| July 23 - August 22 The Fifth sign of the Zodiac - LEO - THE LION You know you are a Leo when you open your heart, your wallet and your mouthwith equal gusto. "McMinnville's UFO Festival and Alien Daze will be featured on the ABC Television show "Jimmy Kimmel Live" Cindy, David and Jeanne stayed up Tuesday night WAY beyond their usual bed time. We did not see the segment "Aunt Chippy at the UFO Festival. Did any one see it ? August 9 - Full Moon - Sturgeon Moon August 24 - September 23 Vergo - the Virgin ou would know you are a Vergo - - - - --- if you have the urge to reorganize the medicine cabinet and it is not your home! --- you are practical and very diligent and - --- you love potatoes. |
| August 2006 |
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| August is named for the Roman Statesman Gaius Octavianus Augustus. In Anglo-Saxon times August 1st was "Lammas Day" - a holiday to welcome the harvest. The Anglo-Saxtons called August - Arn-monath - Harvest month. We here in McMinnville love Harvest Month. We look forward to Thursday's Market Day in Downtown McMinnville. Many wonderful vegetables, fruits and melons, beautiful fresh tomatoes and corn - all made available at a whole block of stalls. One for the squirrel One for the crow One for the cutworm And one for the crow. - Pilgrims instructions for planting corn. An important August date - August 3, 1492 Christopher went for a sail. News about Eastern Oregon. In the Friday Oregonian there was a picture of Portland Mayor Tom Potter. He had won the watermelon-spitting contest. 29 feet, 7 inches - 'twas a Hermiston watermelon. And finally - another important August date - someone we know will soon be 81 ! |
| And now for a recipe. This summer I have noticed about six recipes for 'Clafouti". This must be good. I have never made it - or - have never tasted it. Clafouti is a traditional specialty from the Limousin district of France. A desert of the French Country side - a puffy fruit pie, a mini souffle, a rustic pancake. From James Beard's "Beard on Food" - A french dessert with the unusal name "Clafouti and Cerises," - cerises are cherries. James Beard's recipe: 1/2 C. Butter 2/3 C. Sugar 3 Whole eggs 1 C. unsifted flour 1 Tbs. graited orange rind 1 tsp. vanilla 4 C. bing or lambert cherries, tossed with 2 Tbs. sugar. Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs, one at a time. Add flour, orange rind and vanilla. Butter 9-inch cake pan or springform. (Some recipes suggest using only glass or ceramic baking dishes.) Put some of the batter in baking dish to cover bottom, add the cherries, then pour rest of batter over the cherries. Bake at 400 degreesl for 5 minutes. Reduce heat to 375 degrees. Bake until cake tests done, about 35-40 minutes. |
| August 19th A BIG Celebration ! Scott and Jennifer celebrating their 11th Wedding Anniversary. [ Frank married them on his 70th birthday ] Ken and Gail celebrating their 49th Wedding Anniversary. [ Frank also married them ! ] Frank celebrating his 81st birthday! Samantha, friend Lindsay, Lucas, David and Cindy, also joined us at 2122 Tamarack St. on a very hot Saturday afternoon. |