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Good 52º morning. 

 

Yesterday we had rain on and off and topped at 70º.

 

 

Picture of the Day

 

 

Interesting about New Orleans...........

 

New Orleans has a unique language, the English language with many words absorbed from French, Spanish, and African. Among the communities in the United States (US), New Orleans is the most interesting city with a variety of characters that are not owned by any other city. In New Orleans, life was like straddling two centuries ago, are in the atmosphere of the old French and Spanish. At the same time, there are also modern buildings.

Founded in 1717 by Jean Baptiste LeMoyne, Sieur de Bienville, the first settlement was around Bayou (a creek or small bay formed by the bend of the river) Saint John. Construction of the city walks in 1721 with an area of 11 blocks by 6 blocks. The original neighborhood was known by its French speaking population and called the region Vieux Carre or French Quarter (FQ). There is also French Market.

 

The French Quarter is the heart of the old city of New Orleans. There are found engaging beauty of the past, history, and romance. The streets are not wide, the buildings adjacent to each other and an old building with various roof shapes and latticed iron balconies, and mixing Spanish and French architecture called Creole, derived from the Spanish “criollo“.

 

The terms are applied to various things such as food, vegetables, architecture, also for the descendants of Spanish or French settlers there. Travelers can explore the area on foot; carriage rides; streetcar ride, which is a single tram through the rail; or trams through the streets.

The houses in the French Quarter serve as performance venues, restaurants, cafes, bars, lodging, souvenir shops, and other tourist facilities. Many restaurants and hotels have a beautiful patio and cozy as a dining room in the open air. The houses were characterized called the lace balconies, the balcony was given a beautiful iron fence and resemble lace, with intricate designs combine oak leaves and acorns.

 

Faced with Jackson Square is the Saint Louis Cathedral, the oldest cathedral in the US, but it is the third church to be established in the region. Near the cathedral there Cabildo building, the old colonial Spanish government is located. There does transfer agreement of the Louisiana colony from Spain to France, and then with the Louisiana Purchase treaty transferred from France to the US.

 

From Mr. Food

 

 

• 1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 1/4 cup sour cream
• 6 ounces shredded semi-soft cheese (like Gouda or Havarti) (about 1-1/2 cups)
• 1 tablespoon garlic powder
• 1/2 teaspoon black pepper

 

1. In a medium bowl, combine all ingredients, blending until the mixture is smooth and spreadable.
2. Chill 30 minutes, then serve.

****We like to serve this with crackers or warm baguette slices.

 

 

Historically this date........

1814 – London Beer Flood occurs in London, killing nine.

OMG! Click on the name and read. Really interesting!

 

 

1931 – Al Capone convicted of income tax evasion.

 

1941 – German troops execute the male population of the villages Kerdyllia in Serres,Greece.

Too many sick sick leaders in this world who feel it is/was their right to "adjust" populations.

1966 – A fire at a building in New York, New York kills 12 firefighters, the New York City Fire Department's deadliest day until the September 11, 2001 attacks.

1989 – 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake (7.1 on the Richter scale) hits the San Francisco Bay Area and causes 57 deaths directly (and 6 indirectly).

While traveling to my sister Marion's, in Lake Tahoe, my son Brian and I are listening to the World Series ... the earthquake struck, unbeknownst to us, and the radio went off. We thought it was because of a bad reception area. Arrived at my sis's and she was jumping up and down on the deck shouting, "The Bay Bridge has fallen down, the Bay Bridge has fallen down!" Gosh, we both wondered what in the world ... had she been smokin' her socks????? Lordy. So, after that, we sat spellbound in front of the TV for hours watching all the mess in San Francisco unfold. My nephew Andy at Candlestick Park on the upper deck said the whole deck was swinging back and forth. Fortunately it didn't fall. Wow.

And births this date include...

1915 – Arthur Miller, American playwright (d. 2005)

1918 – Rita Hayworth, American actress (d. 1987)

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1920 – Montgomery Clift, American actor (d. 1966)

1921 – Tom Poston, American actor and comedian (d. 2007)

1926 – Beverly Garland, American actress (d. 2008)

1938 – Evel Knievel, American motorcycle daredevil (d. 2007)

 

1946 – Bob Seagren, American athlete

1948 – Margot Kidder, Canadian actress (d.2018)

 

   

1948 – George Wendt, American actor

1958 – Alan Jackson, American singer and songwriter

 

 

 

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

xo Sue Mom Bobo

October is National Pasta Month, and October 17 recognizes National Pasta Day.

Pasta lovers celebrate!

 

While we find noodles all over the world, pasta is a type of noodle of traditional Italian cuisine. The first reference dates to 1154 in Sicily and was first attested to in English in 1874. Typically, it is made from an unleavened dough of durum wheat flour. The flour is mixed with water or eggs and formed into sheets or various shapes. It can then be served fresh or dried to be stored for later use.

 

Types of Pasta

Look for pasta in pasta in both savory and dessert dishes. Since it’s so versatile, pasta lends itself to sweet and every other dish on the table. Cooks feature pasta as a main dish, but they also serve up delicious hot and cold side dishes as well. And then, of course, those special desserts we can’t resist making our mouths water.

 

Cooks originally made fresh pasta by hand. However, today, many varieties of fresh pasta are made commercially. Large-scale machines bring choices to our grocers daily. Smaller pasta machines on the market make having the freshest pasta at home even easier.

• Dried and fresh pasta come in several shapes and varieties.
• There are so many kinds of pasta! According to the Encyclopedia of Pasta by Oretta Zanini De Vita, 310 specific kinds of pasta identified by over 1300 names have been documented.
• In Italy, names of specific pasta shapes or types vary with locale.
• Example: Cavatelli is known by 28 different names depending on the region and town.

The size and shape of pasta may determine the best sauce to pair with it. For example, serve linguine with lighter, thinner sauces to avoid breaking the noodles. A similarly shaped noodle, fettuccine, is less delicate. That’s why it carries heavier sauces like alfredo.