Weather ~ 10-22 ~ Picture of the Day ~ California's Oldest Restaurant ~ National Nut Day

  

Good 48º dark cloudy morning.

 

Yesterday we had rain and last night. We topped at 65º. More rain for today ....

 

This is our weather forecast....

 

 

 

 

10-22 police code for 'cancel'  or "forgetaboutit!"

 

 

 

Picture of the Day... Los Angeles 1954

 

 

 

Interesting....

 

California's oldest restaurant? Tadich Grill is the answer. This place which opened in 1849 is believed to be the third oldest continuously running restaurant in the U.S.

http://tadichgrillsf.com/

It is preceded only by Boston's Union Oyster House (1826) 

 http://www.unionoysterhouse.com/

 and New Orlean's Antoine's Restaurant (1840)...

https://antoines.com/

At the time that Tadich Grill started as a business, California wasn't even a U.S. state.

In 1849, Nikola Budrovich, Frano Kosta, and Antonio Gasparich, three immigrants from Croatia, set up a tent on Long Wharf and posted a sign. The sign read Coffee Stand. Long Wharf was a pier that reached half a mile into the Bay. Hundreds of sailing ships were tied up at this pier. It was a pier that was lined with hastily built shops, saloons, markets, and gambling dens. The Coffee Stand served fresh fish grilled over charcoal which is claimed to be the first place to grill seafood over mesquite charcoal. Merchants, sailors, and adventurers would eat here. This is how the Tadich Grill first began.

Today, Tadich Grill is basically a 166 year old seafood restaurant serving the residents, visitors, and other guests of the city of San Francisco. Unlike some popular and historic restaurants, it's still said that "Tadich Grill is not so noisy that you can't have a conversation with your companions. Now and even a century ago, it would hardly have been any different. Back then, customers left happy and returned frequently, just like they still do."

 

 

Sorry, no recipe today.....

 

 

 

Historically this date.......

1836 – Sam Houston is inaugurated as the first President of the Republic of Texas.

1879 – Using a filament of carbonized thread, Thomas Edison tests the first practical electric incandescent light bulb (it lasted 13½ hours before burning out).

 

1934 – In East Liverpool, Ohio, Federal Bureau of Investigation agents shoot and kill notorious bank robber Pretty Boy Floyd.

1962 – Cuban Missile Crisis: US President John F. Kennedy, after internal counsel from Dwight D. Eisenhower, announces that American reconnaissance planes have discovered Soviet nuclear weapons in Cuba, and that he has ordered a naval "quarantine" of the Communist nation.

1976 – Red Dye No. 4 is banned by the US Food and Drug Administration after it is discovered that it causes tumors in the bladders of dogs. The dye is still used in Canada.

1983 – Two correctional officers are killed by inmates at the United States Penitentiary in Marion, Illinois. The incident inspires the Supermax model of prisons.


... And births this date include....

1734 – Daniel Boone, American pioneer and hunter (d. 1820)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1903 – Curly Howard, American actor and comedian, member of the Three Stooges (d. 1952)

 

He died in San Gabriel and is buried in a cemetery in ELA.

1917 – Joan Fontaine, American actress (d. 2013)

Sad, a life long feud with her sister, Olivia de Havilland.

 

 

1938 – Christopher Lloyd, American actor

 

 

1942 – Annette Funicello, American actress (d. 2013)

 

 

 

1943 – Catherine Deneuve, French actress

 

 

 

1948 – Lynette Fromme, American attempted assassin of Gerald Ford

Such a creepy person and should NEVER have been paroled!!!

later

 

 

All I know. Nuff said. Have a good Friday. Ciao.

xo Sue Mom Bobo

National Nut Day is observed annually on October 22. This day is NOT about the neighbor that lives down the street or the crazy co-worker. It is a food holiday celebrating a healthy and nutritious snack.

Nuts are a highly prized food and energy source and are a primary source of nutrients for both humans and wildlife.   Many of them are used in cooking, eaten raw, sprouted, or roasted as a snack food and pressed for oil that is used in cookery and cosmetics.

The fats found in nuts, for the most part, are unsaturated fats, including monounsaturated fats.

Many nuts are excellent sources of vitamins E and B2. They are also rich in protein, folate fiber, and essential minerals such as magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, copper, and selenium.

Nuts are essential to animals, especially those in temperate climates, as they store acorns and other nuts during the autumn months to keep from starving during late fall, all winter, and early spring.

Several studies have shown that those who consume nuts regularly are less likely to suffer from coronary heart disease (CHD).  It was in 1993 that nuts were first linked to protection against CHD. Since that time, many clinical trials have found that consumption of various nuts, such as almonds and walnuts, can lower serum LDL cholesterol concentrations.

One study has shown that people who ate nuts lived two to three years longer than those who did not. Those who were consuming nuts may have been eating less junk food leading to a longer lifespan.

Nuts are healthiest in their raw form.