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Thursday, February 2, 2012

Ground Hog Day ~Santa Fe Chicken Cheese Casserole ~ Heavenly Hash

Good 29º morning. Cloudy but sun will be out. Promised! Heard geese flying over. Strange sound. First time I heard them when we had just moved here, I was in bed sleeping and started dreaming I was on a crowded freeway in Los Angeles. It was the honking of the geese!!! LOL

Ground Hog Day:

Groundhog Day 2012: Punxsutawney Phil Predicts Six More Weeks of ...

TIME‎ - 30 minutes ago

Pennsylvania's iconic groundhog has "seen" his shadow, meaning we're in for a long winter. | February 2, 2012 | ...

Yesterday I had to drop off 'samples' the pulmonary doc asked me to have tested .. at Three Rivers Hospital Lab.

Now, this label just makes me feel weird. As for women/girls doing a 'cough up test' (YUCK!) it's not easy as we don't practice spitting like men/boys do! Doesn't it always run down your chin, ladies?

Then it was off to the Law Enforcement/Fire luncheon. Such a nice group of guys (yes, me being the only female!). Our LAPD moderator/commentator/founder Hector, bought me a bloody Mary. Thank you Hector! Nice we can cross those cop/deputy lines and be pals! I do recall the lack of "friendliness" when I was in a radio car in their area and would an LAPD officer wave back... Never! :o(

It was a small gathering .... probably 16-20 of us. Mostly LAPD. Most of the 'snow-birds' have left for the winter and warmer climes in their motorhomes .... most to So. Cal. But............... since Saturday is Joe Kirk's birthday... I brought him a 'Snickers cup cake' and he didn't even show up.

Oh Joe, this cupcake made me drool. And you weren't there! Guess I'll just have to eat it myself. The guys at our table volunteered!

Then to Jeannie and Bills for wine and chat. Always a good time.

Today is a special anniversary... my friends John and Trish Bowler are celebrating number 49! Happy Anniversary kids!

Historically this date.....

1653 – New Amsterdam (later renamed The City of New York) is incorporated.

1848 – California Gold Rush: The first ship with Chinese immigrants arrives in San Francisco, California.

1925 – Serum run to Nome: Dog sleds reach Nome, Alaska with diphtheria serum, inspiring the Iditarod race.

And births this date include....

1937 – Tom Smothers, American musician and comedian

Tom and Dick ............................Dick and Tom

http://www.flyingsnail.com/emmy.html

1941 – Lee Redmond, owner of the longest fingernails until February 10, 2009

YUCK!

1947 – Farrah Fawcett, American actress (d. 2009)

1948 – Ina Garten, American author and TV personality

1954 – Christie Brinkley, American model

Here is a simple good casserole you must try:

Santa Fe Chicken Cheese Casserole....

3 cups shredded cooked chicken breasts

1 can (15 oz.) black beans, rinsed

1 can (14.5 oz.) no-salt-added diced tomatoes, drained

2 green onions, sliced

1 tub (10 oz.) PHILADELPHIA Santa Fe Blend Cooking Creme, divided

3 flour tortillas (6 inch)

3/4 cup KRAFT Mexican Style Finely Shredded Four Cheese, divided

HEAT oven to 375ºF.
COMBINE first 4 ingredients in large bowl. Add 3/4 cup cooking creme; mix lightly.
SPOON 1/3 of the chicken mixture into 9-inch pie plate; top with 1 tortilla, half the remaining chicken mixture and 1/4 cup shredded cheese. Cover with second tortilla, remaining chicken mixture, 1/4 cup shredded cheese and remaining tortilla. Top with remaining cooking creme and shredded cheese; cover.
BAKE 20 min. or until heated through; uncover. Bake 5 min. or until cheese is melted.

All I know. Pay bills day/clean off desk. Happy Thursday. Ciao.

xo Sue Mom Bobo

February 2nd

Heavenly Hash Day

(???)

February 2 is National Heavenly Hash Day. But which heavenly hash?
If someone offers you Heavenly Hash, you may want to clarify:
Is it a fruit salad bound with sour cream or whipped cream, or a chocolate confection or baked good filled with marshmallows and nuts?

http://whenthedinnerbellrings.blogspot.com/2010/11/heavenly-hash.html

http://dennysfoodandrecipes.blogspot.com/2010/09/cake-tuesday-super-sweet-heavenly-hash.html
The fruit salad version of Heavenly Hash is a traditional Southern dish. It began as a Christmas recipe with red maraschino cherries, green grapes, pecans and other ingredients folded into whipped cream.
Over generations the recipe evolved, with everyone inventing his or her own hash (the term, after all, indicates a jumble or muddle of ingredients).

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Drizzle ~ Goofy Turkeys ~ Crab Pie

Good 39º drizzly morning. 1/4" rain in the last 24 hours.

Yesterday looked like this allllll day...

I thought it was interesting the way the clouds lay in the trees on the mountain top... looks like smoke...

333 days until the end of the year.

Turkeys were hanging out most of the day. When Maggie gets off the porch to walk around they come close to her... funny! Of course the older wiser guys took cover from the sprinkles under the trampoline...

For all you football fans who will be hosting a gathering or taking something to one... here is a great recipe. It's Sandy's Crab Pie. Sandy (Todoran) and I are old high school pals. One of her 'signature' dishes from years back. This is awesome....although I never took a picture of it...this was the closest I could find:

1 8oz pkg cream cheese

1/2 t. horseradish

2 T. mayonnaise

1/2 onion, finely chopped

1/2 bottle Heinz Chili Sauce (hate to give them my $, but it's soooooo good and perfect for this recipe)

1 can crab, drained and shredded (shred fine, not like in the picture!)

Blend cheese and horseradish, mayo, onion. Spread onto plate or into pie plate or double the recipe and use a pizza pan. Flatten and smooth cheese mixture and refrigerate overnight.

Before serving spread chili sauce over the top of cheese. Flake crab meat over all. Sprinkle on fresh Italian parsley if you so desire. Decorate with lemon slices if you've got'um. Serve with Ritz, rye crackers, or toast rounds. You will thank me for sharing this with you!

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Cognitive dissonance... interesting. Thanks Ben Hunt! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBHGXUMe7J8&feature=player_embedded

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Historically this date...

1920 – The Royal Canadian Mounted Police begins operations.

1978 – Director Roman Polanski skips bail and flees the United States to France after pleading guilty to charges of engaging in sex with a 13-year-old girl.

1979 – Convicted bank robber Patty Hearst is released from prison after her sentence is commuted by President Jimmy Carter.

1991 – A runway collision between USAir Flight 1493 and SkyWest Flight 5569 at Los Angeles International Airport results in the death of 34 persons, and the injury of 30 others.

2004 – Janet Jackson's breast is exposed during the half-time show of Super Bowl XXXVIII, resulting in US broadcasters adopting a stronger adherence to Federal Communications Commission censorship guidelines.

............I guess Sunday, Ms. Madona best be careful!

And births this date include....

1687 – Johann Adam Birkenstock, German composer and violinist (d. 1733)

...........awwww, you mean he didn't invent my favorite shoe??

1901 – Clark Gable, American actor (d. 1960)

1928 – Stuart Whitman, American actor

1937 – Don Everly, American musician (Everly Brothers)

Don on the right.... Whodda thought!

1968 – Lisa Marie Presley, American singer and actress

Changes like the seasons!

All I know. Nuff said. Ciao.

xo Sue Mom Bobo

February 1st.

National Baked Alaska Day

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Two Marines ~ Stitches Out ... Dr. Ron ~ Potato Leek Potsticker Soup

Good 41º morning.

Well, another month down. Eleven more to go. Wish it would stop whizzing by so danged fast!

And Dee, wanted you to know how much Harley loved the crab! He sends his burping oinking thanks. He didn't even come up for air.... happy cat!

Thanks Rod Johnson for this....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xkh4QKpg5Qk&feature=email

April - June 1962 these two went through MCRD Marine Corps boot camp.... who knew!

Just in case you need your eyes washed out... watch this...

http://isupportourveterans.com/2-little-girls-welcome-home-their-military-dad/?ref=nf

Historically this date...

1876 – The United States orders all Native Americans to move into reservations.

1926 - Leslie and Margaret Laney

were married in Tombstone AZ. 19 years later Susan was born in Los Angeles.

I miss you Mom and Dad! So much!!! ♥♥

1930 – 3M begins marketing Scotch Tape.

1957 – Eight people on the ground in Pacoima, California are killed following the mid-air collision between a Douglas DC-7 airliner and a Northrop F-89 Scorpion fighter jet.

1971 – Apollo program: Apollo 14 – Astronauts Alan Shepard, Stuart Roosa, and Edgar Mitchell, aboard a Saturn V, lift off for a mission to the Fra Mauro Highlands on the Moon.

2001 – In the Netherlands, a Scottish court convicts Libyan Abdelbaset al-Megrahi and acquits another Libyan citizen for their part in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland in 1988.

...............and then those high court morons let him go!

And births this date include....

1872 – Zane Grey, American novelist (d. 1939)

His home in Avalon on Catalina Island, turned into a hotel, was a favorite place for Jerry and I to stay. Whatta view!

1902 – Tallulah Bankhead, American actress (d. 1968)

1919 – Jackie Robinson, American baseball player (d. 1972)

1934 – James Franciscus, American actor (d. 1991)

1937 – Suzanne Pleshette, American actress (d. 2008)

Died from lung cancer.... dems damn cigarettes!

1947 – Nolan Ryan, American baseball player

1959 – Anthony LaPaglia, Australian actor

1981 – Justin Timberlake, American singer

Yesterday I took Maggie to the vets. As I pulled into the parking lot for our 1pm appointment, Dr. Ron was backing his truck up and was leaving. He got out and said I was 45 min early. Sum ting wong. Someone wrote down the wrong time. "1pm" was written on my receipt, so it must have been put in the book wrong. Anyway, he's so nice. Said what the heck, "we'll take the stitches out right here" while Maggie sits in the car. Cool. He went in the office and came out with gauze and forceps and we had a parking lot procedure!

Maggie was really happy, regardless of the look on her face. She didn't have to go inside and wait and then have a thermometer stuck in her butt!!! She was shaking at first, but calmed right down. She will now have a scar and a bald spot on her shoulder.

We came home and I made the peanut butter cookie waffles. You have to add about 3 T of flour to the mix, as it is very soft and hard to get out of the waffle iron in one piece. I used a sharp pointed knife to lift the edge and tongs to lift each one out.

But, once they cool they are crispy and GOOD!!!!

Dinner:

I cooked a whole chicken in the crockpot and added a box of Imagine Potato Leek Soup. When done, drained chicken in a colander and refrigerated. Refrigerate the soup also so the fat can be taken off the top. Then heat the soup, adding some of the chicken torn off and/or cut into bite size. Add mushrooms (I used the shitake dried), garlic, onion, and seasoning if needed. Place the frozen chicken/vegetable potstickers in a frying pan and coat with oil. Add 2/3 cup water, turn on med high, cook with lid on for about 8 minutes ... until water evaporated, then sauté until browned on each side. Add to soup.......