~ Rain? ~ Geezer ~ Get Shorty ~ Fritos!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Good 38º soon to be raining morning.

Pressure is going down down down....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yesterday I puttered around and cleaned, etc. I took the pumpkin

and peeled it, cut in to chunks, and put in the Cuizzzzzz... and pureéd it

and bagged in zip freezer bags for later use.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Looks like about 10 cups after I drained it.

 

Maggie and I went into town. To the post office to mail off

more old pictures I had found of friends and their children

.... taken way back maybe 25 years ago....

 

So, standing in line

and this old geezer behind me (told me he was 80) noticed my

Patriots jacket and made the stupid

statement, "I HATE the Patriots!" "And just what did they ever do

to you?" "I just hate them." "Is there anyone you DO like?"

"I was a Charger fan when I lived in San Diego and then I became

a Raiders fan." "Hmmmm..." "You know all of my family and friends like different teams, but none of us HATE another team." (In fact my friend Suz, a Bears fan, said if I ever go to Foxborough she'd go with me and

be a Patriots fan for a day! Great, huh!) So this geezer is going on and on

and I interrupt him saying, "All the teams are good, I don't dislike the

Raiders, it's their fans I don't like!" He was quiet and then I said, "All the

stupid gang bangers wear Raiders shirts/hats, etc." He said, "I wear my

Raiders shirt to church sometimes." I laughed and patted him on the

shoulder and said, "At least God loves you!" Then as I was walking out

of the PO he turned and said (His second stupid

statement!) "Tom Brady would be a better quarterback if he'd bring all

his illegitimate children to the games." I didn't even reply. There were 6 other men in line and they all looked at me, rolled their eyes, and one of them said, "He is a weirdo!"  Sigh.....

 

Historically this date...

1886 – Karl Benz patents the first successful gasoline-driven automobile.

1916 – World War I: Paris is first bombed by German zeppelins.

1936 – The first inductees into the Baseball Hall of Fame are announced.

1963 – The first inductees into the Pro Football Hall of Fame are announced.

 

And births this date include....

1737 – 1880 – W. C. Fields, American actor (d. 1946)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1913 – Victor Mature, American actor (d. 1999)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1918 – John Forsythe, American actor (d. 2010)

 

1940 – Katharine Ross, American actress

 

1954 – Oprah Winfrey, American talk show host and actress

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1960 – Greg Louganis, American diver

 

   

 

The sunset had nothing to shout about....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Well, there were two things I liked....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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and Mr. Hummer that kept buzzing around my head and finally landed

in the tree..

 

 

 

 

 

 He was pretty fuzzy behind that branch.

 

We had reruns for dinner and had a roaring fire. I watched some Tivo'd shows and then the movie, "Get Shorty", 1995. A mobster/loan shark, who goes to Hollywood and discovers the movie

industry is much like his current job. It stars....

	John Travolta	...
	Gene Hackman	...
	Rene Russo	...
	Danny DeVito	...
	Dennis Farina

 

I cannot STAND Dennis Farina! What a putz. Reminds me of someone

I know. Anyway, there was a line in the movie that made me laugh and think of my friend, Lydia.... "What kind of writing pays the best? ... Ransom notes."

 

As we await the rain I'm going to do some laundry and mop. Oh yeah!

Have a wonderful Saturday.

 

Nuff said. Ciao.

xo Mom/Soupy/Sue

January 29th

National Corn Chip Day 

   

Mmmmmm.... I LOVE Fritos!!!!

~ Pasture Mist ~ Squash Salad? ~ Blueberry Pancakes! ~

Good cold, 29º, foggy morning. What else.  The pressure is dropping. Weather guy said to expect rain, maybe, tonight and tomorrow, Saturday. With what the pressure gauge is doing, it will snow not rain!

Yesterday morning the sun came out and the steam was rising from the frozen grass and barn roof...

I decided I needed to do something with the big pumpkin and squash I had sitting here. The pumpkin has been out on the porch and same as refrigerated so it hadn't deteriorated.

 

I researched and searched for a recipe using cooked pumpkin, squash, sweet potato, etc..... for a type of salad. Nothing, nada, zip. So, I invented one....

I cut, peeled, and diced the squash. Put it in a bowl and drizzled on my garlic infused olive oil, Napa Rosemary/Citrus sea salt, Sonoma pepper, and put it in the oven at 400º for about 15 minutes. It was just al denté.

Then I cut the pumpkin, scraped out the seeds, laid the quarters on cookie sheets, sprinkled with olive oil, sea salt, and some balsamic pomegranate vinegar... baked at 400º about 40 minutes ...

 

I also cut an onion, set it in foil, added olive oil, salt and pepper, wrapped it up and cooked it in the oven with the pumpkin...

When the onion and pumpkin were cool I diced just a little of the pumpkin and all of the onion. The remaining pumpkin will be thought about today..... Hmmmm..... ideas?

Next I microwaved 3 sweet potatoes and one red potato (because that was all I had!), let them cool, diced them

 ... diced and cooked some bacon..

I put all the ingredients in a big bowl along with a
can of black olives and grape tomatoes and mixed it up.

To serve it put some of the mixture in a serving bowl and
drizzled on Greek Feta Dressing that Kristen had given me.....




I also sprinkled on some roasted pumpkin seeds. OMG.... it was OUTSTANDING!

Now the pumpkin seeds turned out awesome. First I rinsed them and then put them in salted boiling water for 5 minutes. Drained and dried them well in a towel. The I sprinkled them with garlic infused olive oil, Napa Rosemary/Citrus sea salt and Slap Ya Mama Cajun Seasoning.... and baked them in a 350º oven for about 30 minutes. Let them cool well. You can just eat the whole thing without cracking the outside shell.

We had a very snuggy fire and watched some good TV.

Historically this date...

1887 – In a snowstorm at Fort Keogh, Montana, the world's largest snowflakes are reported, 15 inches (38 cm) wide and 8 inches (20 cm) thick. 

1986 – Space Shuttle program: STS-51-L mission – Space Shuttle Challenger breaks apart after liftoff killing all seven astronauts on board.

  

And births this date include......

1939 – John M. Fabian, NASA astronaut

1950 – Barbi Benton, American actress

1981 – Elijah Wood, American actor

And here's an interesting idea...

http://www.oceanmist.com/recipes/211/recipe_detail.aspx 

Cook your artichokes in the crockpot! I'm gonna give this a try very soon.

All I know. UPS will be making a delivery to me today from Omaha (I know, it always looks like Obama to me!) Steaks... a special deal at a special price....

(1 pkg.) Boneless Pork Chop 4/4 Oz

(1 pkg.) Stfd Sole W/sclp&crab 2/4.5

(1 pkg.) Beef Lasagna 24oz

(1 pkg.) Filet Mignon 2/6 Oz

(1 pkg.) Top Sirloin Steaks 2/6 Oz

(1 pkg.) Omaha Steaks Burgers 4/4 Oz

(1 pkg.) Chicken Breast, Bnl 1 Lb

(1 pkg.) Franks Gourmet 4/3 Oz

(1 pkg.) Potatoes Stfd Baked 4/5.75 Oz

(1 pkg.) Cheesecake Carnegie Deli 4"

(1 pkg.) Vegetable Medley 2/7 Oz

(1 pkg.) Beef Sirloin Tips 2/1#

(1 pkg.) Potatoes Au Gratin 8 Count

I'm gonna eat good!

On a good note, my friend Candy came through her eye

surgery very well.  I will see her tomorrow.

Her hubby Bob is reovering nicely from

his shoulder surgery and being typical male.... LOL, hi Bob!

And Debbie didn't have to have the root canal after all. YEAH.

She, I heard from PJ is doing good. Glad my friends are all

mended!!!

Nuff said. Happy Friday!!

Pro-Bowl on Sunday!

 xo Mom/Soupy/Sue

January 28th

National Blueberry Pancake Day

Drooling.....................................