TBT ~ Salmon/Quinoa/Egg ~ In-N-Out Secret Menu ~ Siren ~ Pat Reardon ~ Chuck & Linda ~ Rice Cakes & Chelada ~ In My Dreams

Good 50º hazy morning. The day yesterday for the most part was clear and sunny. The winds came up in the afternoon, blew really hard for a while, and blew all the smoke back into the valley.

Throw Back Thursday...

2006: Harry (Jen's dad), Neil (Brian and Jen's former neighbor), Jerry and Tucker, and Brian. Sadly Harry, Neil, and Jerry have all passed away.

Breakfast:

A partial can of salmon, quinoa & artichoke/roasted pepper sauce, an egg

Quinoa and sauce in a dish and then 45 seconds in the micro..

Salmon in the pan with some olive oil, make spot for egg, cook with lid on...slowly

Plate egg/salmon on top of warmed quinoa.

PERFECT!

Talking about In-N-Out yesterday and I found their secret menu on line...

Here is the protein lettuce wrapped burger... It's GOOD!

http://hackthemenu.com/in-n-out/secret-menu/

They are on FB too..

https://www.facebook.com/InNOutSecretMenu

I ran "5 Miles" yesterday... LOL, I drove the golf cart and Dude ran to the road with me (3/10ths of a mile there and 3/10ths back....) to dump trash and recycle cardboard. My friend Dan Patz (LASD ret) gave me this magnetic LASD sticker, used by posse members on their horse trailers, for my golf cart:

My neighbors Cindy and Frank gave me a siren!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JpjmKmEnwY&feature=youtu.be

Trouble is I never run into any vehicles on our road to pull over!

Today a special birthday.. my friend Pat Reardon (LASD ret)...HAPPY BIRTHDAY PATRICK!

Here with is bride Alice when they visited this past May..

And since it was Chuck and Linda Kueh's anniversary on the 11th and I didn't have a picture.. Chuck sent me one!

 Historically this date...

1918 – Women enlist in the United States Marine Corps for the first time. Opha Mae Johnson is the first woman to enlist.

.... BAMs YEAH!

1969 – The Apollo 11 astronauts are released from a three-week quarantine to enjoy aticker-tape parade in New York. That evening, at a state dinner in Los Angeles, they are awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by U.S. President Richard Nixon.

2004 – Opening ceremony of the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.

2008 – Michael Phelps sets the Olympic record for the most gold medals (8 in Beijing and 6 in Athens) won by an individual in Olympic history with his win in the men's 200m butterfly.

And births this date include.... (Eclectic group, for sure!)

1860 – Annie Oakley, American sharpshooter (d. 1926)

1895 – Bert Lahr, American actor (d. 1967)

 

1899 – Alfred Hitchcock, English film director (d. 1980)

1920 – Neville Brand, American actor (d. 1992)

1926 – Fidel Castro, Cuban revolutionary and politician

1929 – Pat Harrington, Jr., American actor

 

1930 – Don Ho, American vocalist and pianist (d. 2007)

 ... you realize that if Ho Chi Minh had married Don Ho... he would have been Ho Ho.      :o)

1944 – Kevin Tighe, American actor

and his partner on Emergency was Randolph Mantooth...

Today.....

 

Lunch....

3 rice cakes, one with provalone cheese and guacamole. The dessert ones ... Chocolate Hazelnut spread, and one with the Sunflower Honey spread. Then a Chelada....Budweiser & Clamato (con sal y limon ... la combination perfecta!)

Mowed the front lawn and watered. Warmed by 1pm to 89º. Sweaty out there mowing! By 1:30 it was 91º. 2pm it was 94º. 2:30 95º. 3pm 96º. 3:30 97º.  

Later, reruns for dinner and TV. Saw a Hallmark movie, In My Dreams . http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3347518/

A guy and a girl each toss a coin into the wishing fountain at the same time and start dreaming about each other, although they don't even know who the other is... The young man designs a bridge for a contest and wins. I was thinking at the time I wished I would have some more dreams about Jerry. Been a while. Well, lo and behold, I had a dream about Jerry last night, he was the bridge designer, and I wanted to take a picture of his drawing so I could show everyone! It was a nice dream and we talked a lot to each other. I woke up with a smile on my face! Sigh..............

Feel this way at times! LOL:

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

xo Sue Mom Bobo

August 13th

National Filet Mignon Day

The most expensive cut of beef comes from the small end of the tenderloin, and accounts for less than 1% of the entire carcass. Boneless, it is ideally 2-1/2 inches thick (although it is sliced thinner) and 1-1/2 to 3 inches in diameter. The tenderloin runs across the back of the steer. Because this area of the animal is not weight-bearing, the connective tissue is not toughened by exercise. This results in extremely tender meat, the most tender of all beef cuts. It is lightly marbled and mild flavored compared to other cuts, and is best served rare to medium rare. The term “filet mignon” is a French derivative, the literal meaning is small (mignon) boneless meat (filet). On restaurant menus it is called filet mignon, tournedos, medallions, filet de boeuf and tenderloin steak; in the U.K. it is called fillet steak. Chateaubriand is the center, thickest cut from the tenderloin, and a specific preparation.

Or as Jerry would call filet mignon... figgley miggley !!! 

Scottie Pinwheel ~ Infused Olive Oil ~ Baby Turkeys ~ AJ With All Natural ~ Cold Cucumber Soup ~ Veggie Lettuce Wraps ~ Fries Day!

Good 56º sunny wispy cloudy morning.

 

Yesterday by 1pm it was only 78º. Cloud cover stayed. Nice for a change!!! Then by 2pm it was 83º and smokey! UGH. I think we topped out around 89º and windy smokey!

 

This is the cutest thing... a Scottie pup pinwheel shared by Deeeewayne Honneee Preimsberger:

https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/vDa0z0gEvI4?rel=0

This will put a smile on your face!

 

Yesterday I decided to work on some kitchen projects. I needed to infuse some olive oil. I use the Costco olive oil, dried garlic, dried onion, and crushed red pepper flakes.

I like to keep it in old wine bottles and put a pourer on the one I'm using at the time, for convienence.

For the three bottles, each holds 32oz. I forget though and should add a bit more of the olive oil, as the garlic/onion/pepper flakes soak up some. Anyway, 1 cup each of the garlic and onion, and 1/3 cup of the pepper flakes.

Heat the oil to 175º

Once hot, take off the stove and add in the dried ingredients. Let sit, stirring occasionally, until completely cooled..

Next strain the flavorings from the oil and put into bottles...

I save the garlic/onion/pepper flakes in a zip bag and freeze them to use later in soups and/or stews. Being of Scottish heritage I can't waste anything!!!

 

Out back today was a few turkey hens and their baby chicks. First time this year I have seen them on the property! Chicks are getting big!

 

Historically this date...

30 BC – Cleopatra VII Philopator, the last ruler of the Egyptian Ptolemaic dynasty, commits suicide, allegedly by means of an asp bite.

1950 – Bloody Gulch massacre : American POWs were massacred by North Korean Army.

1964 – South Africa is banned from the Olympic Games due to the country's racist policies.

1981 – The IBM Personal Computer is released.

.. how I remember my little Commodore computer! It opened a whole new world!

1994 – Major League Baseball players go on strike. This will force the cancellation of the1994 World Series.

And births this date include....

1856 – Diamond Jim Brady, American financier (d. 1917)

  ... there was a restaurant on Hollywood Blvd near Highland called Diamond Jim's. It was SO GOOD!!! Went there a few times. It closed years ago!

 

1881 – Cecil B. DeMille, American director (d. 1959)

 

1910 – Jane Wyatt, American actress (d. 2006)

 

 

1911 – Cantinflas, Mexican actor, screenwriter, and producer (d. 1993)

 

1926 – John Derek, American actor (d. 1998)

  .....Boy, he made the rounds, marrying :

Ursula Andress (1957–1966)

Linda Evans (1968–1974)

Bo Derek (1976–1998)

1933 – Parnelli Jones, American race car driver and team owner

1939 – George Hamilton, American actor

 

 

In the afternoon AJ from All Natural Pest Control came by to re-bait for the ground squirrels. He has just about gotten rid of them all! Best job ever!!!

He baited all the spots he did previously and even found a few ground squirrel holes in the pasture!

AJ is GREAT! He is so nice. Showed me pictures of his new baby girl. He and his bride also has a son a few years old.

 

 

I also decided to make some cucumber soup..

1 pound cucs, ½ t. salt, 1½ cups fat free plain yogurt, 1 green onion chopped, 1 garlic clove minced, 4½ t. snipped fresh dill....

Peel and remove seeds and slice cucs. Use a spoon to scrape out the seeds... BTW that old peeler there was my Mom's.

Toss the cucs with the salt, put in a collander to drain the liquid for 30 minutes. Then squeese out the rest of the liquid and pat dry....

I didn't have fresh dill, only parsley, some green onions, didn't have fresh garlic so used the kind in a jar, and only had 1 cup of yogurt (ate some for breakfast!) so used that and ½ cup sour cream. So, everything goes into the "food processor" and run til smooth. Oh, and I had a little dried dill so added in about 1 t.

Then joy of all joys, my food processor is on the blink and so is my juicer! Grrrrrr.... So did in small batches in my Magic Bullet!

 

The for dinner I mixed some dressing... 1 oz olive oil (this is O Olive oil w/ Tihitian limes - http://www.ooliveoil.com/ ) and 1/2 oz of some O Olive Oil Citrus Champagne vinegar, and a good squeeze of the creamy garlic sauce!

I mixed it in with some of the left over veggie/clam salad (on blog 8-11) and then folded it into some lettuce leaves... lettuce wraps!

Along with I had a cup of the cold cucumber soup...

OMGOSH, that soup is AWESOME. Going to make it again and again!!! Nothing better on a hot day~! Thanks Dave Clark (LASD ret) for the inspiration! Actually it was his wife Pam!

 

Had a call from Linda and Andy as they went by our RR off ramp on their way to Washington. Honk and wave! Beep beep hi! This was a quick trip to get his mom's house ready to sell. They will honk and wave on their way back down Friday.

 

Woke in the middle of the night about 2am and looked out to see the meteor shower, but still too many clouds overhead. Dang!

 

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

xo Sue Mom Bobo

August 12th

National Julienne Fries Day

Below are In-N-Out cheese fries and animal style fries. OH BE STILL MY HEART!!! Our In-N-Out will open in Medford SOON!

Whole page dedicated to fries here with photos and all the different types:

http://blog.thenibble.com/2013/08/12/food-holiday-different-types-of-french-fries-a-glossary/