1½ t. lime juice
¼ t. ground cumin
¼ t. seasoned salt
Combine first 7 ingredients. Next combine in separate bowl the last 5
ingredients. Mix and the pour over the cucumber mixture, tossing gently.
Serve with your favorite chips. (I love Fritos Scoops!)
Yesterday I took the cake, salsa, and some pre-made (from Costco)
Artichoke/Parmesan/Jalapeño Dip and chips to a little "river adventure" Jennifer
hosted. It was the last day of the boat races on the Rogue River. Jennifer's
house is right on the river . The boat race started at 1pm from Riverside Park
to Carpenter Island and back. A total of 50 miles. It's the Tom Rice Memorial
White Water Hydroplane Race. The following are not my photos, got them off the
Boatnik site...
Mike barbecued GIANT shrimp and Cartwright's hot dogs we had along with
sour kraut, my dips, my cake, and Chris' parfaits for dessert.
Historically this date...
...
unbelievable!
1935 – A 7.7 Mw earthquake destroys Quetta in modern-day Pakistan: 40,000
dead.
1970 – The Ancash
earthquake causes
a landslide that buries the town of Yungay,
Peru; more than 47,000 people are
killed
...Obviously
not a good day for earthquakes!
And births
this date include..
1930 – Clint
Eastwood, American film director and actor
"I know what
you're thinking. Did I fire six shots or only five?" Well, to tell you the
truth, in all this excitement I kind of lost track myself. But being as this is
a .44 Magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world, and would blow your
head clean off, you've got to ask yourself one question: "Do I feel lucky?"
Well, do ya, punk?" Love it love it love it!!!!
1934 – Jim
Hutton, American actor (d. 1979)
1943 – Sharon
Gless, American actress
1943
– Joe
Namath, American football player
1949 – Tom
Berenger, American actor
1965
– Brooke
Shields, American actress and supermodel
I was gone to Jennifer's all afternoon. Got home and it was chair, wine,
and TV. I had climbed down the narrow steep path from Jennifer's yard to the
river. That exhausted me. I thought several times I was going to fall. It was a
scary climb both down and back up! Then I went down in her lower yard to the
river's edge. Too much walking and climbing for me in one day!!! Will share
photos tomorrow. Chris and David Church were there along with Micol Klamm and
her daughter Kim. Bob is off on an adventure with his granddaughter to Yosemite.
All I know. Nuff said. Happy Bill Pay Tuesday. Ciao.
xo Sue Mom
Bobo
May 31st
National Macaroon Day
The first macaroons were almond meringue cookies similar to today's
amaretti, with a crisp curst and a soft interior. They were made from egg whites
and almond paste (equal parts of ground blanched almonds and sugar, mixed with
egg whites) The name of the cookie comes from the Italian word for paste,
maccarone (amh-kah-ROW-nay), and is also the word for pasta/macaroni and
dumplings.
While origins can be mruky, some culinary historians claim that the
macaroons can be traced to and Italian monastery where they were modeled after
the monk's belly buttons!
Macaroons came to France in 1533 with the pastry chefs of Catherine de
Medici, wife of King Henri II. Two Benedictine nuns, Sister Marguerite and
Sister Marie-Elisabeth, seeking asylum in the town of Nancy during the French
Revolution paid for their housing by baking and selling macaroon cookies, and
thus became known as the "Macaroon Sisters" (the French word is macaron,
pronounced mah-kah-RONE).
Italian Jews adopted the cookie because it has no flour or leavening (the
agent that raises and lightens a baked good, like yeast, baking powder, and
baking soda - instead macaroons are leavened by egg whites) and can be enjoyed
during the eight-day observation of Passover. It was introduced to other
European Jews and became a popular year round treat. Over time the coconut was
added to the ground almonds and in certain recipes replaces them.
Coconut macaroons are more prevalent in the U.S. and the U.K. and they are
a lot easier to make and transport than the fragile almond meringues.
