Winter has officially arrived, maybe not in terms of the winter solstice, but the white stuff looks like it is here to stay. And with the first sighting of snowflakes my gut reaction is to forage for and store food. Although my foraging consists of pushing a cart up and down the aisles of the grocery store I still tune into the barbaric voice in my head that urges me to gather my supplies for the upcoming onslaught of nasty weather and get ready to hibernate.
Taking full advantage of my opposable thumbs, I turn that cart full of goodies into homemade soups, chili and stews so I can be self-sufficient during those times when the roads are closed, the snowflakes won’t stop falling and venturing out in the open world is ill-advised. The picture below is my actual house during a two-day barrage of snow last winter.
Animals hibernate out of necessity for survival. Humans hibernate because it’s cold outside. Having lived all of my legal driving life in a rural community I am well-versed at driving in treacherous conditions. Given the choice between practicing my defensive driving skills or laying on the couch with a steaming bowl of homemade soup, I’ll take the soup any day.
My freezer is now stocked with Cauliflower, Pear and Aged Cheddar soup, Broccoli and Stilton soup, Cream of Mushroom soup, Corn and Bacon Chowder with Shrimp and Chili that has been made with bacon and some dark chocolate. (judge if you will, but it’s delicious). There may be a few more additions to the soup list if I feel creative any time soon but, for now, I’m ready for you Old Man Winter.
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If you’ve got the dark chocolate, you’re ready, Susan, but what about the wine? 🙂 That picture is unbelievable!
The wine will be well stocked as well. 😉 After that picture was taken it continued to snow for another four hours!!
Wow, I don’t know how your roof could withstand that much snow, especially if it’s a wet and heavy snow.
I had to shovel it off as soon as the snow stopped. I tried during the storm, but the snow came down faster than I could shovel it off!
Dang. That much snow in my area would cause mass hysteria.
Sadly that is normal for us each winter.
I stock up too as I do not drive if there is a speck of snow on the road–and I love chili with chocolate–am going to have to try bacon too.
The saltiness of the bacon is great with the sweet of the chocolate. 🙂
Wow, that’s a lot of snow! It makes sense to stock up since driving may not be safe 🙂
Whoa
Apparently this winter is going to be just as bad, if not worse!
Unless this points to an early spring. It already snowed here too, but nothing much stuck.
We don’t have much on the ground, but the temperature is about 17 degrees below the seasonal normal.
I didn’t see frozen raspberries in your list of goods. What gives? 😉
Haha – you know me well!! There are plenty of raspberries in stock! 😉