"Shot" of Whiskey ~ European Badger ~ Terrorists ~ Roasted Pumpkin Seeds ~ Pots-A-La-Gu ~ Coyotes/Dude/Snuggy Fire ~ Marion's Clam Chowder

Good 34º no rain in sight morning.

 

I had a jury summons and called Monday night re reporting on Tuesday. Was told "no jurors needed". Called last night and was told jurors #1-128 report. I'm #215!!! YEAH! They have never sat me on a jury anyway... something about knowing the DA or the police testifying (in Pasadena court) and up here asking, "do cops lie?" My reply was, "What's the point? Criminals don't only commit one crime, so if they aren't caught and held to answer this time, there will be caught another time." Hmmmmm.... Mrs. Maxwell you are excused! LOL

 

 

Another one from Vivia..

'A SHOT OF WHISKEY'
In the old west a .45 cartridge for a six-gun cost 12 cents, so did a
glass of whiskey. If a cowhand was low on cash he would often give the
bartender a cartridge in exchange for a drink. This became known as a
"shot" of whiskey.

 

PICTURE OF THE DAY ..

European Badger

 

Historically this date...

1899 – Opel manufactures its first automobile.

............remember the Opel Kadett? What a weird little car!

1908 – New York City passes the Sullivan Ordinance, making it illegal for women to smoke in public, only to have the measure vetoed by the mayor.

1911 – The first Monte Carlo Rally takes place.

1915 – Kiwanis International is founded in Detroit, Michigan.

1954 – The first nuclear-powered submarine, the USS Nautilus, is launched in Groton, Connecticut by Mamie Eisenhower, the First Lady of the United States.

1968 – Vietnam War: Battle of Khe Sanh – One of the most publicized and controversial battles of the war begins.

1997 – Newt Gingrich becomes the first leader of the United States House of Representatives to be internally disciplined for ethical misconduct.

.........if you read the section on his ethics sanctions, sounds like they were all dropped for lack of any evidence of wrong doing and the IRS investigated the tax-exempt status of a class connected to Gingrich and all connected were cleared. AND....."the House Ethics Committee concluded that inaccurate information supplied to investigators represented "intentional or ... reckless" disregard of House rules". Sounds like a bunch of Democrats were pissed he was, after 40 years of Democrat rule in the house, the Republican speaker! Gee what a surprise that Democrats are liars!

 

1999 – War on Drugs: In one of the largest drug busts in American history, the United States Coast Guard intercepts a ship with over 4,300 kilograms (9,500 lb) of cocaine on board.

And births this date include....

1813 – John C. Frémont, American army officer, explorer and presidential candidate (d. 1890)

1824 – Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, American, Confederate army general (d. 1863)

1905 – Christian Dior, French fashion designer (d. 1957)

 

1922 – Telly Savalas, American actor (d. 1994)

Interesting read (if you click on his name <g>)

1926 – Steve Reeves, American actor (d. 2000)

1938 – Wolfman Jack, American disk jockey and actor (d. 1995)

1940 – Jack Nicklaus, American golfer

1941 – Plácido Domingo, Spanish tenor

 

This from my Greece traveling friend, Pat Kelly....

I couldn't agree more!!! Quit bowing and kissing their a**!!

 

Later I had saved the pumpkin seeds from the stuffed pumpkin so I wanted to toast them.... First make sure they are clean and free from pumpkin residue. Then I tossed them in a bowl with some (lemon infused) olive oil and garlic salt. Put on cookie sheet. Cook at 350º about 35 minutes. (watch them). Let cool and enjoy. (I can never stop eating them!)

 

 

As for dinner... "pots-a-la-gu"... leftovers! I put the leftover meat and gnocchi from the stuffed pumpkin in my casserole Crock Pot. Added some big fat mushrooms and baby carrots. Then broccoli and drizzled on some olive oil and then Alfredo Sauce... Finally added a can of quartered artichoke hearts. Put on lid, turned on Low. Let it do it's thing!

OMGOODNESS this was GOOD!!!

I can think of a zillion ways to use veggies, pasta or gnocchi, and Alfredo Sauce!

On the news was a story of coyotes in cities across the country... Awwwww...

Dude, Bruiser, and I had a nice evening with a snuggy fire...

All I know. Happy Hump Day. Ciao.

xo Sue Mom Bob

January 21st

National Clam Chowder Day

You can celebrate with New England Clam Chowder (sometimes called Boston Clam Chowder), Manhattan Clam Chowder or even Rhode Island Clam Chowder; restaurants tend to serve one or the other. New England Clam Chowder is the oldest version.

According to the book 50 Chowders by Jasper White, the oldest-known printed chowder recipe is for fish chowder, printed in theBoston Evening Post on September 23, 1751. It calls for onions, pork, salt, pepper, parsley, sweet marjoram, savory, thyme and a biscuit (later replaced by oyster crackers or saltines served with the soup instead of cooked into it)—ingredients that are still used today.

 

 

 

Here is one of the best Clam Chowders ... my dear departed sister Marion's recipe:

4 slices bacon, cut into small pieces

3 green onions and tops, chopped

5 medium potatoes, cut in small cubes (red is good with skin on)

1/2 green pepper, chopped

1 carrot grated or cut up small

3 small stalks celery, chopped small

1 clove garlic, mashed or minced (I use 3!)

salt and pepper to taste

5 drops hot pepper seasoning (for more heat, leave bottle on table!)

1 T. Worcestershire

2 cups chopped clams

1 pint of 1/2 & 1/2 (use the fat free)

3 bottles clam juice

 

In large kettle cook bacon until crisp. Drain off most of the grease, then add the onions, potatoes, green pepper, celery, carrot, and garlic. Drain the clams, saving the juice. Set clams aside. Pour the juice from the clams and the bottles of clam juice into the pot, season with salt and pepper, add hot pepper and Worcestershire. Cover, bring to boil, lower heat and simmer until veggies are tender .... about 20 minutes. Add clams and 1/2 & 1/2. Stir and heat. Do not boil. Ladle into bowls. Add more vegetables and/or bacon... to your taste. Serves 4. This is not the 'thick' kind of chowder, it's lighter and thin. You can also add less clam juice and more clams if that's your preference. You could even add some boxed mashed potatoes to thicken it. Go slow with them.... add and test.

Wildebeest ~ Pro-Gun Commercial ~ PC - Not! ~ Cop & Cat ~ Dave's Fish ~ Sunny Sky ~ Hamburger w/ Dave's Killer Bread

Good 37º too dark to see morning. No precip predicted, just "partly cloudy" for a week. No radar.

 

PICTURE OF THE DAY:

Blue Wildebeest in Kenya...

 

This from friend Neil Ornstein (USMC and LASD). Gunny made me laugh out loud!

Glock Releases New Pro-Gun Commercial That’s Sure to Make Gun Owners Smile

www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/a2gCFOtaZPo?rel=0

 

 

Very politically incorrect...

I was in the grocery store and two women were speaking Chinese. I told them, "This is America, speak Spanish!"  

 

 

Historically this date

1885 – L.A. Thompson patents the roller coaster.
1887 – The United States Senate allows the Navy to
            lease Pearl Harbor as a naval base.
1920 – The American Civil Liberties Union is founded.
1929 – In Old Arizona, the first full-length talking motion
             picture filmed outdoors, is released.
1937 – Franklin Roosevelt is inaugurated for a second term as U.S. President. This is the first inauguration on January 20. The date was changed from March 4 by the 20th Amendment to the Constitution.
1941 – Franklin Roosevelt is the only President inaugurated for a third term.1945 – Franklin Roosevelt's fourth and final inauguration is held at the White House due to wartime considerations.
1953 – Dwight D. Eisenhower is inaugurated as the first Republican President in twenty years.
1961 – John F. Kennedy is inaugurated as the youngest elected and first Roman Catholic President of the U.S. His inaugural address is one of the most memorable of the 20th century.
1977 – Jimmy Carter is inaugurated as the 39th President of the United States. He is the last President inaugurated at the east front of the Capitol, which had been the traditional site for Presidential inaugurations since 1829.
1981 – Twenty minutes after Ronald Reagan is inaugurated, at age 69 the oldest man ever to be inaugurated as U.S. President, Iran releases 52 American hostages. It is the first Presidential inauguration to be held at the west front of the Capitol.
2005 - the marriage of Wilsonites, Sarah Nicholas and Al Chacon, classmates in the great Delphian Class of S'63!

.......Interesting side note, most everyone I have ever heard pronounce Delphi - says "Del-fi", but when I was in Greece in 2009 and went to Delphi... the Greeks pronounce it "Del-fee".

 

And births today include.....

1896 – George Burns, American actor, comedian (d. 1996)

1902 – Leon Ames, American actor (d. 1993)

1910 – Joy Adamson, Austrian naturalist and writer (d. 1980)

1920 – DeForest Kelley, American actor (d. 1999)

 

 

 

 

 

1926 – Patricia Neal, American actress (d. 2010)

 Never could stand her acting or her voice!

1929 – Arte Johnson, American actor

Remember when he'd slowly fall over on his tricycle on Laugh-In? I did that on my Harley once. Stalled it in the beginning of a turn from a stop and

s-l-o-w-l-y fell over! Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

1937 – Dorothy Provine, American singer, dancer and actress (d. 2010)

 She must not have gotten old, there are no pictures of her except for when she was young and beautiful.

 

 

 

 

 

1958 – Lorenzo Lamas, American actor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Cop and the Cat!!

This from Ike Saben (LASD ret) ... Funny. Cop is certainly tolerant!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tig52sE-oxo

 

Yesterday I got a call from PJ and Dave. Something was wrong with their house phone. They couldn't retrieve any messages. I went down there and Dave had said he turned off their modem at the computer and that affects their phone. So I turned it back on and all worked fine! Went out back to see how his fish were doing. The sun was out and they were all acting hungry...

Felt good seeing that clear sky...

With the rain we've had, there is water in my creek!

 

Dinner last night was a hamburger... I sprayed Dave's Killer Blues bread ( http://www.daveskillerbread.com/#home-info ) with I Can't Believe It's Not Butter and toasted it. Some mayo on one side, added tomato. Put artichoke dip on the other side, added burger..

                                           OMGOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!!!

 

 

All I know. Nuff said. Happy Tuesday. Ciao.

xo Sue Mom Bobo

January 20th

Click on the underlined word for more information...

January 20: National ButtercrunchDay

January 20: National Cheese Lover’s Day (There you go Jeannie!)

 

January 20: National Granola Bar Day

January 20: National Coffee Break Day

So, what you do is put some cheese on a granaloa bar and have it with your coffee. Almond Roca is for dessert............