Weather ~ Picture of the Day ~ Bone Gap Illinois ~ Skillet Sausage 'n' Cabbage ~ National Repeal Day

 

Good 27º everything frozen morning.

 

 

Yesterday clear sky and we topped at 61º.

 

 

Picture of the Day...  ?

 

 

Interesting about a city with a strange name....

 

 

Bone Gap is a village in Edwards County, Illinois, United States. The population was 246 at the 2010 census, down from 272 at the 2000 census.

According to local historians, the Piankeshaw Indians established a village in the vicinity of modern Bone Gap prior to the arrival of permanent European settlers. This village was situated in a gap in the treeline. When the first permanent European settlers arrived in 1830, they found a large number of discarded animal bones left by the Piankeshaw inhabitants, and named the settlement "Bone Gap."

 

Surnames among early settlers included Rude, Morgan, Knowlton, Phillips, Leach, Gibson, Rice, and Gould, the latter belonging to Methodist minister Ebenezer Gould. Many of the settlers came from northeastern states, and the community that developed became known as "Yankeetown." This area, now known as "Old Bone Gap" as it was situated just east of the current village, consisted of a store, post office, doctor's office, blacksmith shop, a Baptist church, and a Methodist parsonage. The current village of Bone Gap voted 38-7 to incorporate on March 29, 1892.

 

Bone Gap is located in northeastern Edwards County at 38°26′49″N 87°59′47″W. It is 7 miles northeast of Albion, the county seat. Illinois State Route 130 passes just to the west.

According to the 2010 census, Bone Gap has a total area of 0.6 square miles, all land.

 

As of the census of 2000, there were 272 people, 99 households, and 80 families residing in the village. The population density was 450.5 people per square mile. There were 110 housing units at an average density of 182.2 per square mile. The racial makeup of the village was 99.26% White, 0.37% Native American and 0.37% Asian.

 

There were 99 households, out of which 38.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 67.7% were married couples living together, 12.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 18.2% were non-families. 18.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.75 and the average family size was 3.07.

 

 

 

From Mr. Food

What could be better on a cold winter night than a skillet supper bursting with the hearty flavors of smoked sausage and cabbage? Nothing! And few can beat the ease of our Skillet Sausage 'n' Cabbage.

 

Skillet Sausage and Cabbage

 

• 1 (14-ounce) package kielbasa sausage, cut into 1-inch pieces
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 1 onion, thinly sliced
• 1 green bell pepper, cut into thin strips
• 6 cups coarsely chopped cabbage
• 1/2 cup chicken broth
• 1/2 teaspoon caraway seeds
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon black pepper

 

1. In a large skillet that has been coated with cooking spray, saute kielbasa over medium heat 3 to 5 minutes or until browned. Remove to a plate.
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2. In the same skillet, heat oil until hot; saute onion and bell pepper 5 minutes.
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3. Add cabbage and cook 8 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add sausage, broth, and remaining ingredients.
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4. Reduce heat to medium-low and cook 5 minutes or until cabbage is tender. Serve immediately.
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Historically this date......

1848 – California Gold Rush: In a message before the U.S. Congress, US President James K. Polk confirms that large amounts of gold had been discovered in California.

1932 – German-born Swiss physicist Albert Einstein is granted an American visa.

1933 – Prohibition in the United States ends: Utah becomes the 36th U.S. state to ratify the Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution, thus establishing the required 75% of states needed to enact the amendment (this overturned the 18th Amendment which had made the manufacture, sale, or transportation of alcohol illegal in the United States).

1979 – Sonia Johnson is formally excommunicated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for her outspoken criticism of the church concerning the proposed Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

And births this date include....

1782 – Martin Van Buren, 8th President of the United States (d. 1862)

 

1839 – George Armstrong Custer, American general (d. 1876)

 

1879 – Clyde Cessna, American airplane manufacturer (d. 1954)

1901 – Walt Disney, American animated film producer (d. 1966)

1932 – Little Richard, American singer and pianist (d.2020)

 

 

 

 

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

xo Sue Mom Bobo

 

 

On December 5th, National Repeal Day commemorates the day Prohibition ended in the United States.

Prohibition grew out a practice of moderation rooted in the Protestant churches in America. By the 1830s, consumption of alcohol, especially hard spirits, was affecting the nation. Most participants were male. Those who supported who joined the Temperance movement saw alcohol as the root of all evil. The movement took hold at a time when women had few rights, and the country was debating slavery. Ethics and mores were changing. The Temperance movement shifted the view on alcohol use from moderation to eradication.

The following decades would see organizations such as the Prohibition Party, Women’s Christian Temperance Union, and Anti-Saloon League formed. By 1838, Tennessee would pass the first legislation prohibiting the sale of alcohol. Some new states would enter the union as dry states. In 1919, the 18th Amendment was ratified, banning the production, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages. However, the legislation did not prohibit the consumption of such drinks.

The Amendment went into effect in 1920, and numerous businesses closed. Beyond the loss of brewers and bars, governments lost tax revenues. Additionally, the cost of enforcing prohibition was expensive. Those determined to produce, transport, and sell alcohol created a black market that crisscrossed the nation. Their illicit methods became notorious and the stuff of legend. In 1929, the stock market crashed.During the years of Prohibition, use of the term “gangster” increased. The term “moonshine” reached its peak usage.

Prohibition’s “great experiment” was a significant failure. The term “bootlegger” would reach its peak usage as Prohibition neared the end of its lifespan. Congress proposed the 21st Amendment to the Constitution on February 20, 1933. The amendment repealed the 18th Amendment and was ratified on December 5 that year.

HOW TO OBSERVE

Learn more about the history of the 18th and 21st Amendments. Drink your favorite cocktail. Try a new cocktail.  While you do, be sure to invite friends to join you.

As always, drink responsibly. Never drink and drive.

NATIONAL REPEAL DAY HISTORY

The day Prohibition ended has been celebrated since 1933. Newspapers across the country reported repeal celebrations. Al Capone was even reported as praising the end of prohibition from his prison cell. Some areas postponed celebrations until the 6th, but distilleries geared up, ready for production.

In the last couple of generations, fascination with the Prohibition years, styles, and history has grown. Celebrating the 21st Amendment has increased.

Weather/Here and Grants Pass ~ Picture of the Day ~ Youngest To Receive College Degree ~ Chicken a la King in a Hurry ~ Linda Nantz ~ National Cookie Day

 

 

Good 27º everything is frozen morning. 

 

Yesterday we had clouds and after this the clouds got really dark... by then we had warmed to 40º. The clouds stayed all day. We topped at 54º.

 

 

In Grants Pass, via their downtown cam, they had super fog.....

 

 

 

Picture of the Day... yikes!!! 

 

 

 

Interesting about the youngest to get a college degree....

 

 

Michael Kevin Kearney (born January 18, 1984) is known for setting several world records related to graduating at a young age, as well as teaching college while still a teenager. Additionally, as a game-show contestant, he has won over one million dollars.

Michael was home schooled by his mother and father, especially his mother, a Japanese American. He was diagnosed with ADHD, but his parents declined to use the offered prescription of Ritalin. His younger sister, Maeghan, is also a child prodigy and graduated from college at age sixteen. According to psychology professor Huey H Miller III, Kearney was helped to adjust well to his surroundings by his parent's determination, and the take-on-the-world attitude they passed down to him. As of 2006, Kearney's parents live in Alaska.

 

Kearney spoke his first words at four months. At the age of six months, he said to his pediatrician, "I have a left ear infection", and he learned to read at the age of ten months. When Michael was four, he was given multiple-choice diagnostic tests for the Johns Hopkins precocious math program; without having studied specifically for the exam, Michael achieved a perfect score.

 

^{Kearney attended San Marin High School in Novato, California, for one year, graduating at the age of six in 1990. In 1994, Kearney and his parents were on The Tonight Show.}

He enrolled at Santa Rosa Junior College in Sonoma County, California, and graduated from high school at age 6, then studied at Santa Rosa Junior College, where he obtained an Associate of Science in Geology graduating at age 10. In 1993, his family moved to Alabama, Circa 1996, he was interviewed by Meredith Vieira on Turning Point (ABC News). As of 2019, Kearney remained the youngest person to have a high school diploma and undergraduate degrees.

At the age of 8 he enrolled at The University of South Alabama, where he received in 1994 a bachelor's degree in anthropology and is listed in the Guinness Book as the world's youngest university graduate at the age of ten. At the age of 14 he obtained a master's degree in chemistry at Middle Tennessee State University. At age 18 he obtained his master's degree in computer science at Vanderbilt University.

Kearney graduated from Middle Tennessee State University with a master's degree in biochemistry at the age of fourteen. His 118-page thesis was entitled "Kinetic Isotope Effects of Thymidine Phosphorylase"; the research focused on the kinetics of a glycosyltransferase involved in nucleotide synthesis. At the time, Kearney was the world's youngest postgraduate (the master's degree record was since broken in 1999 by Tathagat Avatar Tulsi).

In 1996, the family moved to Murfreesboro, Tennessee, and Kearney attended Vanderbilt University, taking classes and, by age sixteen, teaching as well (he was not yet legally able to drive). Kearney received his second master's degree, this one from Vanderbilt University, at age seventeen or eighteen, in computer science. Kearney received his doctorate in chemistry at age 22, having returned to Middle Tennessee State University as a teaching assistant (also in chemistry).

When young, Kearney attempted a career as a game-show host; he and his parents moved to Hollywood, to shoot a pilot episode, but the proposed game-show was not picked up.

In October 2006, Kearney became a finalist on the trivia-and-puzzle game Gold Rush, winning $100,000. In November 2006, in front of a national audience on Entertainment Tonight, he went on to win the grand prize of an additional $1 million.

Kearney was a contestant on Who Wants to be a Millionaire? which aired on April 25 & 28, 2008, winning twenty-five thousand dollars. He was also a contestant on Million Dollar Password which aired on June 14, 2009, but he did not pass the elimination round (losing the tiebreaker).

Awards and degrees

• High school diploma from San Marin High School, 1990 (age 6)
• Associate degree from Santa Rosa Junior College (age 8)
• Anthropology degree from University of South Alabama, 1994 (age 10)
• Guinness World Record for world's youngest college graduate (age 10)^[2]
• Master's degree in chemistry, Middle Tennessee State University (age 14)
• Master's degree in computer science, Vanderbilt University (age 18)
• Ph.D in Chemistry, Middle Tennessee University (age 22)
• Teaching Assistant

 

 

 

From Mr. Food

 

Fancy-shmancy just got easy-"pea"sy with our recipe for Chicken a la King in a Hurry! This comforting dinner recipe is said to have been created for a King, who loved it so much he put it on his hotel menu the very next day. Now your whole gang can enjoy having it on their menu!

 

• 3 tablespoons butter
• 8 ounces fresh mushrooms, sliced
• 1 (10-3/4-ounce) can cream of chicken soup
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
• 2 cups chunked cooked chicken (about 2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts)
• 1 cup frozen green peas, thawed
• 1 (2-ounce) jar diced pimientos, drained

 

 

1. In a large skillet over medium heat, melt butter; saute mushrooms 4 to 5 minutes, or until tender. Add soup, milk, salt, pepper, and chicken; mix well and cook 3 to 4 minutes, or until hot.
    
2. Stir in peas and pimientos and continue cooking 5 to 7 minutes, or until warmed through.

 

 

***Serve over warm cooked egg noodles or buttermilk biscuits.

 

 

 

Special birthday today, my BFF Linda Nantz is celebrating. Happy Birthday pal! xo

 

Linda's husband Andy and my Jerry were in the Marines together. Linda has gone with me a number of times to the LASD reunion in Laughlin. She and Andy both belong to car clubs and have several neat old cars! Linda is busy as she volunteers at the Senior Center in Woodland, CA and also drives the vets to their doctor appointments.

 

 

Historically this date......

1881 – The first edition of the Los Angeles Times is published.

1918 – U.S. President Woodrow Wilson sails for the World War I peace talks in Versailles, becoming the first US president to travel to Europe while in office.

1954 – The first Burger King is opened in Miami, Florida, United States

1991 – Pan Am goes bankrupt and ceases operations.

1991 – Journalist Terry A. Anderson is released after 7 years in captivity as a hostage in Beirut. He is the last and longest-held American hostage in Lebanon.

 

 

And births this date include....

 

1912 – Gregory "Pappy" Boyington, American pilot (d. 1988)

 

1918 – Albert Francis Capone, American crime boss son (d. 1947)

 

1934 – Wink Martindale, American game show host

 

 

 

1937 – Max Baer, Jr., American actor

 

 

 

1944 – Dennis Wilson, American musician (d. 1983)

 

 

 

 

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

xo Sue Mom Bobo

 

National Cookie Day on December 4th serves up a sweet treat. Bakers across the country warm up the ovens for holiday baking, and we enjoy giving tins of cookies to friends and family all season long. 

 

We can thank the Dutch for more than windmills and tulips. The English word “cookie” is derived from the Dutch word koekie, meaning “little cake.”

 

Hard cookie-like wafers have existed for as long as baking has been documented. Not surprisingly, they traveled well, too. However, they were usually not sweet enough to be considered cookies by modern-day standards.

The origin of the cookie appears to begin in Persia in the 7th century, soon after the use of sugar became common in the region. They then spread to Europe through the Muslim conquest of Spain. Cookies were common at all levels of society throughout Europe by the 14th century, from the royal cuisine to the street vendors. 

Cookies arrived in America in the 17th century. Macaroons and gingerbread cookies were among the popular early American cookies.

In most English-speaking countries outside of North America, the most common word for cookie is “biscuit.”  In some regions, both terms, cookies, and biscuits are used.

Cookies are classified into different categories, with the most common ones being:

Bar cookies – Drop cookies – Filled cookies
Molded cookies – No bake cookies
Pressed cookies – Refrigerator cookies
Rolled cookies – Sandwich cookies

HOW TO OBSERVE 

Pick up some cookies at your local bakery. Remember to share some of your cookies with your family and friends! A great way to get started is by making a list of your favorite cookies to bake and enjoy. Then organize your baking tools and start your assembly line.

First Place Coconut Macaroons
Gingerbread Cookies

 

NATIONAL COOKIE DAY HISTORY

In 1976, Sesame Street included National Cookie Day on its calendar for the first time on November 26th. The Cookie Monster also proclaimed his own National Cookie Day in the 1980 book The Sesame Street Dictionary.  

Then in 1987, Matt Nader of the Blue Chip Cookie Company out of San Francisco created Cookie Day, celebrating it on December 4th.