I have bread, cheese and tomato bisque (As on ages, tastes become more sophisticated. So, no more Campbell's tomato soup for me.) for the classic snowstorm lunch... grilled cheese and tomato soup.
Yeah, you can't delete that. It's important snow storm food. Side note: I went to a function at some banquet venue. One of the hors d'oeuvres was little cups of tomato soup with a triangle-shaped grilled cheese sandwich. I thought it was brilliant!
The fairly conservative Southern CT Weather site is saying closer to 18" for our town. The main activities around town currently include trying to find the people experiencing homelessness and bringing them to shelter; checking with our fairly large senior population to make sure there will be shoveling help for them and transport to warming centers if needed; figuring out how to manage the weekly food distribution for the hefty part of our residents who are experiencing food insecurity; looking for enough folks to drive the plows since so many are out either with COVID or quarantined...
That's second-best hearing. (Best would be constant staffing of these functions so that individual heroics needn't be depended on.) Thanks for telling it!
I know it's not supposed to start until later, but the skies sure look heavy already. I have been watching 30 Rock, a show that until now I was under the impression I had watched during its broadcast run, but it turns out I had not. (I cut the cable sometime around 2009-2010.) Maybe I just watched the last season and thought I had watched the whole thing. Anyway, it is like eating potato chips -- just one more, just one more, and suddenly it is 11:30. And I have 3 books to read for group discussions that are all occurring in the first half of February. So I'll have plenty to do today and tomorrow.
The Husband is not a TV watcher. We had a plumber working upstairs (I usually TV watch in the bedroom), so as to not get in his way, I was on the couch downstairs (was recuperating from knee replacement surgery). I had just started watching The Marvelous Mrs. Maisle. Much to his chagrin, he ended up watching, and enjoying, 5 episodes of it while the plumber did his thing.
I’m a sucker for mid-century pieces about NYC, Mrs. Maisel being one of them. If I had to choose a different life, I would be a jazz musician in Greenwich Village in the 40’s-50’s.
If I didn't have to be out the door first thing Sunday morning, I'd be there with my shovel & sled!
Last storm, my next door neighbor rang our doorbell and asked if we'd want to come outside to go sledding. We have a slope between our houses. I wasn't up to it (had a non-Covid cold), but loved that we were asked. Love that playful spirit during a good snowstorm!
We live in a hilly section of town. Right after the plow makes it’s first pass and the wind blows powder back over their path, our street becomes a great ski hill. Now if we only had a chair lift.
My friend Elizabeth and I (we live on opposite ends of the same street) are right now debating which end of the street is a better ski hill. Hers is steeper but mine has a challenging curve.
I just pulled the banana bread out of the oven and will get started on it the moment I can remove it from the pan. It's snowing here now, though I don't think this is The Big One.
Oh I forgot to mention that when we were kids no one ran to the grocery store when a storm was coming. My parents had bread in the freezer and the milk man brought milk. We had canned jars of food to last forever. The only problem then was no heat!
I have also noticed the tendency of the middle shelves and meat, not the produce, to be running low. And that's in rather-fitness-oriented Colorado. What is it about emergency that prods so many USians to The Convenience Foods of The White People?
How I remember heavy Connecticut snows, and the tendency of the plow-generated ridges to freeze into glaciers across the foot of the driveway. (And in the winter of 1993-1994, how my Ottawa-theory snow shoveling paid off. That's the only year it's paid off, and it does take more effort, but it paid off so big that year!)
Place the removed snow with "it may not melt till the end of April" in mind. That means throwing shovelsful across lawns and toting shovelful to good throwing places other than tipping them into right by the pavement, where they will rapidly accumulate into walls that narrow sidewalk and driveways, and make it hard to place later snow. Effortful yet satisfying.
I don't have milk or bread, but, to fortify myself for watching the staff clear the sidewalks, parking lot, and my car I ordered ingredients for a hearty Italian Sausage and White Bean Soup which I will make this afternoon. Bring on the snow!
I thought about buying the remaining ingredients for a stew, but that would require too much prep and babysitting at the stove. Translation: Interferes with nap time. HOWEVER, I have 3 lbs of ground turkey in the fridge that will become meatballs tomorrow.
I have bread, cheese and tomato bisque (As on ages, tastes become more sophisticated. So, no more Campbell's tomato soup for me.) for the classic snowstorm lunch... grilled cheese and tomato soup.
That’s an excellent menu!
Shit! I just noticed a typo ("on" should be "one"), and I can't fix it!!
And I just noticed a typo in my own comment and so I deleted it. I'd delete yours but I like it.
Yeah, you can't delete that. It's important snow storm food. Side note: I went to a function at some banquet venue. One of the hors d'oeuvres was little cups of tomato soup with a triangle-shaped grilled cheese sandwich. I thought it was brilliant!
That's the best thing, ever. I'd have stayed at that food station until I ate my weight.
You mean chase the server around the room?
The fairly conservative Southern CT Weather site is saying closer to 18" for our town. The main activities around town currently include trying to find the people experiencing homelessness and bringing them to shelter; checking with our fairly large senior population to make sure there will be shoveling help for them and transport to warming centers if needed; figuring out how to manage the weekly food distribution for the hefty part of our residents who are experiencing food insecurity; looking for enough folks to drive the plows since so many are out either with COVID or quarantined...
I think about the people who are outside, especially in weather like this. Good on you, Ava.
That's second-best hearing. (Best would be constant staffing of these functions so that individual heroics needn't be depended on.) Thanks for telling it!
I know it's not supposed to start until later, but the skies sure look heavy already. I have been watching 30 Rock, a show that until now I was under the impression I had watched during its broadcast run, but it turns out I had not. (I cut the cable sometime around 2009-2010.) Maybe I just watched the last season and thought I had watched the whole thing. Anyway, it is like eating potato chips -- just one more, just one more, and suddenly it is 11:30. And I have 3 books to read for group discussions that are all occurring in the first half of February. So I'll have plenty to do today and tomorrow.
The Husband is not a TV watcher. We had a plumber working upstairs (I usually TV watch in the bedroom), so as to not get in his way, I was on the couch downstairs (was recuperating from knee replacement surgery). I had just started watching The Marvelous Mrs. Maisle. Much to his chagrin, he ended up watching, and enjoying, 5 episodes of it while the plumber did his thing.
I enjoy that show, very much. Such good characters.
I’m a sucker for mid-century pieces about NYC, Mrs. Maisel being one of them. If I had to choose a different life, I would be a jazz musician in Greenwich Village in the 40’s-50’s.
*snaps fingers (beatnik style) in approval*
I love Mrs Maisel! Eagerly looking forward to the new season.
Banana bread (or anything) in the oven sounds nice. I miss my oven.
Now they are saying we'll get 10"-20"! Waahoo!
If I didn't have to be out the door first thing Sunday morning, I'd be there with my shovel & sled!
Last storm, my next door neighbor rang our doorbell and asked if we'd want to come outside to go sledding. We have a slope between our houses. I wasn't up to it (had a non-Covid cold), but loved that we were asked. Love that playful spirit during a good snowstorm!
See? That's what makes me happy about bad weather. We all can become kids again.
We live in a hilly section of town. Right after the plow makes it’s first pass and the wind blows powder back over their path, our street becomes a great ski hill. Now if we only had a chair lift.
My friend Elizabeth and I (we live on opposite ends of the same street) are right now debating which end of the street is a better ski hill. Hers is steeper but mine has a challenging curve.
Now I'm hearing - forget inches, we'll get between one and two feet!! 😳
I heard that. So I turned off the television. Who needs it?
Love the banana bread idea! I have lots of brown ones in the freezer to use up!
I plan on a hearty soup for dinner too.
Will watch the rest of “As We See It” and probably find something else to start.
I just pulled the banana bread out of the oven and will get started on it the moment I can remove it from the pan. It's snowing here now, though I don't think this is The Big One.
Nope. Just a hint of what’s to come. Enjoy!
Oh I forgot to mention that when we were kids no one ran to the grocery store when a storm was coming. My parents had bread in the freezer and the milk man brought milk. We had canned jars of food to last forever. The only problem then was no heat!
Auntie Em! Auntie Em! Do we have enough ingredients for a month of French Toast?
Though I have seen forecasts of two feet on the eastern portion of Connecticut…
I have also noticed the tendency of the middle shelves and meat, not the produce, to be running low. And that's in rather-fitness-oriented Colorado. What is it about emergency that prods so many USians to The Convenience Foods of The White People?
How I remember heavy Connecticut snows, and the tendency of the plow-generated ridges to freeze into glaciers across the foot of the driveway. (And in the winter of 1993-1994, how my Ottawa-theory snow shoveling paid off. That's the only year it's paid off, and it does take more effort, but it paid off so big that year!)
Quick! Share that theory before we get buried!
Place the removed snow with "it may not melt till the end of April" in mind. That means throwing shovelsful across lawns and toting shovelful to good throwing places other than tipping them into right by the pavement, where they will rapidly accumulate into walls that narrow sidewalk and driveways, and make it hard to place later snow. Effortful yet satisfying.
Game changer. Thank you.
I don't have milk or bread, but, to fortify myself for watching the staff clear the sidewalks, parking lot, and my car I ordered ingredients for a hearty Italian Sausage and White Bean Soup which I will make this afternoon. Bring on the snow!
We'll be right over!
I thought about buying the remaining ingredients for a stew, but that would require too much prep and babysitting at the stove. Translation: Interferes with nap time. HOWEVER, I have 3 lbs of ground turkey in the fridge that will become meatballs tomorrow.