Weather/Fog ~ Christmas Morning ~ Picture of the Day ~ Japan's Christmas Celebration ~ Bacon and Cheese Lover's Pie ~ Marie Maxwell ~ National Candy Cane Day

  

Good 47º dark cloudy morning.

 

 

Yesterday the fog was super dense here and around the area......

Here:

 

Grants Pass:

 

Sacramento:

 

Hilt:

 

Siskiyou:

 

Medford:

Yesterday our family met at Brian and Jen's house. Front yard was decorated......

 Jen made brunch

 and presents were opened.......... also Brian's friend Karl and his puppy joined us...... here we are:  Brian, Jen, Sami, Tucker, Grandma Jean, and Karl.....    

Picture of the Day - Passengers search for luggage following flight cancellations and delays...  

 

 

In Japan, it’s a tradition for people to celebrate Christmas with Kentucky Fried Chicken. 

Christmas isn’t a national holiday in Japan, yet a bucket of “Christmas Chicken” is the go-to meal on Christmas. It’s so popular, you must order two months in advance or face standing in long lines to get your Christmas fried chicken. About 3.6 million Japanese families mark every Dec. 25 with fried chicken from KFC each year. Apparently, during Christmas in Japan, KFC receives not only more customers than on any other day, but also, more than the total number of their customers in half a year!

 

 

From Mr. Food

 

Do you love bacon? How about cheese? If you nodded enthusiastically to either of those, then you're about to experience something wonderful...a Bacon and Cheese Lover's Pie. It's a quiche-style dish that's absolutely loaded with cheese, bacon, and some chopped spinach. You'll be smiling from your first forkful to your last.

 

• 1 refrigerated pie crust (from a 17-ounce package)
• 1 1/2 cups (6 ounces) shredded cheddar cheese
• 1 1/2 cups (6 ounces) shredded Swiss cheese
• 1/2 cup real bacon bits
• 1 (10-ounce) package frozen chopped spinach, thawed, drained, and squeezed dry
• 3 eggs
• 1 1/2 cups half-and-half
• 1 teaspoon onion powder
• 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
• 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg

 

1. Preheat oven to 350º. Place pie crust in a 9-inch deep dish pie plate and flute edges.
    
2. In a medium bowl, combine cheddar and Swiss cheeses; sprinkle half the mixture into bottom of pie crust. Sprinkle bacon bits over cheese, top with spinach, then remaining cheese.
    
3. In the same bowl, combine eggs, half-and-half, onion powder, and pepper; beat until thoroughly mixed. Pour into pie crust; sprinkle with nutmeg. 
    
4. Bake 40 to 45 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
    
5. Remove from oven and cool on a wire rack 5 minutes before cutting and serving.

 

 

Special birthday today, Marie, wife of my step son Aaron Maxwell and mother of Maddie....

Happy Birthday Marie!!

 

 

Historically this date.....

1919 – Babe Ruth of the Boston Red Sox is sold to the New York Yankees by owner Harry Frazee.

1941 – U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs a bill establishing the fourth Thursday in November as Thanksgiving Day in the United States.

2004 – A 9.3 magnitude earthquake creates a tsunami causing devastation in Sri Lanka,India, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, the Maldives and many other areas around the rim of the Indian Ocean, killing over 230,000 people including over 1700 on a moving train.

And births this date include....

1914 – Richard Widmark, American actor (d. 2008)

   

 

 

 

1921 – Steve Allen, American television personality, musician, composer, actor, comedian, and writer (d. 2000)

1927 – Alan King, American comedian (d. 2004)

 

 

 

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

xo Sue Mom Bobo

National Candy Cane Day on December 26th gives candy lovers a day to celebrate the red and white striped candies found abundantly during the holidays.

In 1844, a recipe for a straight peppermint candy stick, which was white with colored stripes, was published. However, some stories tell of all-white candy sticks in much earlier times. Folklore tells of the origin of the candy cane, yet no documented proof of its real beginning. Literature begins mentioning the candy cane in 1866, and it was first known to be mentioned in connection with Christmas in 1874. As early as 1882, candy canes have been hung on Christmas trees.

Fun Candy Cane Facts:

• The average candy cane is 5 inches tall.
• While most candy canes are not sugar or calorie-free, they do not have any fat or cholesterol.
• Striped red and white candy canes were first introduced in 1900.
• The first machine to make candy canes were invented in 1921 by Brasher O. Westerfield. Until then, they were made by hand.
• Bob McCormack and his brother-in-law & priest Gregory Keller brought the candy cane to the masses. What started out as candy making for McCormack’s friends and family turned into mass production when Keller invented the machine that enabled Bob’s Candies to go big time.
• Traditionally the flavor for candy canes is peppermint, but there are a variety of flavors.
• Alain Roby, Geneva pastry chef, holds the Guinness World Record for the longest candy cane, measuring 51 feet long.
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