bring on the "cold weather" food!

 

spent a few minutes this morning looking through the various european forums, especially in northern europe, with their rustic, substantial, hot peasant meals that were a natural outcome of the climate there. it's that time of year when my mind turns to such foods, and i am really looking forward to them. I've also been seeing quite a few new ones that i want to try in my FOTW and culinaria books.

 

what are some of your favourite "cold weather" dishes?

 

you know, now that i think it's been a while since i've made one of my favourite cold-weather foods - one of the ones that has always, for nearly 20 years, been the pinnacle of grey-day food, in my mind.

 

when my wife and i were starting out, the local grocery where we lived was running some sort of promotion where each week they gave out chapters to a ring-bound recipe book published by land-o-lakes. we still have that book, but i have no clue as to any of the recipes in there other than one for something called "bacon-potato chowder." it's a pretty standard recipe, but OMGosh how good it is on an autumn or winter day while the sun is setting earlier than you want it to and light snow falls on the street outside.

 

i posted the recipe and the next time i make it, it's going to be a pictorial. the recipe posted will be the original, including the "can of soup" that is added to a lot of promotional cookbooks published by commercial entities in the food industry when they want you to use their product (in this case, land-o-lakes sour cream). good stuff no matter what!

 

over time, i've experimented herer and there with different flavours and herbs, but the original really can't be beat. the ontly thing we do different is usually double or tripple it and make a large batch of it for reheating as lunches etc. the next day, and of course this extends cooking times etc.

 

since it doesn't really have a history or anything associated with it, i posted it in "midwest/great plains."

Heres one that makes the whole house smell oh so good.

Alternating layers of ham, sliced potatoes, onions, and sharp cheeder cheese. in the crock pot all day! Mmmmmm