Do you remember…La Avenida murals and Jack’s famous Romaine Salad Dressing?


Jack’s Romaine Salad


3-4 heads of chilled crisp Romaine 1 tbsp. salt (or to taste)


8-10 oz. Garlic Oil (Fresh, not bottled) 1 tbsp. freshly ground Black pepper 1 Egg


3 oz. freshly grated sardo Romano 1 ½ Lemons


2 handsful crisp croutons 1 tbsp. Lea & Perrins sauce


Toss from bottom


ROMAINE: Purchase pale green heads; remove outer leaves; wash thoroughly, shake out and place in refrigerator until crisp. Cut in preferred sizes and place in large bowl.


GARLIC OIL: For home use it is advisable to use pint crock. Take 8-12 chopped or bruised garlic cloves, wrapped in cheese cloth and let soak in plain salad oil (Mazzola, Wesson, Kraft). Keep at kitchen temperature, last indefinitely. Oil absorbs the garlic flavor. Use only the oil.


EGG: For this particular dressing the egg is necessary as it acts as binder and causes dressing to be evenly distributed through your salad. Lemon squeezed over removes all egg taste.


SARDO-ROMANO CHEESE: or Romanello cheeses are comparable substitutes for the original Italian Parmigiano cheese used. Buy in bulk and have grated. Being freshly grated is essential for quality taste. Use these cheeses for other purposes such as au gratins, garlic toast, spaghetti, etc.


VARIATION: The Romaine Salad can be made with the addition of 2 oz.of Olive oil. Use only Olive oil. Use only enough for taste.


GARLIC TOAST: Split fresh French roll, dab each slice on face with garlic oil, sprinkle sardo Romano or Romanello cheese, sprinkle paprika and heat in oven.


CHA or HRC (Continued from page 4)


representative from the Design Review and Planning Commission. Commissioners may also be active members of CHA. Historic resource commissioners are officers of the City and are considered a legislative body, subject to the federal, state and local legal requirements and restrictions that apply to all civic boards and commissions (such as providing yearly financial disclosure statements (Form 700), abiding by the Ralph M. Brown Act, and maintaining proper meeting and voting procedures). The Commission works closely with Associate Planner Ann McCaull to review applications from homeowners for voluntary historic designation, historic alteration permits, and Mills Act preservation agreements. Any demolition application for a home 75 years old or older must first be reviewed by HRC. Once a building is designated as a historic resource, the home receives a Coronado Historic Resource plaque to hang by the front door. Once HRC began awarding plaques, CHA ceased to do so. Are you in the mood for a little treasure hunt? Take a stroll around the village and see how many homes you can find that proudly display two plaques, one from CHA and one from HRC – the “historic elite,” you might say.


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Rachel Lieu, Archivist/Registrar


reasures come to the Coronado Historical Association Archive in all forms and conditions. While the museum would love to display the wide array of objects we receive, some of them need a bit of a face-lift before they can be placed on exhibit. In the world of museums the tasks of re-coloring, tightening and repairing an object is called conservation. The process of conservation is one of long hours and painstakingly meticulous work, best carried out by


Conservation work on CHA’s National Insignia by Lauren Cox of the Balboa Art Conservation Center


professional conservation staff like those at the Balboa Art Conservation Center. The group recently evaluated and conserved a cloth military insignia that had been rolled and kept in our archive for several years. Prior to our receiving the vintage piece of Navy memorabilia, it had been stored in a damp garage. These adverse conditions, and the object’s increasing age, had caused numerous problems which resulted in our inability to display the object in our gallery. Military insignia were first created for aircraft the U.S. government purchased from France and Great Britain at the start of World War I. All three nations had the same colors on their respective planes, red, white and blue, so the United States differentiated themselves by placing a star into the insignia’s design. Additional changes were made to the insignia after the Japanese entered World War II due to red coloring on their enemy aircraft. American pilots were trained to shoot when they saw red in the sky, and as a result all red paint was removed from American aircraft insignias.


Our example of the National Aircraft Insignia was first used in 1917 and consists of a red disk with a five- pointed white star painted on a blue background of fine linen. After being stored rolled in a tube, the brittle fabric began to crack. Some of the cracks existed only on the linen backing while other’s cleaved the painted surface dramatically away from the linen ground. One large tear had become so severe that the woven fibers of the cloth were exposed and began to unravel.


While it is distressing to see a national treasure, possibly constructed as early as 1917, in such disarray, the experts at BACC were able to repair and restore the insignia nearly to its original condition. The first step in the process was to relax the fabric by placing it in a high humidity environment. This allowed the object to flatten without the application of weight, which may have caused further cracking of the painted surface. With both the fabric and the painted layers of the insignia in a more pliable state, the surface was cleaned of grime. Cracks were repaired through a filling process called “in-painting” where small amounts of paint loss are repaired using matching pigments applied with fine brushes. The staff of the conservation center has spent approximately fifty hours working to repair the object.


Now that the insignia has been flattened and the cracks repaired, the conservator at BACC suggested adhering the object to a sturdy fabric backing and mounting it on a wooden frame. This process would ensure that the fabric and its painted surface would remain relaxed and flat. Adding a frame made of simple wooden stretcher bars will allow the Coronado Historical Association to display the object as we would a painting on the wall. When we receive the conserved insignia in early summer the museum will need to pick out a frame with UV protected, non-reflective glass. This added insurance will guarantee the life of our newest treasure for years to come.


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