Weather ~ Picture of the Day ~ "God Bless America" ~ Shortcut Chicken 'n Dumplings ~ Vanette Christensen ~ National Potato Chip Day ~ National Napping Day

  

Good 39º dark cloudy morning. Chance of rain predicted for today. 

 

Yesterday we stayed cloudy and we topped at 57º.

 

 

Picture of the Day...friendly animal kiss

 

 

Interesting....

 

Irving Berlin was an American composer and lyricist, widely considered one of the greatest songwriters in American history. During his 60-year career he wrote an estimated 1,500 songs, including the scores for 19 Broadway shows and 18 Hollywood films. Many songs became popular themes and anthems, including "White Christmas", "There's No Business Like Show Business", and "God Bless America." Berlin wrote the patriotic song "God Bless America" in 1918 while serving in the U.S. Army at Camp Upton in Yaphank, New York, and later revised by him in 1938.

 

 

God bless America
Land that I love
Stand beside her 
And guide her
Through the night with the light from above

From the mountains 
To the prairies
To the oceans 
White with foam
God bless America
My home sweet home

From the mountains 
To the prairies
To the oceans 
White with foam
God bless America
My home sweet home
God bless America
My home sweet home

Go here if you want to read a lot more about Mr. Berlin...https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irving_Berlin

 

 

 

From Mr. Food

 

Cure your comfort food cravings with our Shortcut Chicken 'n' Dumplings recipe! Thanks to shortcut ingredients, we can put together a creamy dinner full of savory chicken, veggies, and plump dumplings in hardly any time at all! It'll really hit the spot!

 

• 2 cups pulled rotisserie chicken
• 2 (10-3/4-ounce) cans condensed cream of chicken soup, undiluted
• 2 cups water
• 2 cups frozen mixed vegetables
• 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
• 1 (16.3-ounce) can refrigerated buttermilk biscuits, quartered (8 biscuits)

 

1. In a 4-quart or larger slow cooker, mix all ingredients except biscuits. Gently fold in biscuit pieces.
2. Cover and cook on LOW 4 hours or on HIGH 2 hours, or until biscuits are firm; serve immediately.

 

***What makes this recipe so easy is that we can take advantage of so many of our market shortcuts. The chicken is pre-cooked, the frozen veggies are farm-fresh, cleaned, and cut, and the refrigerated biscuit dough is ready to just add. 

 

 

Special birthday today.... Vanette (Ford) Christensen (LASD ret. Temple Station and ELA Sgt.) ..HAPPY BIRTHDAY VAN!

 

Historically this date.....

1910 – Lakeview Gusher, the largest U.S. oil well gusher near Bakersfield, California, vented to atmosphere.

 

1951 – Korean War: For the second time, United Nations troops recapture Seoul.

 

1964 – A jury in Dallas, Texas, finds Jack Ruby guilty of killing Lee Harvey Oswald, assumed assassin of John F. Kennedy.

 

 

1995 – Space Exploration: Astronaut Norman Thagard becomes the first American astronaut to ride to space on-board a Russian launch vehicle.

 

 

And births this date include....

1863 – Casey Jones, American railroad engineer (d. 1900)

 

 

1879 – Albert Einstein, German-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1955)

1914 – Lee Petty, American race car driver (d. 2000)

 

 

Lee Petty is shown here with son, Richard, grandson, Kyle and great-grandson, Adam in a 1999 photo.

 

Sadly, Lee Petty passed away on April 5, 2000 and Adam died tragically about a month later in a racing incident when he was practicing with a Busch series car at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

 

Racing was in their blood right on down the line from Lee.

 

 

 

1920 – Hank Ketcham, American cartoonist (d. 2001)

 

 

1928 – Frank Borman, American astronaut and CEO

 

 

 

 

1933 – Sir Michael Caine, British actor

 

 

 

1946 – Steve Kanaly, American actor

 

 

 

1948 – Billy Crystal, American actor and comedian

 

 

 

1958 – Albert II, Prince of Monaco

 

 

 

 

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

xo Sue Mom Bobo

National Potato Chip Day on March 14th celebrates America’s #1 snack food. Millions will enjoy their favorite chip this holiday. It’s a good thing there are so many to choose from, too!

 

Saratoga Chips

On August 24, 1853, an unhappy restaurant customer kept sending his potatoes back to the kitchen, complaining they were thick and soggy. Chef George Crum decided to slice the potatoes as thin as possible, frying them until crisp and added extra salt. To the chef’s surprise, the customer loved them. The crispy potatoes soon became a regular item on the restaurant’s menu under the name of “Saratoga Chips.”

Other explanations point for the existence of the potato chip point to recipes in Shilling Cookery for the People by Alexis Soyer (1845) or Mary Randolph’s The Virginia House-Wife (1824). While many references between these dates sliced potatoes and fried them in grease, uncertainty remains whether the potatoes were fried to a crisp.

However, by the late 1870s, menus across the country used the term “Saratoga Chips” on train cars, hotel restaurants, and street carts. The name carried into grocers when bakeries made the chips in larger batches. They shipped them by wagon to the restaurants and grocers by the barrel. The grocers sold them to private families by the pound. Folks were instructed to bake the chips in a hot oven for a few minutes, and the chips would be as crisp as if fried that same day.

 

Classic Potato Chips

The Dayton, Ohio-based Mike-sell’s Potato Chip Company, founded in 1910, calls itself the “oldest potato chip company in the United States.”  New England-based Tri-Sum Potato Chips, originally established in 1908 as the Leominster Potato Chip Company, in Leominster, Massachusetts, claims to be America’s first potato chip manufacturer.

In the 20th century, potato chips spread beyond chef-cooked restaurant fare and began to be mass-produced for home consumption. Flavored chips were introduced in the 1950s. Potato Chip revenues are over $15 billion a year worldwide!

HOW TO OBSERVE

While we enjoy potato chips as a simple snack, they also provide a great ingredient in recipes, too. Favorite recipes include chocolate-dipped chips and crushed chips dusted over fish.

 

And today is also...

 

Each year, National Napping Day recognizes our need the day following the return of daylight saving time. Not only does the observance encourage a nap, it reminds us that there’s no shame in taking one either. While preparing for the time change can offset the shock to our internal clock, many other things in our life may not handle the change so well causing us to still lose sleep. Young children and pets do not adjust as easily and certain work schedules do not permit early adjustment, either.

 

Mid-afternoon naps are an integral part of most cultures, and scientifically proven to be good for you.

A needed rest can make you feel better and also improve your mood. After having the extra amount of sleep, a person will notice that they will be more productive and energetic. Numerous studies have shown that short 10-20 minute naps are the most effective when midday fatigue hits. Improvements in alertness, productivity, and mood have all been shown to improve with this type of snooze.  

Though there are some of us who are just not the napping kind, if you can reap those benefits, find a cozy spot for 10 minutes or so on National Napping Day.

HOW TO OBSERVE

• Catch some zees!
• Be sure to nap early enough in the day so as to not interrupt your regular sleep cycle. 
• Create a perfect napping environment. 
• Share your favorite type of nap or why you enjoy a good snooze.

  NATIONAL NAPPING DAY HISTORY

  William Anthony, Ph.D., a Boston University Professor, and his wife, Camille Anthony, created National Napping Day in 1999 as an effort to spotlight the health benefits to catching up on quality sleep.  

Q. Are there any benefits to taking a nap?
A. Yes. Several

Q. Can a nap be too long?
A. Yes. Long naps and naps taken late in the day can negatively impact our nighttime sleep habits. According to the Mayo Clinic, an optimal nap time is between 10 and 20 minutes.