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Wednesday, July 6, 2011

~ Dee's Ceviche Recipe ~ Fried Chicken Day ~


 
Good 55º clear sunny morning.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
I thought up there on the mountain, that speck, was something on my camera lens and I was going to photoshop it out. Well, duh... it's a bird... a crow...
 
 
And, while I was outside taking pictures, Mr. Nuthatch is walking around on the tree in front...
 
They certainly are cute little guys. They travel the tree looking for bugs and most of the time are upside down on the trunk. This is a white-breasted Nuthatch. Many different species are found all over the world, in many different colors.
 
This picture is from Google....>

 
Interesting, today is the 187th day of the year, with (numbers reversed) 178 days left.
 
 
Yesterday I went to GP and picked up my laptops Turk worked on. Stopped in the camera shop and got a new strap for my Canon. Then to the carwash. Home again and couldn't get the laptops to connect to my wifi. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. Sum ting wong. Turk connected them right up to the one at the dealership where he works. I saw it happen. Why in the world they won't do that here! I'll work on that.
 
 
I guess that could be a good thing, sometimes.
 
 
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Ok, gang, here is the Ceviche recipe Dee so graciously parted with. This is sooooooooooooooooooooo good!!!!
 
 
"The ingredients are all guesstimates...as I never had a real recipe, just ingredients.  But you can't go wrong..  I named it "Gringo" Ceviche because their wasn't any raw fish in it. Anyway, this is the basic and everyone can create from there... Dee

"Gringo" Ceviche
1 large cucumber chopped
5 Roma tomatoes chopped
2 firm but ripe avocados chopped
1 bunch green onions- chopped
1 jalapeno pepper - chopped fine
Cilantro chopped or cut fine
Green olives - I use small with pimento centers
Hot sauce to taste - I like Sriracha but any hot sauce..
Small amount of catsup (secret ingredient) ... one amigo told me
Salt & pepper - heavy on the salt
Juice from one large lemon (or more)
Cooked shrimp - 1# or so. I like the fresh frozen. I boil, peel & cool them before cutting in half.  But you can use regular precooked shrimp.
Imitation crab meat - 1# or so - pulled apart
  My Mexican Amigos (who gave me the recipe) always used the hard corn tortillas (Percitos) and piled this on top. They also said to use lots of salt and lemon juice (but don't go crazy). It is better if it can set a couple hours."
 
Thank you Dee, thank you Dee!!!!!
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Historically this date....
1785 – The dollar is unanimously chosen as the monetary unit for the United States.
1885 – Louis Pasteur successfully tests his vaccine against rabies. The patient is Joseph Meister, a boy who was bitten by a rabid dog.
... and the boy saved, ends up committing suicide at age 64!
1957 – John Lennon and Paul McCartney of the Beatles are introduced to each other when Lennon's band the Quarrymen performs at the St. Peter's Church Hall fête in Woolton.
1994 – Storm King Mountain, Glenwood Springs, Colorado: South Canyon Fire: 14 firefighters died in the fire.
 
 
 
And births this date include....
1747 – John Paul Jones, American naval commander (d. 1792)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interesting fellow... a Scotchman, a Russian Rear Admiral, and an American Captain!
 
 
 
 
I so hate to see beautiful people get old!
 
 
1925 – Merv Griffin, American television show host (d. 2007)
 
 
 
1927 – Janet Leigh, American actress (d. 2004)
 

 

 
 
The movie Psycho scared the beejebbies out of me!!!
 
1927 – Pat Paulsen, American comedian (d. 1997)
 
 
 
 
 
HAPPY BIRTHDAY BUSHIE!!!! ♥
 
and from my friend Ron Wisberger...
This is one of the most moving pieces I’ve ever seen and I encourage you to watch it.  Thank God for President Bush and his commitment to our wounded warriors! 
Episode showing the graphic difference between two presidents and their relationship with our heroes who put themselves in harms way!!!
 
1946 – Sylvester Stallone, American actor
 
WHOA~
 
.... and today is the 28th wedding anniversary of two former LASD folks, Cyndi and Pete Moreno. HAPPY ANNIVERSARY kids!
 
 
All I know. LE/Fire lunch today. Happy Wednesday. Ciao.
xo Mom-Soupy-Sue
July 6th
National Fried Chicken Day
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The BEST fried chicken (Southern style) is always soaked in buttermilk prior to coating it with flour (and seasoned salt, about 2 c flour and 1/4 c seasoned salt... Bob's is best!) ...
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Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Edible Yucca ~ Potato/Radish/Asparagus Salad ~ Horseradish Sauce


 
 
Good  47º sunny clear morning.
So far, this is the oldest I've ever been. 
 
Hair appointment this am. Found some poultry waterers in the back and am taking them to Leah for her chickens.
 
I think we originally got them for the baby turkeys. Now I just have big rubber tubs out there I fill with water.
 
 
I discovered I have a Yucca plant (we used to refer to this plant as the "desert laugh") in bloom...

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Yucca is a genus of perennial shrubs and trees in the family Asparagaceae , subfamily Agavoideae. Its 40-50 species are notable for their rosettes of evergreen, tough, sword-shaped leaves and large terminal panicles of white or whitish flowers. They are native to the hot and dry (arid) parts of North America, Central America, South America, and the Caribbean. What in the world is it doing growing and blooming here? My neighbor in Temple City, Virginia Cobar, used to pick the blooms and stuff and cook them.
 
....also, the white Yucca flower is crunchy with a mildly sweet taste (a hint of artichoke) in the spring and can be used in salads and as a garnish. Who knew? I did actually taste one, and they are crispy and good!
 
Here is a recipe for frittata with Yucca blooms...


 
 
Sunday's porch party food was so good. Dee had made some ceviche that was awesome. I am awaiting her recipe to share.
I made a chicken salad to put on buns in case anyone didn't like corned beef. It was good, had a chicken salad sandwich for breakfast! Canned chicken from Costco, really good, and add mayonnaise (Best Foods only), some dried dill, Sonoma pepper, 1 T+ lemon juice, lots of celery, 2 hard-boiled eggs, chives or onion, and parsley.
 
 
For the corned beef and the chicken salad sandwiches, spread my horseradish sauce on the bread.... 1 cup mayonnaise, 1 cup whipped cream (whipped to stiff peaks), 1/3+ cup horseradish (depending on your acceptable heat level!), 1/8+ teaspoon of sea salt.
 
 
Also, made a new type of potato salad....
 
About 3# red potatoes cut into bite sized pieces.
2 bunches radishes, cut into bite sized pieces.
Put in bowl and toss with olive oil, sea salt, pepper, bake on cookie sheet at 400º for about 45 minutes. Let cool.


 
 
Chop asparagus and stir-fry in olive oil until crisp tender...
 
Mix the asparagus with radishes (they stay crispy) and potatoes. Toss with about half of Jen's Ranch Dressing* and add some fresh snipped flat leaf parsley.
 
*Jen's dressing:
1 cup mayonnaise
1 cup buttermilk
1/2 t each: dried dill, dried parsley, garlic powder, chives, onion powder, pepper, and sea salt. Whisk.
 
 
You have to watch this video.... a whale rescue.... AWESOME... I was crying at the end. So happy. Freedom. Wonderful.
Thanks Ron Wisberger for this!
 
 
Historically this date.....
July is National Horseradish Month (Interesting!)
1937 – Spam, the luncheon meat, is introduced into the market by the Hormel Foods Corporation.
 
 
 
 
 
There is a town here close to Medford, Shady Cove, and they traditionally have a "Spam Festival" in July!
 
 
And births this date include....
1928 – Warren Oates, American actor (d. 1982)
Starred in the Wild Bunch...died young!
 
 
 
 
 
............and some other people who were not that familiar to me.
 
Sat on the porch last evening. Nice out, cooler with a breeze. The hummingbirds were busy...
 
 
Harley was on the prowl....



 
And Missy Maggs was into napping.
 
We watched the Boston Pops Fourth with Martina McBride. Great show. Awesome fireworks. Heard some going off here, probably across the road where there is a family with children. No gunshots heard. Strange.
 
The deer were out and not nervous from any noises....
 
 
Dinner was leftovers. Chatted with Brian, LindaN, Patty, and PatG on the phone.  Forgot to mention that Patty and Cliff were also MIA from the porch party, as they are at the coast and Cliff has been suffering from a bad cough/fever thing. Get well SOON, Cliffie!!!
 
All I know. Nuff said. Ciao.
xo
Mom-Soupy-Sue
(funny... this type is called DELANEY! 'Laney' is my maiden name!)
July 5th
 
 
 
 
 
Make that horseradish sauce with the whipped cream and mayonnaise.... so good and goes with just about any type of meat sandwich or fish... like salmon or tuna.
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Monday, July 4, 2011

4th of July ~ Porch Party ~ Barbecued Spareribs Day


 
Good sunny 49º morning.
 
Happy 4th of July!!!
God Bless America! God Bless our Military and their families!
God Bless all of you ♥ my family and friends!!!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
...and my Maggie is patriotic today too....
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
There are 180 days remaining until the end of the year. The Aphelion (  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphelion  ), the point in the year when the Earth is farthest from the Sun, occurs around this date.
 
 
Historically this date....
1826 – Thomas Jefferson, third president of the United States, dies the same day as John Adams, second president of the United States, on the fiftieth anniversary of the adoption of the United States Declaration of Independence.
1831 – Samuel Francis Smith wrote My Country, 'Tis of Thee for the Boston, MA July 4th festivities.
1886 – The people of France offer the Statue of Liberty to the people of the United States.
1939 – Lou Gehrig, recently diagnosed with Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, tells a crowd at Yankee Stadium that he considers himself "The luckiest man on the face of the earth" as he announces his retirement from major league baseball.
1946 – After 381 years of near-continuous colonial rule by various powers, the Philippines attains full independence from the United States.
2009 – The Statue of Liberty's crown reopens to the public after 8 years, due to security reasons following the World Trade Center attacks.
 
 
And births this date include....
1816 – Hiram Walker, American grocer and distiller (d. 1899)
Maker of wonderful flavored brandy and schnapps....
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Kristen works at Calvin Coolidge Elementary School!
 
1882 – Louis B. Mayer, American film producer (d. 1957)
 
 
 
 
 
 
1883 – Rube Goldberg, American cartoonist (d. 1970)
 
 
 
 
1902 – George Murphy, American entertainer (d. 1992)
Dancer, actor, Republican Senator
 
 
 
 
1918 – Ann Landers, American advice columnist (d. 2002)
 
 
 
1918 – Abigail Van Buren, American advice columnist
 
 
 
1924 – Eva Marie Saint, American actress
 
 
 
1927 – Gina Lollobrigida, Italian actress
 
   
 
 
 
 
1927 – Neil Simon, American playwright
1929 – Al Davis, American businessman
1930 – George Steinbrenner, American businessman (d. 2010)
1931 – Stephen Boyd, Northern Irish actor (d. 1977)
 
 
 
 
 
 
1943 – Emerson Boozer, American football player
 
 
 
 
 
 
Poor man! What a horrible name to be stuck with!
Then to top it off he went to "Lucy Laney High School" in Augusta Georgia! Now, Lucy Laney was the daughter of a freed slave. My grandparents had slaves, who later became free, and most took the family name of Laney, and a lot of them stayed on the farm and worked for my grandparents. Interesting.
 
 
The 'porch party' yesterday for PJ's birthday was great. I told her I was glad she had a birthday so we had an excuse to par-tay! 14 of us stuck out the heat and enjoyed some awesome food
 
 
 
 
 
... PJ/Dave, Deb/Tom, PatC/Tim, Barb, Dee/Dale, Joe, Candy/Bob, Mike (PJ's sister), Baron (Bob/Candy's Brittany), Maggie and Harley.... We were missing Joann (in CA visiting her daughter), Jeannie/Bill (fixing AC on motorhome and leaving town today), Pam (working), Frank/Cindy (unk excuse!!!)
 
All I know. Nuff said. HAPPY 4th of JULY! I will be watching The Capitol 4th, Macy's Fireworks, and the Boston Pops.
xo
Mom-Soupy-Sue
 
 
 
 
 
 
July 4th
National Barbecued Spareribs Day
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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