Miyagi Raw Oysters and Jumbo Shrimp Louie Salad at Woody's in the Monterey-Salinas (California) Airport by Ruth Paget

Miyagi Raw Oysters and Jumbo Shrimp Louie Salad at Woody’s in the Monterey-Salinas Airport (California) by Ruth Paget 

My husband Laurent, daughter Florence Paget, and I went to Woody’s at the Monterey-Salinas (California) Airport so Florence could order the Friday night special prime rib ($48) while Laurent and I ordered California-sourced Pacific winter meals. 

Laurent and I started with the Mayagi raw oysters that were on special while Florence ordered clam chowder (also a Pacific winter stand-by dish). Miyagi oysters originally came from Japan, but are now farmed in California by places like the Bodega Bay Oyster Company in Petaluma, California. 

The Miyagi oysters were about two-inches long and deep, making them have the same amount of meat as longer oysters with a little less water. They tasted salty and had a refreshing cucumber flavor that was enhanced by the chili sauce on the side that resembled a pico de gallo sauce made with the addition of minced cucumber. The oysters were a delicious start to our chilly night at the airport meal. 

Laurent ordered the reliably delicious fish and chips made with cod as his main dish while I ordered the jumbo shrimp Louie salad, which is probably sourced by Swank Farms in nearby San Benito County while Moss Landing up Highway toward San Francisco might have provided the pudgy jumbo shrimp. 

The shrimp Louie salad sits on a mounded bed of radicchio red leaf salad and baby romaine leaves. (This is already a great start.) Located on top of the mounded lettuce leaves are small mounds of the following items:

-large, thin slices of magenta-colored sugar beets 

-3 large, diagonal slices of cucumber 

-thick, slices of juicy red tomato 

-a generous helping of pickled, red onions 

-chunks of greenish-yellow fresh avocado 

-1 whole, sliced organic egg 

-6 pudgy, boiled jumbo shrimp with the tail shell left on for flavor while boiling, which you remove before eating. 

I love everything in this salad, which I coated with the Louie dressing. Woody’s dressings and sauces are made in-house, so the contents of the dressing are secret. 

However, I looked up Louie dressing in AI mode on Google and read that Louie dressing usually has a mayonnaise and chili base with the addition of lemon juice, horseradish, Worcestershire sauce, and minced capers. The piquant dressing at Woody’s certainly tasted like this, which I liked very much.

My meal made me feel in robust health due to the fresh, organic ingredients, especially the magnesium in the oysters and shrimp. Magnesium supports muscle, nerve, and heart health, so if you have no dietary or religious restrictions about eating shellfish, this meal is pretty healthy. 

Woody’s at the Monterey-Salinas Airport has something for everyone it seems, especially for diners who would like to try a Monterey shellfish winter meal at a moderate price. 

By Ruth Paget, author Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France and developer of the Novgorod and Bento War Games

Salinas, California Author Sarah Fajardo Wins Award reposted by Ruth Paget

The California’s article about Salinas, California educated author Sarah Fsjardo winning the Robert F. Robert Informational Book Award is very interesting!

I have reposted a link to the article below:

https://www.thecalifornian.com/story/news/local/2026/02/20/award-winning-author-credits-salinas-school-for-sparking-writing-dream/88611352007/

A book to read before your next trip to the supermarket or farmers’ market.

Reposted by Ruth Paget, author Eating Soup with chopsticks and Marrying France and developer of the Novgorod and Bento War Games

Horton Ancestors of Ruth and Florence Paget by Ruth Paget

Horton Ancestors of Ruth and Florence Paget by Ruth Paget 

Ruth and Florence Paget are related to the Horton family through their ancestor George Robert Carpenter. 

G1 refers to Generation 1 and so on. 

Mother Lines 

G1 – Florence Paget 

G2 – Ruth Pennington (Married Name: Paget) 

G3 – Beatrice May Sawle (Married Name: Pennington)

G4 – Daisy May Bardsley (Married Name: Sawle) 

-daughter of Edward Charles Bardsley and Etta Pearl Carpenter 

G5 – Etta Pearl Carpenter 

-daughter of George Robert Carpenter and Phoebe Ann Throop 

G6 – George Robert Carpenter 

-son of Benjamin Carpenter and Elizabeth Eaker 

G7 – Benjamin Carpenter 

-son of Barnard Carpenter and Phoebe Avery

G8 – Barnard Carpenter 

-son of John Charles Carpenter and Ruth Horton 

G9 – Ruth Horton 

-daughter of David Horton, Sr. and Judith Chase 

Born: November 11, 1734 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Plymouth Colony, British Colonial America 

Died: October 4, 1777 in Great Nine Partners, Dutchess, New York 

G10 – David Horton, Sr. 

-son of Thomas Horton, III and Hannah Garnsey 

Born: October 8, 1701 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Plymouth Colony, British Colonial America 

Died: September 1770 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Plymouth Colony, British Colonial America 

G11 – Thomas Horton, III 

-son of Thomas Horton, Jr and Sarah Harmon 

Born: October 3, 1677 in Milton, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America 

Died: March 1746 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Plymouth Colony, British Colonial America 

G12 – Thomas Horton, Jr 

-son of Thomas Horton, Sr and Mary Eddy 

Born: 1638 in England 

Died: March 8, 1716 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Plymouth Colony, British Colonial America 

G13 – Thomas Horton -son of Joseph Horton and Mary (last name unknown at this time) 

Born: 1602 in Mowsley, Leicestershire, England 

Died: December 24, 1640 in Springfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America 

G14 – Joseph Horton 

-son of William Horton and Elizabeth Hansen 

Born: 1578 in Mowsley, Leicestershire, England 

Died: 1640 in Springfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America

Imigrant to Springfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America 

Occupation listed as baker. 

G15 – William Horton 

-parents unknown at this time 

Born: 1550 in Mowsley, Leicestershire, England 

Married: Elizabeth Hansen in 1575

By Ruth Paget, author Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France and developer of the Novgorod and Bento War Games

German-style Kölsch Beer and a Loaded BLT at Alvarado Street Brewery Taproom in Salinas, California by Ruth Paget

German-style Kölsch Beer and a Loaded BLT at Alvarado Street Brewery Taproom in Salinas, California by Ruth Paget 

Chilly, rainy weather in February 2026 set the scene fro my family’s outing to the Alvarado Street Brewery Taproom in Salinas, California where I was able to relive happy memories from the time I lived in Stuttgart, Germany with my husband Laurent. 

The Alvarado Street Brewery Taprooms offers American, English, and German beers on its extensive beer menu. Laurent and our daughter Florence Paget ordered German pilsners while I opted for the non-alcoholic kölsch beer. Our dinner outing was quickly becoming a brewpub evening. 

Pilsner lagers originally come from Pilsen, Czech Republic, but the Germans have adopted the style as well. Lagers are cold fermented beers. 

Kölsch beer from Cologne, Germany is a hybrid beer. It starts out as a warm fermented yeast, but is aged like a cold-fermented lager. The end result is a beer with fruity flavor, which I like very much. Alvarado Street Brewery serves this beer in the tall, thin glass called a stange like the ones in Cologne as well. 

Kölsch beer has been brewed since 874 AD in Cologne, a northern German city on the Rhine River, according to the Oxford Companion to Beer edited by Garrett Oliver. It is only brewed in the Cologne area and has a legally protected status, which I refer to the kölsch beer at Alvarado Street Brewery Taproom as German style kölsch. 

It is easy to have a German brew pub experience at Alvarado Street Brewery thanks to its updated classic bar menu that reflects how brewing and baking are intertwined industries with a history that includes Germany but stretches back to ancient Sumeria and Egypt. 

You can even see beer and bread making and wine cultivation on the Mastaba Tomb of Perneb (ca. 2881 – 2323 Bc) a 4,500 year old structure at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. Brewing and baking use both yeast and grain (usually barley and sometimes wheat in Germany). 

Women originally took care of both duties. Later, men took over these roles in breweries and monasteries. Bread products can be made from the spent grain used to brew beer. 

All of the main menu items at Alvarado Street Brewery Taproom can use spent grain in some form with the following items: 

-pretzels served with warm beer cheese 

-hamburgers – the buns on the burger can be made with spent grain for this sandwich that originally hails from Hamburg, Germany 

-BLT sandwich (Bacon, Lettuce, and Tomato Sandwich) and spicy chicken sandwich – the bread for these sandwiches can be made with spent grain 

-arugula salad – the lettuce is obviously produce, but you can make croutons with bread made with spent grain 

-pizza – Alvarado Street Brewery Taprooms serves Italian pizzas, but there is a Franco-German pizza from Strasbourg, France called flammekueche (flammeküchen) made with chopped slab bacon, thinly sliced onions, and a sour cream-like sauce that can be made with dough using spent grain as well.   You can buy flammekueche pizza frozen in Germany and France.

Spent grain tastes similar to regular grain but develops a darker color when baked and adds a huge cost savings for brew pubs. These savings allow brew pubs to spend money on fine, white cake flour for tarts like the Bartlett Pear Tart at Alvarado Street Brewery Taproom. 

With this historical background in mind, my family thoroughly enjoyed our orders of a smashburger for Laurent, a BLT sandwich with mozzarella cheese and pesto aioli garlic mayonnaise, and a spicy chicken sandwich for Florence seasoned with Hungarian paprika and cayenne. My BLT had added mozzarella cheese for a calcium and protein boost. 

Pub food made with fresh, organic ingredients is hard to beat. It also arrives quickly, and hot at Alvarado Street Brewery Taproom in Salinas, California, which makes a visit there relaxing and pleasant. 

The Alvarado Street Brewery is located at the intersection of Alvarado and Main Streets in Salinas with parking behind the taproom, down Main Street by the Steinbeck Center, and some street parking in legally marked spots. 

Note: For readers interested in Cologne, Germany, I haves listed a link below to my blog about visiting this city and its cathedral, which is a major German pilgrimage site: 

Cologne, Germany - Holy City on the Rhine

By Ruth Paget, author Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France and developer of the Novgorod and Bento War Games

Avery Ancestors of Ruth and Florence Paget by Ruth Paget

Avery Ancestors of Ruth and Florence Paget by Ruth Paget 

Ruth and Florence Paget are related to the Avery family through their ancestor George Robert Carpenter. 

G1 refers to Generation 1 and so on. 

Mother Lines 

G1 – Florence Paget 

G2 – Ruth Pennington (Married Name: Paget) 

G3 – Beatrice May Sawle (Married Name: Pennington) 

G4 – Daisy May Bardsley (Married Name: Sawle) 

-daughter of Edward Charles Bardsley and Etta Pearl Carpenter 

G5 – Etta Pearl Carpenter 

 -daughter of George Robert Carpenter and Phoebe Throop 

G6 – George Robert Carpenter 

-son of Benjamin Carpenter and Elizabeth Eaker 

G7 – Benjamin Carpenter 

-son of Barnard Carpenter and Phoebe Avery 

G8 – Phoebe (Phebe) Avery

 -parents unknown at this time 

Born: November 29, 1770 in Dutchess, New York, US 

 Died: 1802 in US Married: March 6, 1788 in Saratoga, US to Barnard Carpenter 

(Ruth Paget Note: Saratoga probably refers to Saratoga Springs, New York) 

By Ruth Paget, author Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France and developer of the Novgorod and Bento War Games

Eaker Ancestors of Ruth and Florence Paget by Ruth Paget

Eaker (Variant Spellings – Ecker, Acker) Ancestors of Ruth and Florence Paget by Ruth Paget 

Ruth and Florence Paget are related to the Eaker family through their ancestor George Robert Carpenter. 

G1 refers to Generation 1 and so on. 

Mother Lines 

G1 – Florence Paget 

G2 – Ruth Paget (Married Name: Paget) 

G3 – Beatrice May Sawle (Married Name: Pennington) 

G4 – Daisy May Bardsley (Married Name: Sawle) 

-daughter of Edward Charles Bardsley and Etta Pearl Carpenter 

G5 – Etta Pearl Carpenter

-daughter of George Robert Carpenter and Phoebe Ann Throop

G6 – George Robert Carpenter 

-son of Benjamin Carpenter and Elizabeth (Elisabeth) Eaker 

G7 – Elizabeth (Elisabeth) Eaker 

-daughter of Ludawick Ecker and Elisabeth Bellinger 

Born: June 16, 1813 in Oppenheim, Montgomery, New York, US 

Died: September 10, 1902 in Black Earth, Dane, Wisconsin and is buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Black Earth, Dane, Wisconsin 

G8 – Ludawick Ecker 

-son of William Ecker and Esther Schneider 

Born: About 1783 in Saint Johnsville, New York 

Died: Death date unknown at this time 

Married: Elisabeth Bellinger on February 24, 1811 in Fort Plain, Minden, Montgomery, New York 

Lived in Boonville, Boonville, Oneida, New York in 1850. 

G9 – William (Wilhelm) Ecker

By Ruth Paget, author Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France and developer of the Novgorod and Bento War Games

Crepes for Fat Tuesday by Ruth Paget

Crepes for Fat Tuesday by Ruth Paget

Tomorrow is Mardi Gras, Fat Tuesday, 47 days before Easter.  Lent, the period of fasting, begins on Wednesday, the day after Mardi Gras..

Our family celebrates this holiday with crepes made with extra organic eggs, Guerande flour de sel salt, and cold press extra virgin olive oil.

I have included links for our family’s California Crepe Recipe and the crepe making technique my husband Laurent uses to make crepes in an online exhibit devoted tobChandeleur;

California Crepes Recipe

Crepe Making Technique Online Exhibit

Bonne Fete!

By Ruth Paget, author Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France and developer of the Novgorod and Bento War Games

Calamari and Smoked Salmon and Creme Fraiche Eggs Benedict at Woody's in Monterey, California by Ruth Paget

Deep-Fried Calamari and California Smoked Salmon with Crème Fraîche Eggs Benedict at Woody’s Bar and Restaurant at the Monterey-Salinas Airport in Monterey, California by Ruth Paget 

My family went out for Valentines’ Day brunch at Woody’s Bar and Restaurant at the Monterey-Salinas Airport in Monterey, California for a locals brunch. 

We sat in the “locals” upstairs dining room. It is quieter and has a view of the control tower and tarmac. I always feel the adventure of traveling when I go to Woody’s, especially when we found out from our server that Woody’s was voted Number 1 Best Airport Restaurant in the United States. 

Our server further related that all chefs are “trying to be Gordon Ramsey” in the kitchen. Tim Wood, the owner of Woody’s, is also opening a restaurant at the Watsonville Regional Airport, making him an entrepreneur who is creating jobs and opportunities for his sous chefs and servers to move up and around the region. 

Tim Wood has been able to expand to Watsonville and his location in Carmel Valley without losing attention to detail by entire staff. We ate a superb winter brunch and had fun watching the goings on at the airport and discussing potential places to visit in the upcoming year as we ate – very appropriate airport chatter. My daughter Florence Paget mentioned, for example, that United now has a Monterey – Chicago flight. 

I ate my usual order of deep-fried calamari as an appetizer. Woody’s uses beer batter coated squid dunked in what seems to be thick Panko breadcrumbs to deep-fry the squid. I like ordering the calamari for the excellent dipping sauces that come with it. 

The cocktail sauce has puréed, fresh, Vitamin C rich horseradish in it for a kicky, pungent start to my shellfish and California smoked salmon lunch. The tartar sauce is equally pungent with sour, tart minced homemade pickles mixed in it. The combination of these sauces with savory, deep-fried squid easily justifies the $19 price for this Monterey Bay treat. 

As my main dish, I ordered California smoked salmon with crème fraîche eggs benedict. Substituting smoked salmon for Canadian ham in this dish makes it called eggs benedict royale I have seen on menus and in online descriptiions. I think the addition of butter fat rich crème fraîche makes this eggs benedict imperial, worthy of shoring up your resources to deal with cold winter weather. 

The English muffin halves had been grilled to soak up the lemony Hollandaise sauce. The California smoked salmon was lightly smoked for preservation, which let the flavor of salmon remain. Crème fraîche was placed on top of it along with sour, Vitamin C rich capers. A pearly, white poached egg was placed on top of the salmon with a generous helping of lemony, Hollandaise sauce poured over it. I love the combination of all these flavors including the piquant capers.

I used the pan-fried potato wedges fried along with red onions and Vitamin C rich red and green bell peppers to soak up the extra Hollandaise. I also ate the garnish of a folded leaf of romaine lettuce with a large slice of a juicy beefeater tomato. The vegetables were organic and full-flavored. They were perfect sides for the smoked salmon and crème fraîche eggs benedict. 

This hearty brunch is perfect for what can be chilly and rainy weather in the northern part of California’s Central Coast where Monterey is located. I consider this weather to be perfect for eating iodine-rich fish and shellfish meals like the calamari and smoked salmon one I ate for brunch. 

As a local I am happy have Woody’s at the Monterey – Salinas Airport as a dining option and am very happy that visitors to our region of California can start or end their vacations here with great meals. 

Note:  I would buy Woody’s cocktail sauce, if it were bottled.  

By Ruth Paget, author Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France and developer of the Novgorod and Bento War Games

Throp Ancestor (Mrs. Thomas Throp - 1492 to Deceased) of Ruth and Florence Paget by Ruth Paget

Throp Ancestors of Mrs Thomas Throp (1492 to deceased) (Separate Family from Similarly Named Village) of Ruth and Florence Paget by Ruth Paget 

Ruth and Florence Paget are related to Mrs. Thomas Throp (1492 – deceased) through their ancestor Phoebe Ann Throop (Possible marriage of distant cousins) 

G1 refers to Generation 1 and so on. 

Mother Lines 

G1 – Florence Paget 

G2 – Ruth Pennington (Married Name: Paget) 

G3 – Beatrice May Sawle (Married Name: Pennington) 

G4 – Daisy May Bardsley (Married Name: Sawle) 

G5 – Etta Pearl Carpenter (Married Name: Bardsley) 

G6 – Phoebe Ann Throop (Married Name: Carpenter) 

-daughter of Joseph Allen Throop and Elizabeth Brundage

G7 – Joseph Allen Throop 

-son of Calvin Throop and Anna Ripley 

G8 – Calvin Throop 

-son of Benjamin Throop and Mary Burgess 

G9 – Benjamin Throop 

-son of Joseph Throope and Deborah Buell 

G10 – Joseph Throope 

-son of Daniel Throope and Deborah Church 

G11 – Daniel Throope 

-son of William Throope and Mary Chapman 

G12 – William Throope 

-son of William Throope, Sr and Izabell (Isabell) Redshaw 

G13 – William Throope, Sr 

-son of Thomas Throope and Elizabeth Smyth 

G14 – Thomas Throope 

-son of William Throope and Jenett Fynningley 

G15 – William Throope 

-son of Thomas Throope and Mrs. Thomas Throope 

G16 – Thomas Throope 

-son of Thomas Throope and Mrs. Thomas Throp 

G17 - Mrs. Thomas Throp

-parents unknown at this time 

Born: 1492 in Scroby, Nottinghamshire, England, UK 

Died: Deceased 

Married: Thomas Throope in 1514 in Lound, Nottinghamshire, England, UK 

Note from sources listed: Throp is Middle English for village. Variants Thropp, Thrupe, Throop, and Throope reflect different county locations. 

By Ruth Paget, author Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France and developer of the Novgorod and Bento War Games

Throope Ancestors (Mrs Thomas Throope -1517 to 1614) of Ruth and Florence Paget by Ruth Paget

Throope Ancestors (Separate Family from Similarly Names Villages) of Ruth and Florence Paget by Ruth Paget 

Ruth and Florence Paget have as an ancestor Mrs. Thomas Throope (1517 – 1614) through their ancestor Phoebe Ann Throop. (Possible marriage of distant cousins.) 

G1 refers to Generation 1 and so on. 

Mother Lines 

G1 – Florence Paget 

G2 – Ruth Pennington (Married Name: Paget) 

G3 – Beatrice May Sawle (Married Name: Pennington)

G4 – Daisy May Bardsley (Married Name: Sawle) 

G5 – Etta Pearl Carpenter (Married Name: Bardsley) 

G6 – Phoebe Ann Throop (Married Name: Carpenter)

-daughter of Joseph Allen Throop and Elizabeth Brundage 

G7 – Joseph Allen Throop 

-son of Calvin Throop and Anna Ripley 

G8 – Calvin Throop 

-son of Benjamin Throop and Mary Burgess 

G9 – Benjamin Throop 

-son Joseph Throope and Deborah Buell

G10 – Joseph Throope 

-son of Daniel Throope and Deborah Church

G11 – Daniel Throope 

-son of William Throope and Mary Chapman 

G12 – William Throope 

-son of William Throope, Sr and Izabell (Isabell) Redshaw 

G13 – William Throope, Sr 

-son of Thomas Throope and Elizabeth Smyth 

G14 – Thomas Throope 

-son of William Throope and Jenett Fynningley 

G15 – William Throope 

 -son of Thomas Throope and Mrs. Thomas Throope 

G16 – Mrs. Thomas Throope 

-Parents unknown at this time 

Born: 1517 in Lound, Nottinghamshire, England, UK 

Died: August 1614 at age 98 and buried in England, UK 

Married: About 1537 in Sutton cum Lound, Nottinghamshire, England, UK 

Sources listed: Throppe, England, Lancashire, Non-Conformist Church Record 

(Ruth Paget Note: If she converted, we may be able to find her first and last name in Anglican Church records) 

By Ruth Paget, author Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France and developer of the Novgorod and Bento War Games

Fynningley Ancestors of Ruth and Florence Paget by Ruth Paget

Fynningley Ancestors of Ruth and Florence Paget by Ruth Paget 

Ruth and Florence Paget are related to the Fynningley family through their ancestor Phoebe Ann Throop. 

G1 refers to Generation 1 and so on. 

Mother Lines 

G1 – Florence Paget 

G2 – Ruth Pennington (Married Name: Paget) 

G3 – Beatrice May Sawle (Married Name: Pennington) 

G4 – Daisy May Bardsley (Married Name: Sawle) 

G5 – Etta Pearl Carpenter (Married Name: Bardsley) 

G6 – Phoebe Ann Throop 

-daughter of Joseph Allen Throop and Elizabeth Brundage 

G7 – Joseph Allen Throop 

-son of Calvin Throop and Anna Ripley 

G8 – Calvin Throop 

-son of Benjamin Throop and Mary Burgess 

G9 – Benjamin Throop 

-son of Joseph Throope and Deborah Buell 

G10 – Joseph Throope 

-son of Daniel Throope and Deborah Church 

G11 – Daniel Throope 

-son of William Throope and Mary Chapman 

G12 – William Throope 

-son of William Throope, Sr and Isabell (Izabell) Redshaw 

G13 – William Throope, Sr 

-son of Thomas Throope and Elizabeth Smyth 

G14 – Thomas Throope 

 -son of William Throope and Jenett Fynningley 

G15 – Jenett Fynningley

-parents unknown at this time 

Born: about 1544 in Walkerington, England 

Died: Unknown at this time 

By Ruth Paget, author Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France and developer of the Novgorod and Bento War Games

Smyth Ancestors of Ruth and Florence Paget by Ruth Paget

Smyth Ancestors of Ruth and Florence Paget by Ruth Paget 

Ruth and Florence Paget are related to the Smyth family through their ancestor Phoebe Ann Throop. 

G1 refers to Generation 1 and so on 

Mother Lines 

G1 – Florence Paget

G2 – Ruth Pennington (Married Name: Paget) 

G3 – Beatrice May Sawle (Married Name: Pennington) 

G4 – Daisy May Bardsley (Married Name: Sawle) 

G5 – Etta Pearl Carpenter (Married Name: Bardsley) 

G6 – Phoebe Ann Throop (Married Name: Carpenter) 

-daughter of Joseph Allen Throop and Elizabeth Brundage 

G7 – Joseph Allen Throop 

-son of Calvin Throop and Anna Ripley 

G8 – Calvin Throop 

-son of Benjamin Throop and Mary Burgess 

G9 – Benjamin Throop 

-son of Joseph Throope and Deborah Buell 

G10 – Joseph Throope 

-son of Daniel Throope and Deborah Church 

G11 – Daniel Throope 

-son of William Throope and Mary Chapman 

G12 – William Throope 

-son of William Throope Sr and Isabell Redshaw 

G13 – William Throope Sr 

 -son of Thomas Thrope and Elizabeth Smyth 

G14 – Elizabeth Smyth 

-daughter of John Smith and Alice Smyth (uncertain data at this time) 

Born: About 1585 in Nottinghamshire, England 

G15 – John Smith 

-parents unknown at this time 

Born: 1540 

Died: 1589 in Sturton le Steeple, Nottinghamshire, England 

Note: Son John Smyth matriculated Christ’s College, Cambridge, under age in 1589 (date of father’s will) (From Alumni Cambridgeshire, vol 4 p 100) 

Will written, with son John as a minor in 1589. 

By Ruth Paget, author Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France and developer of the Novgorod and Bento War Games

Redshaw Family Ancestors of Ruth and Florence Paget by Ruth Paget

Redshaw Family Ancestors of Ruth and Florence Paget by Ruth Paget 

Ruth and Florence Paget are related to the Redshaw family through their ancestor Phoebe Ann Throop. 

G1 refers to Generation 1 and so on. 

Mother Lines 

G1 – Florence Paget 

G2 – Ruth Pennington (Married Name: Paget) 

G3 – Beatrice May Sawle (Married Name: Pennington) 

G4 – Daisy May Bardsley (Married Name: Sawle) 

G5 – Etta Pearl Carpenter (Married Name: Bardsley) 

G6 – Phoebe Ann Throop (Married Name: Carpenter) 

-daughter of Joseph Allen Throop and Elizabeth Brundage 

G7 – Joseph Allen Throop 

 -son of Calvin Throop and Anna Ripley 

G8 – Calvin Throop 

-son of Benjamin Throop and Mary Burgess 

G9 – Benjamin Throop 

-son of Joseph and Deborah Buell 

G10 – Joseph Throope 

-son of Daniel Throope and Deborah Church 

G11 – Daniel Throope 

-son of William Throope and Mary Chapman 

G12 – William Throope 

-son of William Throope Sr and Isabell (Izabell) Redshaw 

G13 – Isabell (Izabell) Redshaw 

-daughter of William Redshaw and unknown mother at this time 

Born: about 1617 in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England 

Died: June 22, 1658 in Lound, Nottinghamshire, England 

G14 – William Redshaw 

-parents unknown at this time 

Born: about 1600 in Nottinghamshire, England 

Died: October 17, 1643 in Sutton cum Lound, Nottinghamshire, England 

By Ruth Paget, author Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France and developer of the Novgorod and Bento War Games

Chapman Ancestors of Ruth and Florence Paget by Ruth Paget

Chapman Family Ancestors of Ruth and Florence Paget by Ruth Paget 

Ruth and Florence Paget are related to the Chapman family through their ancestor Phoebe Ann Throop. 

G1 refers to Generation 1 and so on. 

Mother Lines 

G1 – Florence Paget 

G2 – Ruth Pennington (Married Name: Paget) 

G3 – Beatrice May Sawle (Married Name: Pennington) 

G4 – Daisy May Bardsley (Married Name: Sawle) 

G5 – Etta Pearl Carpenter (Married Name: Bardsley) 

G6 – Phoebe Ann Throop (Married Name: Carpenter) 

-daughter of Joseph Allen Throop and Elizabeth Brundage 

G7 – Joseph Allen Throop 

-son of Calvin Throop and Anna Ripley 

G8 – Calvin Throop 

-son of Benjamin Throop and May Burgess 

G9 – Benjamin Throop 

-son of Joseph Throope and Deborah Buell 

G10 – Joseph Buell 

-son of Daniel Throope and Deborah Church 

G11 – Daniel Throope 

-son of William Throope and Mary Chapman 

G12 – Mary Chapman 

-daughter of Ralph Chapman and Lydia Wells 

Born: October 1643 in Marshfield, Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts 

Died: June 6, 1732 in Bristol, Bristol County, Rhode Island 

Note: Mary Chapman is the daughter of Ralph Chapman who arrived in the America Colonies in 1635 on board the “Elizabeth” the next ship to come after the Mayflower. 

G13 – Ralph Chapman 

-son of John Chapman and Grace Bishop 

Born: December 9, 1515 in Southwark (within present London), Surrey, England 

Died: June 4, 1672 in Marshfield (Present Plymouth Colony), Plymouth, present Massachusetts  

-Immigrant to the US onboard the Elizabeth, the ship to arrive after the Mayflower in Plymouth in 1635. 

G14 – John Chapman 

-son of William Chapman (1565 – 1620) and Elizabeth Garrett (1570 – deceased) 

Christening: February 1, 1587 in St. Michael-at-Pleas Church, Norwich, Norfolk, England 

Died: 1641 in Norwich, Norfolk, England Spouse Note: Grace Bishop (Will do a separate file) 

Married in 1608 in Leicestershire, England 

G15 – William Chapman 

 -parents unknown at this time 

Born: 1565 in Finedon, Northhamptonshire, England 

Died: St. Bride’s Parish, London, England 

Spouse Note: Elizabeth Garrett (1570 – Deceased) 

By Ruth Paget, author Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France and developer of the Novgorod and Bento War Games

Church Family Ancestors of Ruth and Florence Paget by Ruth Paget

Church Family Ancestors of Ruth and Florence Paget by Ruth Paget 

Ruth and Florence Paget are related to the Church family through their ancestor Phoebe Ann Throop. 

G1 refers to Generation 1 and so on. 

G1 – Florence Paget 

G2 – Ruth Pennington (Married Name: Paget) 

G3 – Beatrice May Sawle (Married Name: Pennington) 

G4 – Daisy May Bardsley (Married Name: Sawle)

G5 – Etta Pearl Carpenter (Married Name: Bardsley) 

G6 – Phoebe Ann Throop (Married Name: Carpenter) 

-daughter of Joseph Allen Throop and Elizabeth Brundage

G7 – Joseph Allen Throope 

-son of Calvin Throop and Anna Ripley 

G8 – Calvin Throop 

-son of Benjamin Throop and Mary Burgess 

G9 –Benjamin Throop 

-son of Joseph Throop and Deborah Buell 

G10 – Joseph Throop 

-son of Captain Daniel Throope and Deborah Church 

G11 – Deborah Church 

-daughter of Joseph Church Sr and Mary Tucker 

Born: March 13, 1676 in Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America 

Died: June 8, 1752 in Compton, Colony of Rhode Island, British Colonial America – buried in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, British Colonial America 

G12 – Joseph Church Sr 

-son of Richard Church and Elizabeth Warren 

Born: March 9, 1638 in Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America 

Died: March 5, 1711 in Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, British Colonial America – buried in Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America  

G13 – Richard Church 

-son of Richard Church Sr and Alice Vassall 

Born: February 6, 1608 in London, England 

Died: December 27, 1668 in Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America – buried in Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America 

G14 – Richard Church Sr 

-son of John Samuel Church, II and Joane Titerele 

Born: May 9, 1570 in Camps, South Cambridgeshire, Cambridgeshire, England 

Died: 1623 in Barnstable, Massachusetts, British Colonial America -Immigrant to the US 

G15 – John Samuel Church, II  

-son of Lord Knight John Church, of Runwell Hall and Catherine Swann  

Born: 1548 in Essex, England 

Died: November 4, 1593 in Little Sampford, Saffron Walden, Essex, England 

G16 – Lord Knight John Church, of Runwell Hall 

Born: 1519, Runwell, Chelmsford Borough, Essex, England 

Died: April 20, 1577 in Runwell, Chelmsford, Essex, England 

Spouse Note: Catherine Swann (Will do separate file as well) 

Born: 1526, Sanford, Essex, England 

Died: 1582, Sanford, Essex, England 

Marriage: 1547, Essex, England 

By Ruth Paget, author Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France and developer of the Novgorod and Bento War Games

Buell Family Ancestors of Ruth and Florence Paget by Ruth Paget

Buell (also written as Bewelle and Buel) Family Ancestors of Ruth and Florence Paget by Ruth Paget

Ruth and Florence Paget are related to the Buell family through their ancestor Phoebe Ann Throop. 

G1 refers to Generation 1 and so on. 

Mother Lines 

G1 – Florence Paget 

G2 – Ruth Pennington (Married Name: Paget) 

G3 – Beatrice May Sawle (Married Name: Pennington) 

G4 – Daisy May Bardsley (Married Name: Sawle) 

G5 – Etta Pearl Carpenter (Married Name: Bardsley) 

G6 – Phoebe Ann Throop (Married Named: Carpenter) 

 -daughter of Joseph Allen Throop and Elizabeth Brundage 

G7 – Joseph Allen Throop 

 -son of Calvin Throop and Anna Ripley 

G8 – Calvin Throop 

-son of Benjamin Throop and Mary Burgess 

G9 – Benjamin Throop 

-son of Joseph Throop and Deborah Buell 

G10 – Deborah Buell 

-daughter of William Buell and Elizabeth Collier (1675 – 1729) 

Born: July 23, 1718 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut 

Died: February 14, 1811 in Kent, Litchfield, Connecticut 

G11 – William Buell 

-son of Samuel Buel Sr and Deborah Griswold 

Born: October 18, 1676 in Killingworth, Connecticut 

Died: April 7, 1763 in Lebanon, Connecticut Colony

G12 – Samuel Buel Sr 

-son of William Buel and Mary (unknown last name) 

Born: September 2, 1641 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut 

Died: July 11, 1720 in Clinton, Middlesex, Connecticut 

G13 – William Buel 

-parents unknown at this time 

Born: Circa 1610 in England  

Died: November 18, 1681 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut Colony 

Married in Connecticut Colony on November 18, 1640 to Mary (last name unknown) 

By Ruth Paget, author Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France and developer of the Novgorod and Bento War Games

Burgess Family Ancestors of Ruth and Florence Paget

Burgess Family Ancestors of Ruth and Florence Paget by Ruth Paget 

Ruth and Florence Paget are related to the Burgess family through their ancestor Phoebe Ann Throop. 

G1 refers to Generation 1 and so on. 

Mother Lines 

G1 – Florence Paget 

G2 – Ruth Pennington (Married Name: Paget) 

G3 – Beatrice May Sawle (Married Name: Pennington) 

G4 – Daisy May Bardsley (Married Name: Sawle) 

G5 – Etta Pearl Carpenter (Married Name: Bardsley) 

G6 – Phoebe Ann Throop (Married Name: Carpenter) 

G7 – Joseph Allen Throop - son of Calvin Throop and Anna Ripley 

G8 – Calvin Throop - son of Benjamin Throop and Mary Burgess 

G9 – Mary Burgess 

- daughter of James Burgess (1716 – 1789) 

Born: 1756 in Hartford County, Connecticut, US 

Died: May 26, 1818 in Litchfield, Litchfield County, Connecticut, US 

G10 – James Burgess 

- parents unknown at this time 

Born: February 9, 1716 in Branford, New Haven County, Connecticut 

Died: February 9, 1789 in Washington, Litchfield County, Connecticut – Buried in Old Judea Cemetery, Washington, Litchfield County, Connecticut 

By Ruth Paget, author Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France and developer of the Novgorod and Bento War Games

Ripley Family Ancestors of Ruth and Florence Paget by Ruth Paget

Ripley Family Ancestors of Ruth and Florence Paget by Ruth Paget 

Ruth and Florence Paget are related to the Ripley family through their ancestor Phoebe Ann Throop. 

G1 refers to Generation 1 and so on. 

Mother Lines 

G1 – Florence Paget 

G2 – Ruth Pennington (Married Name: Paget) 

G3 – Beatrice May Sawle (Married Name: Pennington) 

G4 – Daisy May Bardsley (Married Name: Sawle) 

G5 – Etta Pearl Carpenter (Married Name: Bardsley) 

G6 – Phoebe Ann Throop (Married Name: Carpenter) 

G7 – Joseph Allen Throop 

-son of Calvin Throop and Anna Ripley 

G8 – Anna Ripley 

-father and mother unknown at this time 

Born: 1784 in Litchfield, Connecticut, US 

Died: August 18, 1856 in Grenville, Canada West 

By Ruth Paget, author Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France and developer of the Novgorod and Bento War Games

Brundage Ancestors of Ruth and Florence Paget by Ruth Paget

Brundage (Also known as Brunderage) Ancestors of Ruth and Florence Paget 

Ruth and Florence Paget are related to the Brundages through their ancestor Phoebe Ann Throop. G1 below refers to Generation 1 and so on. 

Mother Lines 

G1 – Florence Paget

G2 – Ruth Pennington (Married Name: Paget) 

G3 – Beatrice May Sawle (Married Name: Pennington) 

G4 – Daisy May Bardsley (Married Name: Sawle) 

G5 – Etta Pearl Carpenter (Married Name: Bardsley) 

G6 – Phoebe Ann Throop (Married Name: Carpenter) 

G7 – Elizabeth Brundage (Married Name: Throop) 

-daughter of Abraham Brundage and Mrs Abraham Brundage 

Born: September 10, 1821 in Preston, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada 

(Lived in New York in 1870 according to Family Search Organization) 

G8 – Abraham Brundage 

Born: 1796 in Canada 

Marriage in Preston, Greenville, Canada to Mrs Abraham Brundage 

By Ruth Paget, author Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France and developer of the Novgorod and Bento War Games

French Baguette Bread Hors d'oeuvres Recipes by Ruth Paget

French Baguette Bread Hors d’oeuvres Recipes by Ruth Paget 

One of the reasons the French seem so adamant about eating their white bread baguettes is that they can easily turn them into rounds for toast, topping, and microwaving into hors d’oeuvres or dinners depending on how many hors d’oeuvres are eaten. 

Baguettes from a bakery are pretty reasonably price, but if you make your own even for weekend consumption on a regular basis, the savings can be tremendous without sparing flavor or texture. If you are interested in seeing how baguettes can be made at home, I have provided the following link to my daughter Florence Paget’s forays in the kitchen.  The recipe makes 2 to 3 baguettes:

Traditional French Baguette Recipe with Photos and Videos

The seven recipes below require you to cut 12 round slices from one baguette that are about ½-inch wide. Then, the baguette slices are grilled or toasted to make a solid base for your hors d’oeuvres. 

*Baguette slice with melted gruyère cheese rectangle sprinkled with crushed Calabrian red peppercorns. It takes about 45 seconds to 1 minute to melt the cheese in the microwave. You can butter the toast first, if you would like.  

*Baguette slice with melted goat cheese slice studded with halves of black Niçoise olive. It takes about 1 minute to microwave to melt goat cheese. You can drizzle on olive oil on the toast first, if you would like. 

*Baguette slice with shrimp-mayonnaise spread made with Japanese mayonnaise or homemade mayonnaise (1/2 cup) and ¾ to 1 cup cooked shrimp without their shells. Place the mayonnaise and shrimp in a blender and mix to a paste. Spread shrimp paste on baguette rounds and sprinkle with Calabrian crushed red pepper. 

*Baguette slice spread with sour cream with a slice of smoked salmon on top and garnished wit dill. Whipped cream cheese can also be used as a spread. 

*Baguette slice spread with tapenade – a mixture of pitted black olives, capers, crushed garlic, lemon juice, olive oil, and parsley. My family does not like tapenade, but this spread is a popular one and is often served with melted goat cheese on top. 

*Baguette slice with a cream cheese and walnut spread that is made by blending the two main ingredients in a blender.  Other nuts can also be used in a spread this way.

*Baguette slice with a cream cheese and black olive spread that is made by blending the two main ingredients in a blender. 

Suggested Beverages: San Pellegrino Sparkling Water, white wines like pinot grigio (pinot gris), sauvignon blanc, and dry Riesling, hard cider like Henry Hot Spurs, and lager beers like Peroni Nastro Azzuro (Official sponsor of the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics). 

Suggested Side Salads: Grated carrot salad, lentil salad, and organic greens 

Bon Appétit! 

By Ruth Paget, author Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France and developer of Teff: The Global Flour Game