I often don't eat lunch anyway, but its Lent. . .

 

At one time, Catholics didn't eat meat on Fridays the year around.  In some places, they still do not.  I with they'd just have left it that way.

and that means, if I'm at a work function, I probably can't.

I was in depositions last Friday and the firm hosting it ordered from Jimmie John's.  I like Jimmie John's, but none of the three options fit the abstinence rule.

Today I'll be in a mediation.  Chances are overwhelming the same thing will happen.

Non Catholics don't really grasp it, particularly if you are here in the West.  A non meat lunch is just not done unless you can say you are some oddball diet, which I'm not.  So, I just won't eat.

Which is okay, as I don't eat lunch normally anyhow.  I make the fasting rule pretty much everyday.

A good thing is that McDonalds has the Filet-O-Fish sandwich, made from Alaskan pollack, which is really good. They have it all year long, but I never think of it until Lent, which might be because I don't go into McDonalds very much.  Apparently this holds true for a lot of other people as 25% of Filet-O-Fish sandwiches are sold during Lent.

Thursday, March 13, 1975. Chili's and other red things.

The first Chili's opened.

There are now 1,400 Chili's locations, including one here in town I've never been to.

Over the years, for distributist reasons, and other, I've grown less fond of chain restaurants.  Indeed, I avoid them.  When occasionally on the road, I try to find a real local establishment rather than Appleby's or what not.  But at one time I really liked Chili's.  The first one I ever went to was in downtown Denver, and it was pretty good.  The one in Cheyenne we discovered after that, and I really liked it.  Frankly, for a time, before the real revival of local eateries, they were a really good option, and there as a time when it was hard to find a local eatery that wasn't a greasy spoon bucket o lard type of place.

That's really changed.

Anyhow, while I haven't eaten at a Chili's for a long time, I like them.

The Khmer Rouge joined the growing Indochinese red tide and destroyed an ammunition dump at Phnom Penh.

We'll soon enjoy Russians in Poland, to the befuddlement of toddler King Donny, so history does indeed rhyme.  He'll avoid any serious duty this time as well.

U.S. Senator Hubert H. Humphrey agreed to pay back taxes owed to the Internal Revenue Service, after his claim of a deduction of $199,153 for the donation of records from service as Vice President of the United States, was disallowed.

Hmmm. . . . . 

By the way, King Donny's weekend flights to the Florida so he can ride in his toy car on the golf course, are costing the US taxpayer more than Trump could conceivably make up by donating his salary.  Indeed, it makes a mockery of it.

Last edition:

Wednesday, March 12, 1975. Last conscription levy.

Labels: 1970s, 1975, Conscription, Disaster, Dubai, Economics, South Vietnam, Vietnam, Vietnam War

Blog Mirror: Hundred-Year-Old Cooking Facts to Commit to Memory

 

Hundred-Year-Old Cooking Facts to Commit to Memory

Sunday, February 1, 1925. Balto, the future King Zog, wild party in Laramie.

The final leg of the serum run began with Gunnar Kaasen setting out with lead dog Balto.  The Norwegian born Kaasen is the only musher who became famous due to the event.

The story made the first page of the Tribune:

A party in Laramie had apparently gotten out of control.

Ahmed Zog became the first President of Albania. He'd later be its first king. . . sort of a cautionary tale there.

Irish President W. T. Cosgrave appealed to the United States for food aid as the country's potato crop had been severely reduced due to excess rain.

Last edition:

Saturday, January 31, 1925. Leonhard Seppala and Togo.

Labels: 1920s, 1925, 1925 Serum Run, Alaska, Animals, Art, Daily Living, Dogs, Kven people, Lapp people, tools and appliances, Transportation, Trucks

Stores limit egg purchases.

 

Yep, that's right. In central Wyoming you are limited to one carton as people are trying to stock up to avoid coming price increases.

Yessir, Trump was really successful on that price lowering thing.

In reality, it's likely bird flu.  But Trump's insane economic policies aren't helping, and he promised to lower egg prices.

Promised.

Promised.

January 19, 1825. The reason that today is Tin Can Day.

Which it is.  Tin Can Day, that is.

On this day in 1825 Ezra Daggett and Thomas Kensett received the US patent on January 19, 1825.  Never mind that British merchant Peter Durand had received the original tin can patent in 1810.

'Merca!

I'm actually quite surprised that tin cans are this old.  I guess I never thought of it, really.

Last edition:

Wednesday, January 12, 1825. A type of justice arrives for the first time.

Labels: 1820s, 1824, 1825, Crime, Fall Creek Massacre, Indiana, law

I had no idea Sanka was this old.

1925 Sanka Coffee Advertisement

As I commented, my father used to drink Sanka, and sometimes I did as well.

Frankly, it's awful.

A recent edition of one of the History channel shows on coffee in the US, I'd note, is well worth watching.  American coffee came to be very mass produced, much like beer frankly, and like beer, it's really gone through a renaissance.  It's much better now than it was, say twenty years ago.

Blog Mirror: Vietnamese Ginger-Braised Quail

Continuing on with our Vietnam theme raised yesterday, but on a more pleasant note:

Vietnamese Ginger-Braised Quail

Page Updates: The Art of Beverage, and other things, Containers

Another new page.

The Art of Beverage, and other things, Containers

This one has been in draft for years.  I just never got around to posting it, and kept adding to it.

The Agrarian's Lament: The Real Threat to Food Security

The Agrarian's Lament: The Real Threat to Food Security: 

The Real Threat to Food Security

The Real Threat to Food Security: Our lawmakers need to take farmland access seriously. The next farm bill should work more for the health of our farm system, and less for Wall Street.

Wednesday, December 10, 1924. Buffalo Meat.

"Real buffalo meat for banquet. Stephen T. Mather, Director of the National Parks entertained the newspapermen who made the tour through Yellowstone National Park with the late President Harding at a banquet in the new Willard Hotel, Dec. 10th. The above picture was made in the new Willard kitchen just before the banquet. Those in the group, left to right, are: H.M. Albright, superintendent of Yellowstone Park, Harry Frantz, Yellowstone Guide, Anthony Gracofci, Chef; Senator Stanfield [i.e. Mather] of Oregon, Former Cowboy and Director Mather [i.e. Senator Stanfield]"

The Nobel Prizes for 1924 were announced.  Recipients were honorees were Manne Siegbahn of Sweden for Physics, Willem Einthoven of the Netherlands (Medicine), and Władysław Reymont of Poland (Literature). 

The Society for Human Rights (SHR) was organized in Illinois.  It's charter provided that its mission as one "to promote and protect the interests of people who by reasons of mental and physical abnormalities are abused and hindered in the legal pursuit of happiness which is guaranteed them by the Declaration of Independence and to combat the public prejudices against them by dissemination of factors according to modern science among intellectuals of mature age."  It advocated for rights for homosexuals.  It's founders were arrested in 1925 and the organization came to an end.

Gold was discovered near the village of Boliden in Sweden.

Last Edition:

Tuesday, December 9, 1924. Wupatki National Monument.

Labels: 1920s, 1924, Arizona, Calvin Coolidge

Monday, December 4, 1944. The Dutch Famine.

"Sailors, aboard USS LST 392, discussing D-Day, when Ernie Pyle was their passenger and left his signature on their guns. Shown, left to right: SM3 Chas T. Repik, USNR; SC2c James F. Reardon, USNR; S1c Edward T. Wholley. (Bottom) BM2c Martin A. Reilly, USNR and RM2C Gint Middleton, USNR. Photograph released December 4, 1944."

The Germans cut Dutch bread rations to two pounds per week.

Martial law was declared in Greece.

" Troops of the 14th Chinese Division detruck at North Airstrip, Myyitkyina, Burma, and go into bivouac for night preparatory to boarding planes for China. 4 December, 1944."

Heilbroon was firebombed, resulting in the deaths of 7,147 people.

The Kishinami was sunk in the South China Sea by the USS Flasher.

Last edition:

Sunday, December 3, 1944. Dekemvriana (Δεκεμβριανά)

Labels: 1940s, 1944, Army, British Army, British Home Guard, Dekemvriana (Δεκεμβριανά), Germany, Greece, Greek Civil War, Red Army

Friday, November 18, 1774. Ellis and his island.

Samuel Ellis, residing at 1 Greenwich Street in Manhattan, bought Oyster Island, where he built a tavern and collected the oysters.

Today, the island is known as Ellis Island.

Last edition:

Thursday, November 17, 1774. First City Troop.

Labels: 1770s, 1774, American Revolution, cavalry, National Guard, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania National Guard, Philadelphia, The wealthy

Tuesday, October 31, 1944. Rescued.

Pvt. Fred T. Huff, 698 Pulaski St., Athens, Ga., one of the soldiers in an American infantry battalion trapped behind German lines.for six days in the Belmont sector, France, eats while waiting for transportation to the rear area for a rest. 31 October, 1944.

U.S. Infantrymen who were cut off by the Germans for six days in the Belmont sector, France, file down the road after being relieved. 31 October, 1944. 1st Battalion, 141st Infantry, 36th Infantry Division.

Bearded Lt. Martin J. Higgins, 29 Garrison Ave., Jersey City, N.J., left, receives a warm handshake from Lt. Charles O. Barry, 120 West St., Williamstown, P.A., when he rejoins his unit in the Belmont sector after being cut off by the Germans for six days. Lt. Higgins was one of the officers with a battalion cut off by the Germans. France. 31 October, 1944.  Note the M1 Carbine has a grenade launching attachment.  1st Battalion, 141st Infantry Regiment, 36th Infantry Division.

The Royal Air Force raided Gestapo headquarters at the Aarhus University in Denmark  The goal was to destroy Gestapo records to aid the Danish resistance.  The raid was conducted, as an earlier on in France had been, with Mosquitos.

The Germans evacuated Salonika.  Remaining Aegean German garrisons were trapped.

German Army Group North was trapped on the Courland Peninsula.

T/5 Miles J. Wermager, center, of Magnomen, Minn., a member of a cavalry unit near Monschau, Germany, receives his first piece of chicken since D-Day from T/4 Frank F. Leichtman, left, of Bresho, S.D. 31 October, 1944.

Complete to a flute, turban, and ersatz snake, TeC 5 Hernry Vin Roten, seated, of Brooklyn, N.Y., muses fellow GIs and pretty guests from the nearby French town of Toul at a Halloween party given by members of an air evacuation holding station. 3rd Army Air Evac. Holding Station. 31 October, 1944.

Last edition:

Monday, October 30, 1944. Pvt. Ross.

Labels: 1940s, 1944, Army, Battle of Leyte, British Army, Dancing, Finnish Army, France, Greek Civil War, Greek Partisans, Heroes, Italy, Kamikaze, Lapland War, Personalities, Polish Army, World War Two

Sunday, October 29, 1944. Shelling chocolate bars.

Knocked out Panther, October 29, 1944.  Oddly, it's labeled as to what it is.

The Red Army and the Romanian Army commenced the Budapest Offensive.

The Red Army prevailed in the Petsamo–Kirkenes Offensive.

The RAF tried for the Tirpitz again, and again without success.

Himmler ordered the gas chambers closed at Auschwitz and other death camps.  Keep in mind, most of the death camps were in the east, which the Red Army was now approaching.

The final of three acts by Pvt. Barney F. Hajiro occurred which resulted in his being awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor.

For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. Private Barney F. Hajiro distinguished himself by extraordinary heroism in action on 19, 22, and 29 October 1944, in the vicinity of Bruyeres and Biffontaine, eastern France. Private Hajiro, while acting as a sentry on top of an embankment on 19 October 1944, in the vicinity of Bruyeres, France, rendered assistance to allied troops attacking a house 200 yards away by exposing himself to enemy fire and directing fire at an enemy strong point. He assisted the unit on his right by firing his automatic rifle and killing or wounding two enemy snipers. On 22 October 1944, he and one comrade took up an outpost security position about 50 yards to the right front of their platoon, concealed themselves, and ambushed an 18-man heavily armed, enemy patrol, killing two, wounding one, and taking the remainder as prisoners. On 29 October 1944, in a wooded area in the vicinity of Biffontaine, France, Private Hajiro initiated an attack up the slope of a hill referred to as "Suicide Hill" by running forward approximately 100 yards under fire. He then advanced ahead of his comrades about 10 yards, drawing fire and spotting camouflaged machine gun nests. He fearlessly met fire with fire and single-handedly destroyed two machine gun nests and killed two enemy snipers. As a result of Private Hajiro's heroic actions, the attack was successful. Private Hajiro's extraordinary heroism and devotion to duty are in keeping with the highest traditions of military service and reflect great credit upon him, his unit, and the United States Army.

NBC broadcast a Jewish religious service from US occupied Aachen.

D-ration chocolate bars and bottles of Halazone pills are packed into 105mm howitzer shells to be fired to men in an Infantry battalion that is cut off by Germans in the Belmont sector, France. 29 October, 1944. ABL Bat., 131st Field Artillery Battalion, 36th Infantry Division.

Last edition.

Saturday, October 28, 1944. Slovaks put down, French Resistance ordered to disarm, Bulgaria quits, Day of Liberation of Ukraine from Fascist Invaders (День визволення України від фашистських загарбників).

Labels: Allied Powers, Auschwitz, Battle of Dukla Pass, Bulgaria, Charles de Gaulle, Czechoslovakia, French Resistance Movements, Red Army, Slovak National Uprising, Slovakia, The Holocaust, Ukraine, World War Two

News flash. . . you ain't living forever.

 

On Catholic Twitter there's a Catholic conservative who posted this:

Sad and illustrative that the donut, perhaps the worst food product you could possibly put in your body, is the standard Sunday morning fellowship treat.

He goes on to note how only his family brings health food to Church functions.

Oh, just stuff it.

Saturday, October 14, 1944. Rommel kills himself.

A German Mark V Panther tank has been knocked out by the U.S. Army Air Corps. It stands alone in this field near Ploy, France. 14 October, 1944.

Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, rather than face trial for his remote association with the July 20 plot, killed himself.  He was met first by representatives of the German government and his house surrounded and given the choice between suicide with a state funeral and immunity from prosecution for his family, vs a trial.  The German public was told that he died from wounds associated with an Allied strafing run on his car.

German observation posts in Aachen, Germany, are targets for these M10s and their three-inch guns of "A" Co., 634th TD Bn. 14 October, 1944.  Company A, 634th Tank Destroyer Battalion attached to 1st Infantry Division.

The Allies took Athens and the Piraeus.  British forces landed at Corfu.

German and Italian Social Republic forces took Domodossola, Italy from partisans.

Troops in Italy eating K rations, looking a lot like Bill Mauldin's Willie and Joe depictions.

Two soldiers with a tapped keg of some kind.

The Germans withdrew from Niš, Yugoslavia.

The 81st Infantry Division replaced the 1st Marine Division at Peleliu.

Formosa was hit again by Task Force 38.  Task Force 38.4 conducted air raids on Luzon.

The Canadian frigate Magog was damaged beyond repair in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence by the U-1223.

Last edition:

Friday, October 13, 1944. Black Friday for the Black Watch.

Labels: 1940s, 1944, Antwerp Belgium, Army, British Army, Canadian Army, France, Greece, Italy, Lapland War, Latvia, Netherlands, Red Army, Taiwan, U.S. Navy, World War Two

Blog Mirror: Pork Facts in 1924 Cookbook

 

Pork Facts in 1924 Cookbook

World War 2 Ice Cream of the US NAVY

Ice cream was traditionally a big deal in the U.S. Navy, in no small part as it was a Navy Prohibition era substitute for alcohol.  It became a huge cultural thing in the Navy.  US ships were equipped with ice cream makers, which a baffled Royal Navy had omitted when they ordered U.S. designs.

Anyhow, a World War Two themed item here.

Also, there's no excuse for nuts in or on ice cream.

Blog Mirror: 1924 Welch’s Grape Juice Ad

 

1924 Welch’s Grape Juice Ad