week ago, 1 was 113 in las vegas. and yet it was 65 and raining yesterday in much of the day. what a change a week makes. sunny and 3450eu8der here. very light winds. highs 68 today and improvement over yesterday's 60. we have three straight days where we didn't break above 60. that has happened only one in four years at midway airport since records started there. tonight clear. not quite as cool but we still could generate a patch or two of frost in the coolest in the locations. won't be as widespread. low 44 at o'hare. 36 inland areas and then 50 at lakeshore. periods of calm tonight. right in the center of high pressure. the winds will pick up from the south and so will the temperatures tomorrow. sun with increasing clouds and weak front passes through tomorrow night and high of 75. that's what those clouds are about and won't amount to much. then generous sun, day time

temperatures are comparable on friday or thursday and friday with 74 thursday and 76 on friday. and it looks like a little cooler and easterly wind on saturday. for the marathoners, we will start in the low 50s sunday morning. light winds from the southwest to pick up as the race goes on but not strongly. be about 6 to 12 miles per hour. by the end of the race upper 60s and low 70s. probably a little warmer than marathoners wanted but that's not bad. >> it could be a lot worse. >> we had to cancel it with all of heat and humidity a couple of years. here is our trivia question today. what aromatic seasoning vegetables make up the so- called trinity in cajun cooking? onion, bell pecher and celery. onion, carrots and celery? or bell peppers, carrots and celery. if you know this one, you a cook. the answer is still ahead on the wgn midday news.

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creole foods is here. >> how are you? i love being here. >> i feel like i'm in the middle of the french quarter. smells good. smells like new orleans. >> you do know in louisiana you have a po-boy. part of our culture and what we eat. >> to me it's like getting a seafood platter on a bun. >> the risch you of the meat to the -- ratio is great. how we started with po-boys is usually with a po-boy you go for lunch and you have your bread and you go down to the docks and catch something. now i found out we got you a original, the original po-boy bread here to be making your po- boy with and they always said it was a strike for the streetcars. if you were in new orleans they gave out the sandwiches and they come in and say, there is a another po-boy over here. and we make it. >> they did that. >> and we were feeding the strikers and get going.

we will make catfish po-boy and some shrimp and crawfish. and other things to make a po- boy with is a roast beef or beef brings qt. i'm putting the fresh catfish. farm raced -- farm raised. it's in milk and egg. and you will notice that milk will take any muddiness from that catfish. and i'm going place this in the seasoned fish fry. and get it nice and done. >> seem so easy because you it set up. >> that's a good thing and these little gloves, fantastic. go to your walgreens or drugstore and you will be able to have them. and then once it's all done just pull them off. it's nice and easy to do. oil, going to be at we will wait a little second there. it will be at 350. >> what kind of oil? >> peanut oil. but if we are having a tailgate party or football party, cheering on your favorite team be careful with the peanut oil. people have allergies. you have to be careful.

we will get this a little hotter here and i will show you how to dress your po-boy. that has nothing to do with what you are wearing for the day. >> why are -- while you are doing this there are no hard and fast rules about what goes in a po-boy. >> that's it. that's the fun part about it. about the po-boy party. you can put anything out. i even seen jalapenjos and cilantro and salsa. >> that's uppity with the cilantro. >> yeah. here we have typically it will be -- mayonnaise. but typically we were putting in lettuce, tomato and for tony we like to put in a ram ld and how to make the best ever in here. we will grab that catfish and i bet he is good to go now. he is going. >> he is cooking. >> have i some shrimp here ready to go. we will add the lettuce and the

tomato. but again have fun with it. and a little bit of pickle. and you have your mayonnaise. now know when you are having one with the roast beef you want to get all of the juices in the bottom. there is another restaurant in new orleans called mothers. they call it the brie po-boy and you get everything that's fallen out in the bottom of it. it's called the debris. >> the bread to soak it up. >> and you want the bread to soak it up. i have all these recipes for you guys. enjoy it also with honey bacon. beans, have a great big ol' party. think of new orleans, fresh loose. >> i'm looking here at the tech staff and they are goo-goo eyes. >> what are the cameraman got a plate. >> you cheated. you know that. >> you all enjoy. enjoy louisiana seafood and have a little louisiana for your next tailgate party. >> watch that catfish fry up.

>> find out more about tony's creole foods, log on. i always thought it was catchry. >> those texas people call it the -- as well. >> with more information on today's recipes check out wgntv.com/midday. kelly williams thank you for coming in. >> thank you so much.

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she is making me a sandwich right now. >> smells great. >> let's start with the answer to our trivia question today. what seasoned vegetables make up the trinity in cajun cooking? chef steve knows the answer. it's onion, bell pepper and celery. steve's momma cooked like that. >> she sure did. made some wonderful gumbo. >> some the best. >> that makes my mouth water right there. >> keep the warm up coming. >> it's kind of a nice slow thing.

it's not going to get out of hand. but we can use a little warm weather after the cool spell we have been through here. 63 now but 79 at rapid city. so the warmer temperatures is a close up look into des moines and mason city where there are mid-60s and we are kind of nicely coming back to the 70s. look at the mid west virtually the entire region is warmer than 24 hours ago and the whole eastern or central part of 9 country is warming up as this high pressure, this dome of warm air drifts off to the east. northeast winds are blowing at 5. they will be light and variable for the most part today. not any big story in the wind department but the winds will pick up in the southwest tomorrow and the lakeshore water temperature 58. low values of mold spores and ragweed pollen and weed pollen. good news on the hay fever front. this two day animation of whether system movement across the united states shows low pressure stuck in the mid- atlantic and high pressure dominating our weather. see that little trough right

there that comes in tomorrow evening. that's a front. it will only produce a little cloud cover and a wind shift that tomorrow night will have a gusty west, southwest wind all day tomorrow and go to the northwest wind there on friday and also see the winds picking up out in the plains states. that will warm us up even more. what about the next ten days? orange and yellows are the warmest air masses. you will see how we sit -- we will skirt that warm air and it takes over a little bit -- little more authority as we get friday and the weekend. we had thought that easterly winds on saturday would really drop the temperatures to some us in the 60s. looks now that there will be cooling at the shoreline. but that will be pretty warm and for the race, the big marathon, south to southwest wind expected to greet the runners and it won't be very strong. 68 today. 75 tomorrow and 70s thursday, friday, saturday and sunday. maybe a poke up into the 80s on

monday. but then cool air comes in. we will have more at 5:00. thank you for joining us teafd. have a great archr afternoon. we will leave you with more live music from jason reeves.

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