Throw Back Thursday ~ Pat Reardon ~ Crock Pot White Bean Chili ~ Bizarre Foods ~ Sandy (Todoran) Beck ~ Terry Polley ~ The Good Doctor

Good 43ºclear sunny morning.

Yesterday it stayed sunny and clear and we topped at 93º.

Happy Throw Back Thursday. Here is Jerry and Brian putting together our above ground pool in 1987: 

That pool was fun. Brian and his pal would put the beach chairs on the garage roof to sunbathe and then jump from there into the pool!  Our dog Dallas, a Chesapeake Bay Retriever (hunting dog) loved to jump in the pool and swim too, but not from the roof!

She would also sit in the hot tub with Jerry!!

Apparently Pat Reardon (LASD ret) is doing well after his aortic surgery. His Alice wrote me that he is talking and was getting up to walk yesterday morning. Surgery was Tuesday morning.

Ok, this sounds too good to pass up.... I picked up the ingredients yesterday and will make it tomorrow.

 

1 pound boneless skinless chicken breasts or thighs (I got thighs)

4 cans (15.5 oz) Great Northern Beans

16 oz jar salsa (I got the green chunky salsa)

8 oz shredded colby jack cheese or pepper jack

2 t. ground cumin

½ cup chicken broth

optional: 12 oz can of beer of 1½ cups chicken broth... depending if you like it a thinner consistency.

1. Put all ingredients, except for chicken and optional beer/broth, in crock pot and stir.

2. Add chicken and using spoon press them down into the chili

3. Add additional liquid for thinner consistency if desired

4. Cover and cook on low for 5 hours.

5. Remove chicken and shred it then return it to chili and stir.

I was watching Bizarre Foods on the Travel Channel with Andrew Zimmern http://www.travelchannel.com/shows/bizarre-foods/episodes

And... he went to Lisbon Portugal. 

They have a bridge there that looks like our San Francisco Golden Gate!

... and they have cable cars!

Many of the dishes that were fixed by Lisbon chefs were so interesting and looked really good. I like his shows, but some have some gross (bizarre is right) foods that are fixed and consumed. I just pass those ......

Special birthday today.. my pal from way back in Jr. High, Sandy (Todoran) Beck. HAPPY BIRTHDAY SANDY!!!! xoxoxox

Today is also the special birthday of "Da Pulley" aka Terry Polley (former station mechanic at Temple Station and friend!) HAPPY BIRTHDAY TERRY!

Historically this date.............

1928 – Sir Alexander Fleming notices a bacteria-killing mold growing in his laboratory, discovering what later became known as penicillin.

 

1951 – CBS makes the first color televisions available for sale to the general public, but the product is discontinued less than a month later.

 

1971 – The Parliament of the United Kingdom passes the Misuse of Drugs Act

1971 banning the medicinal use of cannabis.

 

1994 – The car ferry MS Estonia sinks in Baltic Sea, killing 852 people.

 

1996 – Former president of Afghanistan Mohammad Najibullah is tortured and brutally murdered by the Taliban.

 

 

And births this date include...

551 BC – Confucius, Chinese philosopher (d. 479)

 

1836 – Thomas Crapper, English inventor (d. 1910)

1901 – Ed Sullivan, American television show host (d. 1974)

1934 – Brigitte Bardot, French actress. Wow, 6 "partners" and 4 husbands! Busy woman!

1987 – Hilary Duff, American actress and singer

Yesterday was shoulder therapy. Getting along well and less pain. YEAH! Stacy is great! She also showed me how just slightly leaning over while sitting or standing and let your arm just hang, it relaxes a lot! And of course, running the hot shower on the shoulder and moving the arm slowly up and down. All works! As well as the Aleve!

Saw a new show last night, The Good Doctor. He is a very young doctor with Autism and Savant syndrome. Odd...... but interesting. He is so abnormally smart, and outsmarts the other doctors at the hospital he is working at, learning to be a surgeon.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt6470478/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savant_syndrome

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

xo Sue Mom Bobo

September 28th

National Drink A Beer Day

https://nationaltoday.com/us/national-drink-beer-day/

Bacon/Egg Pizza ~ Assicons ~ Patty Rodriguez ~ Ghost ~ Rice-A-Roni ~ Quinoa White Chicken Chili ~ Errands ~ Chicken Lo Mein

 

Good 46º scattered cloudy morning.

Yesterday stayed super clear and we topped at 87º

Breakfast was Schwans individual bacon egg pizza and tomato... YUMMM!

Here are the newest....

  Assicons:

(_!_)   regular ass

(__!__) fat ass

(!) tight ass

(_*_) asshole

(_x_) kiss my ass

(_zzz_) tired ass

(_E=mc2_) smart ass

(_?_) dumb ass

Special birthday today... Patty Rodriguez (LASD ret). HAPPY BIRTHDAY PATTY!

Historically this date....

1777 – Lancaster, Pennsylvania is the capital of the United States, for one day.

1821 – Mexico gains its independence from Spain.

1822 – Jean-François Champollion announces that he has deciphered the Rosetta stone.

....interesting read...
 

1942 – Last day of the September Matanikau action on Guadalcanal as United States Marine Corps troops barely escape after being surrounded by Japanese forces near theMatanikau River.

  

1995 – The Government of the United States unveils the first of its redesigned bank notes with the $100 bill featuring a larger portrait of Benjamin Franklin slightly off-center.

 

And births this date include...

1920 – William Conrad, American actor (d. 1994)

 

1920 – Jayne Meadows, American actress (d.2015)

  .........I never did get those HUGE glasses~!

1934 – Wilford Brimley, American actor

Me thinks he needs a moustache trim! YUCK!

  

1958 – Shaun Cassidy, American singer

1972 – Gwyneth Paltrow, American actress

....she named her children Apple and Moses!

(Oh look, Jennifer Aniston hair!)

Have you ever seen a ghost? I did. Jerry and I were traveling up north and stopped to spend the night at a motel right close to railroad tracks in Pendleton Oregon. In the night I heard the train, opened my eyes and what looked like a man was standing there looking out the window towards the train...

I had a sense of deep loss that he was feeling. So strange. Seems as though someone had left him that really impacted his heart.

Never have seen a ghost since. Weird......

How about this.... remember Rice-A-Roni?

In 1958, Vince DeDomenico invented Rice-A-Roni by adding a dry chicken soup mix to rice and macaroni. It was introduced in 1958 in the Northwest United States and went nationwide four years later. Because of it's origins, it was called "The San Francisco Treat!" Originally named for it's combination of half rice and half pasta, Rice-A-Roni quickly became a staple in American families meals. Families across America were introduced to Rice-A-Roni though television ads featuring Sanfrancisco's cable cars and the famous "The San Francisco Treat" jingle.

1962 commercial:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzOR_Fal_SY

This soup is soooooooooooo good, easy, and will have you coming back for more!

Quinoa White Chicken Chili

 

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon oil
• 1 onion, diced
• 2 jalapeno peppers, diced
• 3 cloves garlic, chopped
• 1 teaspoon cumin, toasted and ground
• 3 cups chicken broth or chicken stock
• 1 cup salsa verde
• 1 pound boneless and skinless chicken breasts or thighs
• 1 (15 ounce) can white beans (or 1 1/2 cups cooked beans, from 1/2 cup dry)
• 1/2 cup quinoa, rinsed
• 1/2 teaspoon oregano
• 1 tablespoon lime juice (~1/2 lime)
• 2 tablespoon cilantro, chopped
• salt and pepper to taste
• and a cut up avocado

1. Heat the oil in a large sauce pan over medium heat, add the onion and jalapeno peppers and cook until tender, about 5-7 minutes.
2. Add the garlic and cumin and cook until fragrant, about a minute.
3. Add the broth, salsa verde, chicken, beans, quinoa and oregano, bring to a boil, reduce the heat and simmer until the chicken is cooked and the quinoa is tender, about 10-15 minutes.
4. Remove the chicken, shred or dice, return to soup along with the lime juice and cilantro, season with salt and pepper and remove from heat. Add in the diced avocado.

Slow Cooker: Optionally implement steps 1 & 2, place everything except the lime juice and cilantro in the slow cooker and cook on low for 6-10 hours or on high for 3-4 hours before continuing on with step 4.
Option: Add 1 cup zucchini along with the chicken.
Option: Add 1 cup corn 5 minutes before taking off the heat.
Option: Replace the jalapeno peppers with poblano peppers or 1 4.5 ounce can of diced green chilies.

Took a quick run into town to mail letters, pick up some cracked corn at Ace and pay my bill

got some NexGard (chewable flea/tick meds for Dude) at the vet's 

Had some fun conversations with Ace staff (Dorri and Bobby) and with Valerie at the vet's. They are all decorated at the vet's for Halloween already! 

OMGOSH. Then Valerie and I discussed that my daughter, a Halloween baby and my son a Valentine! Come to find out, Valerie is a Valentine baby too!

Last night dinner was Schwans Chicken Lo Mein, containing roasted chicken tenderloins, fire-roasted onions, green and red peppers, and tender noodles with a savory sauce of soy and sesame.... and a couple of their pork egg rolls...

OMGOOOOD!!!!

All I know. Nuff said. Happy Hump Day. Ciao.

xo Sue Mom Bobo

September 27th

National Chocolate Milk Day

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chocolate_milk