Red Sky ~ 10-5 ~ Clouds ~ Picture of the Day ~ Up The River ~ Olive Garden Copycat Chicken Parmesano Vino Bianco ~ Murphy Brown/Chicago PD ~ National Apple Betty Day

Good 41º morning.

 

This morning's interesting sky....

 

Red sky at night, sailor's delight. Red sky in the morning, sailors take warning!

 

 

10-5 is a radio code for "relay".

 

 

 

Yesterday started out with a few clouds and then cleared up beautifully.... 

 

Picture of the Day.....

Penguins going to church!

 

 

Interesting re "up the river"................

 

The term “up the river” as most people know refers to going to prison. If you ever watch any gangster films from the 1930’s or 40’s, one of the lines of dialogue that always pops up is: “up the river.” So where did the saying come from? The expression "up the river" to describe someone in prison or heading to prison derives from the practice of sentencing people convicted in New York City to serve their terms in Sing Sing. The prison is literally up the Hudson River from the city. The expression was eventually applied to anyone being sent to any prison. The expression dates back to the late 1800s.

 

 

 

Copycat Olive Garden Chicken Parmesano Vino Bianco recipe with a creamy Parmesan white wine cream sauce so delicious it may transport you to Italy. A daydream trip to Venice, Italy is just 30 minutes away with this amazing Olive Garden Copycat Chicken Vino Bianco served over the most amazing linguine. Loaded with the most amazing flavor combinations, this is a must on your meal plan menu. A simple recipe ready in just 30 minutes makes this recipe a keeper.

• 1/2 pound dried linguine
• 3/4 cup all-purpose flour, divided
• 1/2 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper, divided
• 1 teaspoon kosher salt, divided
• 4 (4 ounce) boneless skinless chicken breasts
• 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
• 4 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 1/2 medium yellow onion, grated
• 5 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 cup heavy cream
• 1/4 cup lemon juice
• 1 cup white wine
• 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
• 2 scallions, chopped (divided)
• 2 Roma tomatoes, diced (divided)
• 1/2 cup fresh grated Parmesan cheese

1. Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil over high heat. Add linguine. Cook until al dente (tender but still with a bite to it), about 8-10 minutes. Reserve 1 cup pasta water. Drain pasta, set aside.
2. Meanwhile: in a pie plate or shallow dish, combine 1/2 cup flour, 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon black pepper. Stir with a fork to blend. Place the chicken breasts in the flour mixture, one at a time. Press into the mixture with tongs and flip the chicken over to coat the other side. Shake off the excess.
3. Add oil to a large skillet over medium-high heat. Place all 4 chicken breasts in the skillet and cook until golden brown on both sides and cooked through, turning once between cooking, about 8-10 minutes. Remove chicken from pan and set aside.
4. Add butter, onion and garlic to pan. Cook until onions are translucent, about 2 minutes. Add 1/4 cup remaining flour to pan and whisk to combine. Add cream, lemon juice, wine, red pepper flakes, salt, pepper and Parmesan cheese. Whisk until mixture is smooth. Add up to 1 cup of pasta water to help create the sauce.
5. Add cooked pasta, half of scallions and half of tomatoes, stir to combine. Return chicken to skillet and allow it to warm. Sprinkle remaining scallions and tomatoes on top of skillet.
6. Serve and enjoy.

note:

1. If you are sensitive to alcohol you can substitute chicken stock for the wine.

 

 

 

Historically this date....

1857 – The City of Anaheim is founded in California.

1864 – The Indian city of Calcutta is almost totally destroyed by a cyclone; 60,000 die.

.........OMG!

1905 – Wilbur Wright pilots Wright Flyer III in a flight of 24 miles in 39 minutes, a world record that stood until 1908.

1944 – Royal Canadian Air Force pilots shoot down the first German jet fighter overFrance.

1945 – Hollywood Black Friday: A six-month strike by Hollywood set decorators turns into a bloody riot at the gates of Warner Brothers' studios.

1947 – The first televised White House address is given by U.S. President Harry S. Truman.

 

And births this date include..

1829 – Chester A. Arthur, 21st President of the United States (d. 1886)

 

 

 

 

 

1922 – Bil Keane, American cartoonist (d. 2011)

 

One of my all time favorite cartoons!

 

1923 – Glynis Johns, British actress

 

1924 – Bill Dana, American actor (d.2017)

 

 

 

 

 

"my name José Jiménez....

 

 

 

1925 – Gail Davis, American actress (d. 1997)

Annie Oakley! I wanted to be her!

 

1934 – Angelo Buono, Jr., American serial killer (d. 2002)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1938 – Teresa Heinz Kerry, American philanthropist

 

Oh look, she's with 'stupid' and she is 'stupid'!

 

1951 – Karen Allen, American actress

 

1962 – Michael Andretti, American race car driver

 

 

 

 

 

 

1975 – Kate Winslet, English actress

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Later I was watching a show, Murphy Brown. I remember watching it way back when, forgot what the show's premise was, and didn't even recognize Candice Bergen! Also in the show is Tyne Daily. She looked familiar, but I wasn't sure who she was.......Candice the blonde on the left and Tyne on the right...

 

The show is about investigating journalism and it's pretty liberal and I was unhappy at the slangs they made about the White House, the President, and other news shows. Interesting........ Sarah Huckabee Sanders made a cameo appearance on the show at a "news conference".  https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/murphy-brown-crashes-sarah-huckabee-sanders-presser-to-call-her-out-for-lying/ar-BBNXQOM  If any TV show is going to be political, NO THANK YOU! Not watching it. 

 

Even the newest Chicago PD was crappy again! Sigh.................

 

 

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

xo Sue Mom Bobo

National Apple Betty Day, an American food holiday, is observed each year on October 5.

Similar to what is known as apple crisp, crumble or cobbler, the American variant known as the Betty or Brown Betty dates from colonial times.  Apple Betty (sometimes called Apple Brown Betty) is made with crumbs, apples, cinnamon, sugar and sometimes other ingredients.

Apple Brown Betty was one of the favorite desserts of Ronald and Nancy Reagan in the White House. 

HOW TO OBSERVE

Enjoy these Apple Betty recipes:

Apple BettyApple Brown BettyGrandma’s Apple Brown Betty

10-4 ~ Sky ~ Throw Back Thursday ~ Attorney/Beauty Salon ~ Picture of the Day ~ Largest & Tallest Municipal Building in the US ~ EASY Slow Cooker Turkey ~ Becky Lundell ~ Rain ~ Dinner ~ National Taco Day

Good 49º cloudy morning.

 

Yesterday it started off with a few clouds...........

Then off and on all day the clouds built up..... 

We topped at 82º.

 

 

 

So, did everyone get that TEST alert from the President at 18 minutes after the hour yesterday morning? Here it was 11:18 in this time zone. It was loud and made me jump! 😁

 

 

10-4 is radio code for "acknowledged"... or gotcha good buddy!

 

 

 

Throw Back Thursday...

1983... Jerry teaching Brian how to weld....

 

 

 

Yesterday I went to my attorney to get my updated health care directive. Craig Monan is sooooo nice, he didn't even charge me anything for the update. Then I went to a local beauty salon to find out about a haircut. Unfortunately Leah, who has been my go to hair girl forever is having some health issues and maybe needs surgery so she can't work at the present time. DANG! But, I talked to Cindy at Perceptions Salon,

 

 super nice, and she knows Leah and likes her a lot. So.... I have an appointment for Cindy to cut my hair next week. 

 

 

Picture of the Day...

Evolution of the New York skyline.... 

 

 

Interesting about largest and tallest municipal building in the US....

 

Philadelphia’s City Hall stands at 548 feet. While the Washington Monument is a masonry structure that stands at 555 feet, 5 inches, it is not habitable. City Hall’s granite and brick walls are as thick as 22 ft.  and the exterior includes granite, limestone, and marble. It was constructed over 30 years, between 1871 and 1901, at a cost of $24 million.

With nine floors and nearly 700 rooms, City Hall is the largest municipal building in the world. It is home to for all three branches of government, including the mayor’s office (executive branch), City Council (legislative), and a large part of the city and county judiciary. While the city and county of Philadelphia are separate political entities, they occupy the exact same acreage.

From 1894 until 1908, it was the tallest habitable building in the world. All of the previous buildings to hold this distinction—including Europe’s cathedrals and the Great Pyramid at Giza—had been religious; Philadelphia City Hall was the first secular building to bear that title.

Philadelphia City Hall was designated a National Historical Landmark in 1976 and a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark, by the American Society of Civil Engineers, in 2006. It won 21st place on the American Institute of Architects’ list of America’s 150 favorite US structures, in 2007. It was nearly demolished in the 1950’s, but the cost of tearing it down would have bankrupted the city.

 

 

 

Ok, here is a crockpot turkey recipe that was my sister Marion's. EASY. Great for any time of year...

 

3 pound boneless turkey breast

1 can whole cranberry sauce

1 envelope dry onion soup mix

½ cup orange juice

 

Mix cranberries and onion soup mix. Pour the orange juice in the crockpot. Put turkey breast in crockpot. Slather on the cranberry onion soup mix. Cook on low for 6-7 hours. 

 

If turkey breast is frozen, cook on high for 2 hours and then on low for 4-5.

 

I have made this a number of times and it's really GOOD!!!!

 

 

Special birthday today, high school pal Greg Lundell's bride Becky is celebrating. HAPPY BIRTHDAY BECKY!!!

 

 

Historically this date...

 

1963 – Hurricane Flora, kills 6,000 in Cuba and Haiti.

 

 

1965 – Becoming the first Pope to ever visit the United States of America and the Western hemisphere, Pope Paul VI arrives in New York.

 

1988 – U.S. televangelist Jim Bakker is indicted for fraud.

 

And births this date include...

1822 – Rutherford B. Hayes, 19th President of the United States (d. 1893)

 

1895 – Buster Keaton, American comedian (d. 1966)

1923 – Charlton Heston, American actor (d. 2008)

 

 

Later dinner was some Schwans cod bites and a cheese stuffed roll. 

Suddenly just after 5pm the rain started POURING! OMGOSH it came down hard, but only lasted about 5 minutes.... you can see it rolling off the roof...

 

 Yes, our downed tree is still there. Soon as fire season is over and chain saws can be used again, Mike will be back to cut up the rest of the tree.

 

 

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

xo Sue Mom Bobo

National Taco Day is observed annually on October 4.  Tacos are loved and eaten by millions each day in either hard or soft shell with a variety of fillings.

The history of tacos predates the arrival of Europeans in Mexico. Anthropological evidence shows the native people living in the lake region of the Valley of Mexico traditionally ate tacos filled with small fish.  At the time of the Spanish conquistadors, Bernal Diaz del Castillo documented the first taco feast enjoyed by Europeans.  This meal was arranged by Hernan Cortes for his captains in Coyoacan. It is unclear why the Spanish used the word taco to describe this native food.  One suggested origin is the word ataco, meaning stuff or to stuff.

In 1964, Roberto L. Gomez established The National Taco Council. The council sent a 55-pound taco to President Johnson in 1967.

Many restaurants offer specials for National Taco Day.

HOW TO OBSERVE

Go out for tacos or make them at home. There are many traditional varieties of tacos.  

Taco PizzaSkirt Steak Tacos with Roasted Tomato SalsaSlow Cooker Pork TacosVeggie Tacos

I don't know if they still are.... but King Taco at 3rd and Ford Streets in ELA was the BEST!!