I can’t imagine the temperatures and conditions you describe. Where do you live? I grew up in the Midwest of the US and now live in New England. But I don’t think I’ve ever experienced temperatures much below -10 F and for that, I’m grateful.
We were (mostly) lucky in the Boston area - the Friday storm ended up being a rain/wind event. Unfortunately, some coastal areas saw some damaging flooding. I am about 10 miles out from the city and the Charles River was high, but not threatening. Over the course of the evening that night, the wind picked up and temps went from high 50s to the single digits. Truly the saying, “New England - if you don’t like the weather, wait a minute” has some truth to it.
The cold weather has been hovering yesterday and today in the high teens/low 20s. My BF is visiting his family in Florida, where the weather (Gulf side, about an hour from Tampa, I think) has been in the 40s. I guess that was cold enough that his mom didn’t want to leave the house to go to mass at church for holiday services; she was able to watch it streaming though.
My cooking has largely been centered on things that are warming, but with an eye toward things in my pantry and freezer. Also, with an eye toward that fact that I, for some reason, thought it would be a good idea to reschedule my annual physical in June to this coming Tuesday. Gee, Doc, I have no idea why my blood pressure is up and the blood tests suggest I need to reign in fats and sugars? So, big batch of lentils and spinach. Brown rice. Lots of fish. Vegetables and citrus. Water. No booze until after the physical. That being said, if it was much colder around here, it would be really challenging to try to avoid much heavier cooking and hitting the wine rack and Scotch.
My mom wants Chinese-American takeout for Christmas, so I got it delivered yesterday. She can have as much as she wants and I will try to send home leftovers with her.
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Sounds like the perfect choice for my upcoming spring break 
I’m cold as fuck. But, I heat with wood, so I’m quite happy to remain indoors. If the power goes out, I’ll make hot dogs over the wood stove fire.
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Thats the high. It was 33 chez moi this morning
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Yikes! I hope you’re all bundled up and keeping warm!
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I’m on the outer Cape. We had little precipitation but astronomical high tides got pushed in by the high winds and there was a lot of damage to coastal properties and beach erosion. Provincetown was hit especially hard - one of our favorite restaurants in the East End, Fanizzi’s, had their dining room washed away. Commercial Street was flooded, an independent food market several blocks away from the bay was flooded and without power - they posted on FB for any/all people to come by and take their perishable food. It’s going to take a long time for the town to recover. At the very tip of a fragile spit of sand…
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I’m so sorry to hear that! I was watching coverage of the Friday storm on one of the local stations and they seemed to do a lot of coverage of the North Shore and the Merrimack Valley, but relatively little about the Cape. I hope the community and businesses are able to recover. In time, anyway.
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