23 January 2009

Damp

It's a wet and windy day in Saint-Aignan. It's the kind of day when you just want to pull the covers up over you head and stay in bed. The temperature is up to 12ºC — that's the mid-50s F.

The view through the bedroom window this morning

Or, if you do haul your carcass out of bed, then you want to cook something good. At least I do. Well, I'm obviously up and moving around, so you can guess what my project is this morning: lunch. Something with shrimp, mushrooms, shallots, cream, and flaky pastry — pâte feuilletée.

This morning's French weather map

I see that much of the U.S. is damp right now too. Wherever you are, eat something warm, tasty, and nourishing, and be patient. Spring is right around the corner.

3 comments:

  1. Ken

    I will wait for February the 2nd, Groundhog day to see whether I should "whine" or be hopeful. The grey cold days are getting depressing ( -16C tonight and tomorrow night)

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  2. I, for one, am thrilled to see the rain here in California. Seems we never get enough. It's been way too warm and dry around here. A little winter's what we need. I know that's not the case for you, though, so I hope spring hastens your way.

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  3. Rain good. Drought bad. I'm enjoying our current gray weather.

    Today's gray-day lunch is squash and carrot soup, named "Golden Soup" when I'm serving a grandchild.

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