Good 48º overcast gloomy morning! WHERE IS THE SUN???????? Now
after finally getting sun and blue sky we are in line for more "chance of rain"
starting towards the end of this week. DANG!
I put the 'thing' about Just Veggies on the blog yesterday.
For breakfast I had some hard boiled eggs, plain non-fat yogurt, and a
Stroopwafel.
The first Stroopwaffel I had was on the flight home from Hawaii. OMGOOOD!!
I ordered some from Amazon.
Also, the Just Veggies I sprinkled on my yogurt. Also, OMGOOOD!!!
As for the eggs, I tried a new technique... into the cold water I put salt,
vinegar (about 1/3 cup), and some baking soda (a couple spoonfuls) ... then the
eggs and brought them to a boil and boiled for 10 minutes. Let sit for another
10 minutes and then drained and added cold water and lots of ice cubes. I have
used either salt or vinegar or both before but never the baking soda!
Wow!!
These were the easiest peeling eggs I have ever cooked!!!!!! Each one
peeled perfect!
Historically this date............
1789 – On the balcony of Federal Hall on Wall Street in New York City, George
Washington takes the oath of office to become the first elected President of
the United States.
1803 – Louisiana Purchase:
The United States purchases
the Louisiana
Territory fromFrance for $15 million, more than
doubling the size of the young nation.
1900 – Casey Jones dies in a train
wreck in Vaughn, Mississippi,
while trying to make up time on the Cannonball Express.
1927 – Douglas
Fairbanks and Mary Pickford become the
first celebrities to leave their footprints in concrete at Grauman's
Chinese Theater in Hollywood.
1945 – World War II: Führerbunker: Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun commit suicide after
being married for one day. Soviet soldiers raise
the Victory Banner over
the Reichstag
building.
And births this date
include....
1877 – Alice B. Toklas,
American companion of Gertrude Stein (d. 1967)
... a very interesting
read!
1926 – Cloris Leachman,
American actress
1933 – Willie Nelson, American
musician
1938 – Gary Collins,
American actor (d. 2012)
.... the boy has racked up quite a few
of mug shots over the years for DUI and dine and dash....
1943 – Bobby Vee, American singer (d.
2016)
1945 – Michael J.
Smith, American astronaut (d. 1986)
1975 – Johnny Galecki, American
actor
Yesterday was Tucker's baseball game. I met up with Brian, Tucker, and Sami.
Tucker did an awesome job as catcher, left field, and hitting! They
won.
BTW Edda and Trish, I LOVE this jacket! Glad I got one!
Grandson Jack's Gabrielino Orchestra was in a competition yesterday and out
of 7 gold rated orchestras, they came in 2nd! The competition held and then the
awards presented at Disneyland...
Thursday I put in an order with Schwans. I had seen their ad
on FB and it was a 50% off free shipping, no matter what the amount of the order
was. So, I ordered Salmon Burgers
Shrimp Scampi
Ham & Cheese Omelet
Bacon Breakfast Single Pizza
All I know. Nuff said. Happy Sunday. Ciao.
xo Sue Mom
Bobo
April 30th
National Raisin Day
- In 1873, a freak hot spell withered the grapes on the vine. One enterprising San Francisco grocer advertised these shriveled grapes as “Peruvian Delicacies” and the rest is history.
- It takes more than 4 tons of grapes to produce 1 ton of raisins.
- The finest raisins come from Malaga in Spain.
- Raisin – comes from the Latin racemus and means “a cluster of grapes or berries”.
- Fresno, California is the Raisin Capital of the World.
