Weather/GP Fog ~ Picture of the Day ~ Eyeglasses History ~ Bacon and Cheese Lover's Pie ~ Andy and Linda Nantz ~ National Flapjack Day

 

 

Good 26º everything is frozen morning.

 

 

Yesterday morning we were clear sky and frozen, 25º...... by late afternoon we topped at 66º.

 

Grants pass was super foggy.....

 

Today they are not....

 

Picture of the Day

 

 

Interesting about eyeglasses....

 

Glasses, also known as eyeglasses or spectacles, are vision eyewear, consisting of clear lenses mounted in a frame that holds them in front of a person's eyes, typically utilizing a bridge over the nose and hinged arms (known as temples or temple pieces) which rest over the ears.

 

Glasses are typically used for vision correction, such as with reading glasses and glasses used for nearsightedness; however, without the specialized lenses, they are sometimes used for cosmetic purposes.

The earliest recorded comment on the use of lenses for optical purposes was made in 1268 by Roger Bacon, who was also the first European to have described in detail the process of making gunpowder.

 

The first eyeglasses were estimated to have been made in northern Italy, most likely in Pisa, by about 1290: In a sermon delivered on 23 February 1306, the Dominican friar Giordano da Pisa (c. 1255–1311) wrote "It is not yet twenty years since there was found the art of making eyeglasses, which make for good vision ... And it is so short a time that this new art, never before extant, was discovered. ... I saw the one who first discovered and practiced it, and I talked to him."

 

^{Giordano's colleague Friar Alessandro della Spina of Pisa (d. 1313) was soon making eyeglasses. The Ancient Chronicle of the Dominican Monastery of St. Catherine in Pisa records: "Eyeglasses, having first been made by someone else, who was unwilling to share them, he [Spina] made them and shared them with everyone with a cheerful and willing heart." Venice quickly became an important center of manufacture, especially due to using the high quality glass made at Murano. By 1301, there were guild regulations in Venice governing the sale of eyeglasses and a separate guild of Venetian spectacle makers was formed in 1320. In the fourteenth century they were very common objects: Francesco Petrarca says in one of his letters that, until he was 60, he didn't need glasses, and Franco Sacchetti mentions them often in his Trecentonovelle.}

 

The earliest pictorial evidence for the use of eyeglasses is Tommaso da Modena's 1352 portrait of the cardinal Hugh de Provence reading in a scriptorium. Another early example would be a depiction of eyeglasses found north of the Alps in an altarpiece of the church of Bad Wildungen, Germany, in 1403. These early glasses had convex lenses that could correct both hyperopia (farsightedness), and the presbyopia that commonly develops as a symptom of aging. Although concave lenses for myopia (near-sightedness) had made their first appearance in the mid-15th century, it was not until 1604 that Johannes Kepler published the first correct explanation as to why convex and concave lenses could correct presbyopia and myopia.

 

Early frames for glasses consisted of two magnifying glasses riveted together by the handles so that they could grip the nose. These are referred to as "rivet spectacles". The earliest surviving examples were found under the floorboards at Kloster Wienhausen, a convent near Celle in Germany; they have been dated to circa 1400.

 

^{The world's first spectacle specialist shop opened in Strasbourg (then Holy Roman Empire, now France) in 1466.}

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Glasses Apostle by Conrad von Soest (1403)

 

 

 

 

I posted this a few years ago... 

 

Bacon and Cheese Lover's Pie from Mr. Food....

 

 

Do you love bacon? How about cheese? If you nodded enthusiastically to either of those, then you're about to experience something wonderful...a Bacon and Cheese Lover's Pie. It's a quiche-style dish that's absolutely loaded with cheese, bacon, and some chopped spinach. You'll be smiling from your first forkful to your last.

 

• 1 refrigerated pie crust (from a 17-ounce package)
• 1 1/2 cups (6 ounces) shredded cheddar cheese
• 1 1/2 cups (6 ounces) shredded Swiss cheese
• 1/2 cup real bacon bits
• 1 (10-ounce) package frozen chopped spinach, thawed, drained, and squeezed dry
• 3 eggs
• 1 1/2 cups half-and-half
• 1 teaspoon onion powder
• 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
• 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg

 

1. Preheat oven to 350º. Place pie crust in a 9-inch deep dish pie plate and flute edges.
    
2. In a medium bowl, combine cheddar and Swiss cheeses; sprinkle half the mixture into bottom of pie crust. Sprinkle bacon bits over cheese, top with spinach, then remaining cheese.
    
3. In the same bowl, combine eggs, half-and-half, onion powder, and pepper; beat until thoroughly mixed. Pour into pie crust; sprinkle with nutmeg. 
    
4. Bake 40 to 45 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
    
5. Remove from oven and cool on a wire rack 5 minutes before cutting and serving.

 

Special anniversary today, my pals Andy (Jerry's USMC partner) and Linda (my BFF) Nantz are celebrating 58 years of married bliss. HAPPY ANNIVERSARY KIDS!!

 

 

Historically this date......

1965 – Bloody Sunday: A group of 600 civil rights marchers are forcefully broken up in Selma, Alabama.

1968 – Vietnam War: The United States and South Vietnamese military begin Operation Truong Cong Dinh to root out Viet Cong forces from the area surrounding Mỹ Tho.

1986 – Challenger Disaster: Divers from the USS Preserver locate the crew cabin of Challenger on the ocean floor.

1989 – Iran and the United Kingdom break diplomatic relations after a row over Salman Rushdie and his controversial novel, The Satanic Verses.

 

And births this date include...

1934 – Willard Scott, American television broadcaster (d/2021)

1942 – Tammy Faye Bakker, American televangelist (d. 2007)

 

1952 – Lynn Swann, American football player.

 

 

 

 

1990 – Abigail and Brittany Hensel, American conjoined twins (AMAZING! Blows my mind how they survive so well.)

 

 

 

All I know. Nuff said. Have a good Monday. Ciao.

xo Sue Mom Bobo

 

March 7th delivers National Flapjack Day with piping hot flavor and goodness. The day honors the sturdy, wholesome cakes we’ve been cooking up for generations! Recipes handed down from grandmother to son and mother to daughter continue to bring smiles to families all across the country.

 

Flapjacks were a staple of pioneers pursuing new lives on the frontier. Packed with nutrients and energy, flapjacks provided the fuel they needed to withstand the often arduous trails.

Stacked high, flapjacks remind us of mornings in grandma’s kitchen when the coffee was fresh. We topped them with fresh blueberries and real maple syrup. Maybe today you add pecans or walnuts, thick-sliced bananas, and your favorite nut butter. Fresh whipped cream always makes flapjacks seem extra special, too.

No matter where you go, the flavor and aroma of hot off-the-griddle flapjacks never go wrong. They’ll fuel you up for a day of hiking, playing, exploring, and celebrating, too!

HOW TO OBSERVE

• Mix up a batch of flapjacks and invite the family to add their favorite toppings.
• Share your most enjoyable memories and the best ways to serve them up, too!
• Take a photo of your flapjack meal. Do you add chocolate chips or peaches? How tall is your stack – three, four, maybe five high?

NATIONAL FLAPJACK DAY HISTORY

Kodiak Cakes founded National Flapjack Day in 2020 to celebrate the celebrate a healthier flapjack to fuel our consumers’ daily frontier, whatever and wherever that may be.

Everyone loves flapjacks, they’re filling and delicious, but now there’s an even better reason to eat them all day long. This March 7th, join Kodiak Cakes in celebrating National Flapjack Day — but it’s not just a celebration of all things syrup, butter, and breakfast. It’s an excellent excuse to indulge in a staple food that’s been an important part of adventures of any size since the days of the frontier.

Before over-processed ingredients and nutrient-deprived grains, meals needed to be balanced, hearty, and full of ingredients that could keep folks going. That’s the legacy Kodiak Cakes is dedicated to preserving through our flapjack mix, a mix that began with our founder Joel Clark and a small red wagon.

Back then, he took to the neighborhood streets to sell brown bags of his mother’s heirloom recipe. Today, Kodiak Cakes has taken that same dedication to the national spotlight. So, grab a stack, split a few silver dollars, or fill a plate with your favorite flavor – Happy National Flapjack Day.

 

 

Weather ~ Picture of the Day ~ Invention of School ~ Egg Sandwich ~ National Dentist's Day ~ National Oreo Cookie Day

  

Good 25º clear sky frozen ground morning. 

 

 

Yesterday we started with clouds and then got sunny and topped at 58º.

 

 

Picture of the Day... not happy roommate

 

 

 

 

Interesting ... the invention of school....

The name that comes as the inventor of school is Horace Mann who born in Franklin Massachusetts in 1796. He was a college professor of the subject Latin and Greek, he was also a college president. However, in spite of many school methods and teaching methods before this man, the credit for the contribution and invention of the regular school system in 1837 goes to him. Also, the educational historians call him The Father of the Common School Movement.

Another name that comes as the inventor of school is Harry P. School. He, around 1369, started gathering the neighborhood children who behave any unacceptable way and would lock the children up in a building. This concept might be rough, but the guardians of the punished children liked the idea. So, it can be said that he is probably not the inventor of school, but as in his class, the children got punished, so he deserves some amount of credit for the idea of assembling the children to accurate their wrong behavior.

So, it is difficult to say one name who invented the school as there are lots of contributions from many in their way. They all helped to create the educational system which is used in all the schools all around the world.

School is the institution where the students are taught in a learning environment by the teachers. The awareness of knowledge passing in every possible way has always been around, and school is the place where these ideas have been implemented through specific systems that can help the students to learn in a more efficient and more organized way. At least once during the school days, every student thinks about the invention of the school and more specifically who was the inventor of college.

The concept of learning the students in a centralized location has existed even at classical antiquity. Since ancient India, ancient Rome, Ancient China, and Ancient Greece, there was an existence of formal schools. At that time the student used to gather in a learning area, and that time these learning areas were known as academics. In 425 A. D., the primary education system had been established by the Byzantine Empire. These schools were much different than today’s schools. These schools were primarily for military personnel. In these classes, the philosophers of Greek acknowledged the military personnel with various topics and also shared knowledge on subjects like mathematics, language, history, and even philosophy. And this Byzantine system of education continued till the collapse of the empire in 1453 A. D.

Schools have been a major part of the growth and overall development of an individual every around the world. Almost everybody living in the urban areas of the world has been exposed to ways of school. They have lived the majority of their childhood in the school environment. As safe as it is, schools are there to help you grow as a person and to support you in your life with sufficient knowledge and skills. It is a crucial part of your life where you get a lot of exposure to not just academics but also to a variety of social situations. These situations act as stimuli to help us achieve your social, emotional, cognitive developmental milestones. These are important for our overall well-being.

There are various organizations today that work day and night to make it possible for every child, whether in the urban or rural area, to be able to go to school. The main aim of these organizations (mostly non-profit organizations) is to pay for and provide free- schooling to the children coming from low-income families. As important as it is to go to school, it is also important to know that going to school and learning new things is your fundamental right, and this right should be given to everybody equally. As knowledgeable people, one must contribute to this cause as much as one can!

 

 

From Mr. Food

 

It may sound simple, and it is, but this egg and cheese topped bagel is a favorite breakfast dish at Mr. Food's house... And it's sure to become a favorite at your house, too!

 

• 1 egg
• 1 tablespoon shredded Cheddar cheese
• 1 tablespoon chopped cooked sausage
• 1 teaspoon sliced scallions
• 1 bagel, split

 

 

1. Coat a 2-cup measuring cup or small round microwave-safe bowl with nonstick cooking spray.
    
2. Break the egg into the cup and scramble then mix in the cheese, sausage, and scallions.
    
3. Microwave at high power for 1 minute, or until set. (Microwave oven temperatures vary, so adjust cooking time according to your microwave.)
    
4. Meanwhile, toast the bagel. Place the cooked egg in the bagel, and serve.

 

***For a heartier egg sandwich, mix in a sprinkle of bacon bits or cooked chunked ham along with the sausage. Want it lighter? Use any of the refrigerated or frozen egg substitutes (1/4 cup equals one egg).

 

 

Historically this date......

1836 – Texas Revolution: Battle of the Alamo – After a

thirteen day siege by an army of 3,000 Mexican troops, the

187 Texas volunteers, including frontiersman Davy

Crockett and colonel Jim Bowie, defending the Alamo are

killed and the fort is captured.

1899 – Bayer registers aspirin as a trademark.

1912 – the Oreo cookie is introduced by Nabisco

 

1967 – Joseph Stalin's daughter Svetlana

Alliluyeva defects to the United States.

 

 

1968 – The first of the East L.A. Walkouts take place at several high schools.

 

And births this date include....

1906 – Lou Costello, American actor and comedian (d. 1959)

 

1923 – Ed McMahon, American television personality (d. 2009)

 

1947 – Rob Reiner, American actor, comedian, and film producer

 

1959 – Tom Arnold, American actor and comedian

                     So far 4 wives and 4 divorces...

 

1972 – Shaquille O'Neal, American basketball player

 

 

 

All I know. Nuff said. Have a good Sunday. Ciao.

xo Sue Mom Bobo

National Dentist’s Day on March 6th sets aside a day each year for us to say, “Thank you” to the person who keeps our pearly whites in tip-top order every 6 months.

In many cases, the day of our dental visit usually has us a bit nervous and sometimes anxious. We would often rather be someplace else than sitting in a dental chair. The dentist is not the person most of us look forward to seeing.  However, when our checkup is done, our teeth are cleaned, the cavities are filled, the broken tooth is fixed, or a toothache is gone, we appreciate what the dentist has done for us.

The dentist is also the person we count on when a tooth aches or an emergency occurs. They make sure our oral health isn’t signifying something more serious. Their offices send out reminders, encouraging us to come in for our routine check-ups and schedule us for appointments. They create plans of care and make our smiles look great, too.

HOW TO OBSERVE

Take some time to thank your dentist. While you’re at it, schedule your next preventative cleaning. Pick up a new toothbrush and some floss, too! 

and........ today is also....

 

Be ready to observe by having your glass of milk handy as it is National Oreo Cookie Day.  This day is recognized across the nation each year on March 6th.

The Oreo sandwich cookie is made up of two chocolate disks containing a sweet cream filling and is loved by millions. Since its introduction, the Oreo cookie has become the best-selling cookie in the United States.

The National Biscuit Company (today known as Nabisco) first developed and produced the “Oreo Biscuit” in 1912 at its Chelsea factory in New York City. Today, the block on which the factory was located is known as “Oreo Way.”

• The name “Oreo” was first trademarked on March 14, 1912.
• The first Oreo cookies in the United States sold for 25 cents a pound in clear glass topped novelty cans.
• In 1912, the Oreo Biscuit was renamed to “Oreo Sandwich.”
• In 1948, the Oreo Sandwich was renamed to “Oreo Creme Sandwich.”
• William A. Turnier developed the modern-day Oreo design in 1952 to include the Nabisco logo.
• Nabisco’s principal food scientist, Sam Procello, developed the modern Oreo cookie filling.

HOW TO OBSERVE

Grab a glass of milk and a handful of Oreos to enjoy.