Blue Sky ~ Dude ~ Deer ~ Bruiser ~ Highway Sign ~ Product Label ~ American Chop Suey Casserole

Good 27º everything frozen clear sky morning. 

 

Yesterday we did get some blue sky. Nice. Wish it had been this way on Sunday!

 

Dude was smelling the tulips!

 

The deer were out.......

 

Bruiser took a "walk".... down the driveway towards Frank & Cindy's house.....

 

 

 

Interesting.........

A highway sign:

 

 

A label on an item:

 

 

American Version Chop Suey Casserole...

 

• 3/4 pound (12 ounce) small pasta shape, like small shells or elbows
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1 cup chopped celery
• 1 cup chopped green bell pepper
• 1 pound ground beef
• 1 (10-1/2 ounce) can condensed tomato soup
• Salt to taste
• Black pepper to taste
• 2 cups (8 ounces) shredded Cheddar cheese, divided

 

 

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.  Coat a 2-quart casserole dish with cooking spray.
    
2.  In a large pot of boiling salted water cook pasta to desired doneness; drain and place in a large bowl.
    
3. Meanwhile, in a large skillet, heat oil over medium-high heat; saute celery and green pepper until tender, then drain off excess fat.
    
4. Return vegetables to skillet and add ground beef; cook beef until no pink remains. Add ground beef-vegetable mixture to pasta.  Gently stir in tomato soup, add salt and pepper, then stir in 1 cup of shredded Cheddar cheese.
    
5. Place mixture in a prepared 2-quart casserole dish and top with remaining 1 cup of Cheddar cheese. Bake 30 minutes. Serve hot.

 

Historically this date......

33 – Generally agreed-upon date for the historical crucifixion of Jesus of Nazareth, the central figure of Christianity.

1860 – The first successful United States Pony Express run from Saint Joseph, Missouri to Sacramento, California begins.

1882 – American Old West: Jesse James is killed by Robert Ford.

1973 – Martin Cooper of Motorola made the first handheld mobile phone call to Joel S. Engel of Bell Labs, though it took ten years for the DynaTAC 8000X to become the first such phone to be commercially released.

1996 – Suspected "Unabomber" Theodore Kaczynski is arrested at his cabin in Montana,United States.

1996 – A United States Air Force airplane carrying United States Secretary of Commerce Ron Brown crashes in Croatia, killing all 35 on board.

2000 – United States v. Microsoft: Microsoft is ruled to have violated United States antitrust laws by keeping "an oppressive thumb" on its competitors.

And births this date include.... (there's a LOT of them!)

1893 – Leslie Howard, English actor (d. 1943)

Scarlett: Oh, Ashley, I can't let you go. Ashley: You must be brave Scarlett: No.Ashley: You must. How else can I bear going? Oh, Scarlett, you are so fine and strong and beautiful. Not just your sweet face, my dear but you. Scarlett: Ashley, kiss me. Kiss me goodbye! Ashley: No, Scarlett. Scarlett: Oh, Ashley, I love you. I've always loved you. I've never loved anyone else. I only married Charles just to hurt you. Ashley, tell me you love me. I'll live on it the rest of my life. (giggle.... it was how she said Ashley ... it was "Ashhhhhleeee")

1907 – Iron Eyes Cody, American actor (d. 1999)

..........can you believe it he was full blood ...ITALIAN!!

 

1922 – Doris Day, American actress, singer and animal rights activist.

Her story is very interesting! Click on her name.

 

1924 – Marlon Brando, American actor (d. 2004)

 

1926 – Virgil "Gus" Grissom, American astronaut (d. 1967)

... a tragedy I still feel very sad about.

 

1934 – Jane Goodall, English zoologist

 

1941 – Jan Berry, American musician (d. 2004)

Jan and Dean came to my high school. I was sitting in an aisle seat and could almost touch them as they walked to the stage. Sigh.......................... So sad Jan's death.

1942 – Marsha Mason, American actress

 

1942 – Wayne Newton, American singer

 

1949 – Lyle Alzado, American football player (d. 1992)

.... sad how his life ended....

 

 

1953 – Sandra Boynton, American greeting-card designer, illustrator, and author

I love her drawings.

 

1958 – Alec Baldwin, American actor

..........what a donkey!

 

1961 – Eddie Murphy, American actor and comedian

 

1971 – Picabo Street, American alpine ski champion

 

Later it was snuggy comfy chair, wine, and TV. 

 

 

All I know. Nuff said. Happy Tuesday. Ciao.

xo Sue Mom Bobo

 

 

Every April 3rd National Chocolate Mousse Day recognizes the decadent dessert that gained popularity in France in the 1800s.

Mousse is prepared by beating eggs or cream or both to a frothy, airy consistency and then folding the ingredients together to create a light, creamy delight.

 

While mousse can be either savory or sweet, for this day we will focus on that all-time favorite, chocolate.

The words mousse and chocolate are derived from the French language, so it isn’t difficult to believe France is where to begin looking for the beginnings of this versatile creation. While we have no exact point in time when this might have been, we do know chocolate was introduced to the French around the year 1615, and they fell in love.

 

Then a century later the French developed a method for making mousse. Savory led the way, but it couldn’t have been long before the same approach was applied to chocolate.

In the United States, an advertisement in The Brooklyn Daily Eagle in 1887 included classes on how to make chocolate mousse offered by a Miss Parloa. She also advised how to make potato soup, larded grouse, potato timbale and corn muffins.

 

From dark chocolate to milk chocolate, bittersweet or any combination, there is plenty of variety when it comes to chocolate mousse.

HOW TO OBSERVE

Give this recipe a try: Ghirardelli Chocolate Mousse recipe.