Weather ~ Picture of the Day ~ Peacocks ~ Pork Chop Sheet Pan Dinner ~ Wendy Harp ~ Leah Moran ~ National Crab Meat Day

  

Good 40º morning. 

 

 

Yesterday it was really foggy in Grants Pass....

After we warmed up from 26º and had sunshine....

We topped at 69º.

 

 

Picture of the Day...odd friends! 😀

 

 

Interesting about peacocks.........

 

Peafowl is a common name for two bird species in the genera Pavo and Afropavo within the tribe Pavonini of the family Phasianidae (the pheasants and their allies). Male peafowl are referred to as peacocks, and female peafowl are referred to as peahens.

 

The two Asiatic species are the blue or Indian peafowl originally from the Indian subcontinent, and the green peafowl from Southeast Asia. The Congo peafowl, native only to the Congo Basin, is not a true peafowl. Male peafowl are known for their piercing calls and their extravagant plumage. The latter is especially prominent in the Asiatic species, which have an eye-spotted "tail" or "train" of covert feathers, which they display as part of a courtship ritual.

 

The functions of the elaborate iridescent colorization and large "train" of peacocks have been the subject of extensive scientific debate. Charles Darwin suggested that they served to attract females, and the showy features of the males had evolved by sexual selection. More recently, Amotz Zahavi proposed in his handicap principle that these features acted as honest signals of the males' fitness, since less-fit males would be disadvantaged by the difficulty of surviving with such large and conspicuous structures.

 

A group of peacocks is called an "ostentation" or a "muster".

 

If you want to read  a whole lot more, go here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peafowl

 

 

From Mr. Food

 

SERVES

4

COOK TIME

25 Min

You'll love this sheet pan dinner 'cause it's so easy to make and clean. The whole family will love it 'cause it's so tasty! Our Pork Chop Sheet Pan Dinner is an all-in-one, no-fuss meal that's fit for a hungry family. Hearty pork chops, potatoes, and carrots are seasoned with yummy ranch dressing, which makes for a flavorful meal. You'll definitely want to add this sheet pan dinner to your weeknight dinner line-up.

 

• 1/2 pound small potatoes, cut into quarters
• 8 ounces petite carrots
• 3 tablespoons olive oil, divided
• 1 (1-ounce) package dry ranch dressing and seasoning mix, divided
• 4 bone-in center cut pork chops, about 1/2-inch thick

 

1. Heat oven to 375º. Coat a baking sheet with cooking spray.
2. In a bowl, combine potatoes, carrots, and 2 tablespoons oil; toss with 2 tablespoons dry ranch dressing mix until evenly coated. Place on baking sheet.
3. Brush pork chops with remaining 1 tablespoon oil and sprinkle evenly with remaining dressing mix. Arrange pork chops between potatoes and carrots on baking sheet.
4. Bake 25 minutes or until pork is no longer pink in center and vegetables are tender, turning pork halfway through cooking.

 

 

Today there are two special birthdays.... Wendy Harp over on Catalina Island is celebrating. HAPPY BIRTHDAY WENDY!!

^with her hubby, Rick, retired Catalina fire Captain with LA Co Fire.

 

 

Also celebrating is Leah Moran, who was my hairdresser for 20 years ... HAPPY BIRTHDAY LEAH!!

^with her mom Julie (Mgr at Ace Hardware) and her dad Mark (former Jackson Co firefighter)

 

Historically this date........

1842 – The first documented discovery of gold in California occurs at Rancho San Francisco, six years before the California Gold Rush.

1916 – Pancho Villa leads nearly 500 Mexican raiders in an attack against Columbus, New Mexico.

This picture was taken in 1910 in Cananea Mexico. These are Pancho Villa's men who came to my grandparents home and told them since they weren't Mexican citizens they must leave. My Mother on the left with some kind of bandage on her head, my Uncle Lloyd in the middle, and my Aunt Agnes on the right. At the time my grandfather was a mining engineer at some mines in Mexico. They left there and moved to Bisbee AZ and he worked at the copper mine there.

1945 – The Bombing of Tokyo by the United States Army Air Forces began, one of the most destructive bombing raids in history.

1959 – The Barbie doll makes its debut at the American International Toy Fair in New York.

2011 – Space Shuttle Discovery makes its final landing after 39 flights.

And births this date include...

1902 – Will Geer, American actor (d. 1978)

1921 – Carl Betz, American actor (d. 1978)

 

 

 

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

xo Sue Mom Bobo

Observed annually on March 9th, National Crab Meat Day (also National Crabmeat Day) is an American food holiday.  This day is for all crab meat lovers to celebrate their favorite crustacean.

Crab meat is a healthy choice until you add all that melted butter.

There are 1.5 million tons of crab consumed every year around the world.

 

 

HOW TO OBSERVE

Boil or steam some crab.  There are a variety of ways crab can be used. Or, give one of these recipes a try:

True Maryland Crab Cakes

King Crab Appetizers