My title sounds like a dreary movie you get hooked into, which has the lofty aspiration of attempting to teach you a moral lesson you don’t really want to learn. Don’t run away. No lessons. I’m referring to a winter time, when you are humming the now controversial song, Baby It’s Cold Outside.
I live in the Pacific NW. Sure we have winter. It freezes. We get a little snow. It’s all good. This January was particularly warm. So warm I was outside planting pansies, starter pots of emerging miniature daffodils and primroses. Then IT happened—-Four ITS to be exact—back to back. Snow Storms. Now it’s time to hum the theme from Jaws. We had accumulations of 10 to 24 inches. I know. I know. A chunk of you out there in many parts of the country are rolling your eyes and calling me a Snow Wimp. In my defense both people and the towns are unprepared mentally and physically for this type of weather calamity. Bottom line I was stranded—-yes stranded—in my house for 5 days. My street doesn’t get plowed and my snow driving technique is dang scary to me, let alone the other drivers on the road. During the time of being cut off—–okay that borders on a scene from a soap, but I was feeling a tad like a drama queen—my cravings for comfort food raged every time I looked out the window and saw the cold white snow.
Since I had the intention to fit through my door once the snow melted, I manufactured a twisted type of satisfaction by looking through recipes from some of my favorite bloggers. My fantasies of preparing and then devouring every spoonful and every crumb were elaborate and rich with details. Here are some of my favorites.
http://www.kitchenriffs.com/2015/11/cornmeal-pancakes.html#more
https://thisishowicook.com/real-tamale-pie-recipe/#tasty-recipes-12177
https://www.jocooks.com/recipes/worlds-best-chili/
Debra Eliotseats says
Wow. Four back to back? Not good. We got our first snow of any significance Sunday night. Crazy. Love your recipe picks. So comforting!
Carol says
I wish one or more of those dishes was sitting on my kitchen counter right NOW!
Abbe@This is How I Cook says
Well, I look at recipes all the time. Even when it is not snowing. We’ve had weird weather also. My roses were turning green at the beginning of January. Then it got cold. Then warm. Now cold. I have no idea what will survive!Soon you will just be talking about the winter of ’19!
John / Kitchen Riffs says
Wow, that’s a LOT of snow for your part of the world!. We’ve had a tough winter too — more snow than usual, and some really cold weather. I need comfort food — like all the good stuff you’re featuring (thanks for the link love, BTW). Good to see you post again!
Carol says
I am hoping Mom Nature will think we all deserve an extra fab spring, summer and fall. Lol
mjskitchen says
Actually, with 10 or more inches of snow on the road, I think home is the ONLY place to be. 🙂 We had a colder and wetter snow here in the southwest than we had last year. January was out coldest month, which is interesting since you were so warm in the NW. I didn’t leave the house for a month. Not a lot of snow in town, but the mountains got a lot which is more important. Love the choices of food you ate during you time at home. 🙂
Carol says
Isn’t it awesome that it’s spring now.