Mild, fog, a recipe, a teat drink and Xmas lights in Sidney Austraillia

Good Morning Augusta

If you want to see how a place like Sidney Australlia handles their Christmas light displays, try looking at:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/2016/12/08/where-to-catch-sydneys-craziest-christmas-lights/

This morning we have partly cloudy skies with a high of 31ºF. Winds are out of the W at 5 to 10 mph.

Tonight we'll have partly cloudy skies with a few flurries possible.  Low will be 16ºF. Winds SW at 5 to 10 mph.

The readings from my weather instruments in the North field are:

Humidity is 96%, the dew point is 25ºF, outside it's -3.0ºC and 27.0ºF.

The wind direction is East Southeast between 0.9 MPH and  1.3 MPH, generating a wind chill of 27.0ºF.

The Barometric pressure is 29.90 / HPA 1012.5 and falling with a weather graphic indicating        snow.

The UV rating is 0.0 out of 16, Sunrise is at 7:07 a.m. Sunset is 4:00 P.M. Moon rise is at 5:11 p.m., Moon set is 7:21 p.m. and tonight we have a very bright full moon.  

The RAW METAR reading from the airport in Augusta, Maine is:

Raw METAR METAR KAUG 141253Z AUTO 18003KT 4SM BR CLR M03/M03 A2985 RMK AO2 SLP113 I100

Visibility is 4.0 miles / 6.5 Kilometers with partly cloudy skies above the fog.

We didn't receive any snow here over the past 24 hours.

Here are two more recipes, one for dinner and one a really great Holiday teat drink with no tea in it.

SQUASH MIX WITH CHICKEN

Serves 4

½ cup chopped onion

½ cup sliced celery

1 tsp reduced-calorie margarine, melted

2 ½ cups sliced yellow squash

1 cup sliced zucchini

½ cup chopped, cooked chicken

2 tbsp water

½ tsp salt

1/8 tsp red pepper

1/8 tsp pepper

Sauté onion and celery in margarine in a large skillet until tender.  Stir in squash and remaining ingredients.  Cover and bring to a boil.  Reduce heat, and simmer 8 to 10 minutes or until vegetables are tender, stirring frequently.  Transfer mixture to a serving dish, and serve hot.

Exchanges:  1 lean meat   -   1 vegetable  Calories:  65   -   Fat:  1 gm   -   Carbo:  8  gm   -   Fiber:  1 gm   -   Chol:  12 mg   -   Protein:  7 gm   -   Sodium:  113 mg

Holiday Tea drink:

·         Holiday CRANBERRY SPICED TEA

1 lb. fresh or frozen cranberries

3 quarts cold water

2 cups orange juice

2 ⅛ cups pineapple juice

¼ cup lemon juice

2 cups white sugar (or less; I use 1 ½ cups)

1 (3 inch) cinnamon stick

1 tsp whole cloves

½ tsp whole allspice berries

1.         Place cranberries and water in a large pot.  Bring to a boil and cook just until the berries pop, about 5 minutes.  Remove from the heat and let stand at room temperature until cold, several hours or overnight.

2.         Strain out the cranberries and stir the orange juice, lemon juice and sugar into the liquid.  Add the cinnamon stick, whole cloves and allspice berries.  Bring to a boil.  It is ready to serve at this point, but even better if allowed to sit overnight, refrigerated.

Note:  I usually can't find plain pineapple juice, so I use a bottled orange pineapple juice with the rest of the orange and lemon juices.  As long as the total amount of juice is the same and adjusted to taste, it has worked out nicely

BTW, this makes a lot of tea, so I'd make this when you have a large group of people coming over, or when you have to take something different to a large gathering.