NationStates Jolt Archive

In honor of the occasion, I've only gone outside to get the mail and pick up the newspaper.

And I've been thinking about cold weather comfort. Things like soup, hot chocolate, hot cider, fireplaces, thermal underwear and the like.

I've just find another recipe for cold weather comfort food - and it comes from a hot climate - jambalaya.

The recipe I found is a creole version.

1/2 lb spicy andouille sausage
1/2 lb chicken or turkey tenders
1 can diced tomatoes
1 bell pepper of any color
1 cup of rice
1/2 cup of water
1 bunch scallions
salt and pepper to taste

chop the pepper and slice the sausage into about 1/4-1/2 inch slices. Put the sausage and peppers in a large skillet and saute for 5-10 minutes. Meanwhile cut the tenders into chunks (large bite size). When the pepper and sausage are ready, put in the tomatoes, rice, water and tenders, with the salt and pepper. Bring to a boil then lower the temperature, stir and cover for 10-15 minute - until the rice is tender and the poultry is cooked through. While it's cooking, chop the scallions, including a good portion of the green. When it's finished cooking, remove from the heat and stir in the scallions.

What do you do for cold weather comfort?

Hot Dr. Pepper and cinnamon schnaps :cool:

I find Cuddleduds beneficial.
Of course, I'm from North Dakota and we've had a foot or so of snow for at least a week now.

I love cold weather. Unfortunately, I'm in Texas on business and my body is confused by the freakish warmness for this time of year. However, I did turn the AC on in my hotel room, so everything will be all right.

Pfft snow, it's 70 here.

soup and cider ftw! although I'm in Florida and today it was about 25 degrees, so no cold comfort stuff for me. *sigh*

What do I do when it snows?

I tell the kids to get dressed and go shovel the driveway, and then they cry...

Then they ask me why I don't use a snow-blower like the other people in the neighborhood do, and I say, I don't need a snow-blower, I have kids...

Then they ask if I would buy them a snow-blower please, and I say, no, you're not old enough to use a snow blower...

By then they are all dressed up in snow pants, boots, coats, scarves, hats and mittens etc., and they go outside with shovels in hand, and I watch them from the warm inside though frosty windows, with Christmas lights blinking and a hot totty in my hands and singing ...

Oh the weather outside is frightful,
But the fire is so delightful,
And since we've no place to go,
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!

It doesn't show signs of Pauseing,
And I've bought some corn for popping,
The lights are turned way down low,
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!

When we finally kiss goodnight,
How I'll hate going out in the storm!
But if you'll really hold me tight,
All the way home I'll be warm.

The fire is slowly dying,
And, my dear, we're still good-bying,
But as long as you love me so,
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!

Oh how I love snowy Christmas time :D




*waits to be murdered in my sleep by my own kids :p *

I blow as much carbon dioxide emissions as I can into the atmosphere and hope to god that global warming turns my part of the earth into a tropical paradise.

What do I do when it snows?

I tell the kids to get dressed and go shovel the driveway, and then they cry...

Then they ask me why I don't use a snow-blower like the other people in the neighborhood do, and I say, I don't need a snow-blower, I have kids...

Then they ask if I would buy them a snow-blower please, and I say, no, you're not old enough to use a snow blower...

By then they are all dressed up in snow pants, boots, coats, scarves, hats and mittens etc., and they go outside with shovels in hand, and I watch them from the warm inside though frosty windows, with Christmas lights blinking and a hot totty in my hands and singing ...

Oh the weather outside is frightful,
But the fire is so delightful,
And since we've no place to go,
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!

It doesn't show signs of Pauseing,
And I've bought some corn for popping,
The lights are turned way down low,
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!

When we finally kiss goodnight,
How I'll hate going out in the storm!
But if you'll really hold me tight,
All the way home I'll be warm.

The fire is slowly dying,
And, my dear, we're still good-bying,
But as long as you love me so,
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!

Oh how I love snowy Christmas time :D




*waits to be murdered in my sleep by my own kids :p *


LMAO that was GREAT!!!!!!! I actually laughed out loud, no joke, for a looooooooong time!!!!!!! :)

What do you do for cold weather comfort?
I sit inside and eat ice cream. Fuck you, mother nature, you won't dictate my eating habits!

Cold weather? Well, I was working today, and my job entails being outside a good chunk of each job we do...I was sweating, with a teeshirt and shorts on.

In northern Florida.

It was colder in October than it is now in December.

In fact, Florida has two seasons: Summer aka Hell, aka Death by Humidity.....and we have February. In February, we rejoice for we actually have a month where we can breath cool air that's not heavily laden with humidity.

I just got off the phone with my dad, who lives in NY. He asked what the temperature was. I told him simply, "Bring your bathing suit. You're going to end up at the beach one way or another. Water temps are hovering in the mid to upper 60s."

Him: "Oh, I remember now. It'll be like your high school graduation, when I came down. Too fuckin' hot! I was sweating like a pig!"

Me: "I did tell you to NOT wear a jacket in the middle of June, dumbass."

:D

Cold weather? Well, I was working today, and my job entails being outside a good chunk of each job we do...I was sweating, with a teeshirt and shorts on.

In northern Florida.

It was colder in October than it is now in December.

In fact, Florida has two seasons: Summer aka Hell, aka Death by Humidity.....and we have February. In February, we rejoice for we actually have a month where we can breath cool air that's not heavily laden with humidity.

I just got off the phone with my dad, who lives in NY. He asked what the temperature was. I told him simply, "Bring your bathing suit. You're going to end up at the beach one way or another. Water temps are hovering in the mid to upper 60s."

Him: "Oh, I remember now. It'll be like your high school graduation, when I came down. Too fuckin' hot! I was sweating like a pig!"

Me: "I did tell you to NOT wear a jacket in the middle of June, dumbass."

:D

Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuck Yoooooooooooou :p

i LOVE florida weather, and i HATE the weather where I'm at


how 'bout this, we'll trade? That sounds fair, lol

Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuck Yoooooooooooou :p

i LOVE florida weather, and i HATE the weather where I'm at


how 'bout this, we'll trade? That sounds fair, lol

Trade? Gladly! Hell, I was born in New York. Cold weather is my element! :P

Hell, I remember when we first moved down here in 1990. First night, I never slept....kept calling out as loud as I could,

"IT'S SO HOT HERE!!! I'M IN HELL!!!!!!!!!! WHAT THE HELL DID I DO TO DESERVE THIS?!"

Trade? Gladly! Hell, I was born in New York. Cold weather is my element! :P

Yeah, I was born in South Cali, so this cold weather stuff is TOTALLY not in my blood. Plus, i don't really have any body fat, so i'm REALLY freezing my you know what off

anything below seventy is just too darn cold lol

Yeah, I was born in South Cali, so this cold weather stuff is TOTALLY not in my blood. Plus, i don't really have any body fat, so i'm REALLY freezing my you know what off

anything below seventy is just too darn cold lol

haha, I know people who are like you. Anything below 70, and they're suddenly bundled up as if there were a blizzard...me, I'm shirtless down to 30 degrees or so usually. I won't put on a pair of pants until it's about 20 degrees...

Strange, considering I've spent most of my life here in Florida... (O_o)

haha, I know people who are like you. Anything below 70, and they're suddenly bundled up as if there were a blizzard...me, I'm shirtless down to 30 degrees or so usually. I won't put on a pair of pants until it's about 20 degrees...

Strange, considering I've spent most of my life here in Florida... (O_o)

damn, that's like, CRAZY


and pretty much, you got my number. I bundle up with gloves and everything if it gets anything below sixty

it's just too damn cold! winters should only be like, 71 degrees, at the COLDEST!


That's why i support global warming, and i'm personally doing everything i can to increase its destruction of the earth's climate. Like, whenever i have free time, i just take my car and drive around the block over and over and over again, until i'm sure i've done my part to contribute to global warming

:D

damn, that's like, CRAZY


and pretty much, you got my number. I bundle up with gloves and everything if it gets anything below sixty

it's just too damn cold! winters should only be like, 71 degrees, at the COLDEST!


That's why i support global warming, and i'm personally doing everything i can to increase its destruction of the earth's climate. Like, whenever i have free time, i just take my car and drive around the block over and over and over again, until i'm sure i've done my part to contribute to global warming

:D

Al Gore would hate you :P

Al Gore would hate you :P

oh he does, he sends me hatemail :D

Cold weather? Well, I was working today, and my job entails being outside a good chunk of each job we do...I was sweating, with a teeshirt and shorts on.

In northern Florida.

It was colder in October than it is now in December.

In fact, Florida has two seasons: Summer aka Hell, aka Death by Humidity.....and we have February. In February, we rejoice for we actually have a month where we can breath cool air that's not heavily laden with humidity.

I just got off the phone with my dad, who lives in NY. He asked what the temperature was. I told him simply, "Bring your bathing suit. You're going to end up at the beach one way or another. Water temps are hovering in the mid to upper 60s."

Him: "Oh, I remember now. It'll be like your high school graduation, when I came down. Too fuckin' hot! I was sweating like a pig!"

Me: "I did tell you to NOT wear a jacket in the middle of June, dumbass."

:D
I've got this really cool idea: MOVE OUT OF FLORIDA.

Seriously. That is a horrible state to live in, climate-wise. You want dry and cool, you come to Colorado. Much better.

I've got this really cool idea: MOVE OUT OF FLORIDA.

Seriously. That is a horrible state to live in, climate-wise. You want dry and cool, you come to Colorado. Much better.

Hmm...I'll keep that in mind.

But then again, I also enjoy the ocean. Pretty much grew up in it myself. The last time I checked, there weren't any oceans, but that global warming being done by One World Alliance may change that fact. :P