We are in the middle of a cold snap. It got down near 0 F last night and
only up to about 10 degrees in the afternoon. That calls for comfort
food. I made some rice pudding this afternoon and will do meat loaf for
dinner tonight.

Dave Smith wrote:

> We are in the middle of a cold snap. It got down near 0 F last night
> and only up to about 10 degrees in the afternoon. That calls for
> comfort food. I made some rice pudding this afternoon and will do
> meat loaf for dinner tonight.

I'm just not weather affected when it comes to food. It's not cold in
the house, after all. The fact that it was cold two hours ago when I
came home doesn't have any effect on what I want for dinner.



Brian

--
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won't shut up.
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On Jan 14, 3:17�pm, Dave Smith
> wrote:
> We are in the middle of a cold snap. It got down near 0 F last night and
> only up to about 10 degrees in the afternoon. That calls for comfort
> food. I made some rice pudding this afternoon and will do meat loaf for
> dinner tonight


Cold down here too, this morning it was 23 degrees, and I have not
been able to warm up all day long( I live in S.Central Texas, this
does not happen often)

Tonight, we will have pork chops, mashed potatoes and gravey- for me
gravey is great cold weather food.

Rosie

On Jan 14, 3:17*pm, Dave Smith
> wrote:
> We are in the middle of a cold snap. It got down near 0 F last night and
> only up to about 10 degrees in the afternoon. That calls for comfort
> food. I made some rice pudding this afternoon and will do meat loaf for
> dinner tonight.

Wuss!
It's 21 below zero F here and the wind chill is -31F
Buck up, Davy! Fo what real North Dakotans do:
MAKE SOUP!!!!!
:-) Kiss
Lynn in Fargo

On Wed, 14 Jan 2009 15:16:38 -0800 (PST), Lynn from Fargo
> wrote:

>On Jan 14, 3:17*pm, Dave Smith
> wrote:
>> We are in the middle of a cold snap. It got down near 0 F last night and
>> only up to about 10 degrees in the afternoon. That calls for comfort
>> food. I made some rice pudding this afternoon and will do meat loaf for
>> dinner tonight.
>
>Wuss!
>It's 21 below zero F here and the wind chill is -31F
>Buck up, Davy! Fo what real North Dakotans do:
>MAKE SOUP!!!!!
>:-) Kiss
>Lynn in Fargo

How about bake bread, and keep the
Russian tea mix around?

Pigs in blankets (NOT KOLACHES)
are great for brekkie with hot tea.
Potato pancakes are OK too, get
those carbos in!

Alex, who knows cold!

Default User wrote:
> Dave Smith wrote:
>
>> We are in the middle of a cold snap. It got down near 0 F last night
>> and only up to about 10 degrees in the afternoon. That calls for
>> comfort food. I made some rice pudding this afternoon and will do
>> meat loaf for dinner tonight.
>
> I'm just not weather affected when it comes to food. It's not cold in
> the house, after all. The fact that it was cold two hours ago when I
> came home doesn't have any effect on what I want for dinner.

So go be a stiff. Who cares.

That's when I do hot cereals, soups, meatloaf, breads, baked potatoes,
hot tea, hot chocolate, mac and cheese... it's about warm fuzzies,
Brian, not just about the temperature of the house.

"rosie" > wrote in message
...
On Jan 14, 3:17�pm, Dave Smith
> wrote:
> We are in the middle of a cold snap. It got down near 0 F last night and
> only up to about 10 degrees in the afternoon. That calls for comfort
> food. I made some rice pudding this afternoon and will do meat loaf for
> dinner tonight


Cold down here too, this morning it was 23 degrees, and I have not
been able to warm up all day long( I live in S.Central Texas, this
does not happen often)

Tonight, we will have pork chops, mashed potatoes and gravey- for me
gravey is great cold weather food.

Rosie


Well it's chilly here on the left coast as well,

Grilling NY Steaks
Baked potatoes
EVOO & Garlic Tossed fresh spinach.
Tossed salad.

Dimitri

In article > ,
Dave Smith > wrote:

> We are in the middle of a cold snap. It got down near 0 F last night and
> only up to about 10 degrees in the afternoon. That calls for comfort
> food. I made some rice pudding this afternoon and will do meat loaf for
> dinner tonight.

Weather here is really weird. A few days ago it was 28F in the morning,
which is cold for here. Two days ago it got up to 80F in the afternoon.
Today got up to 70F. I'm worried that the plants will get confused,
because it will get colder before spring.

--
Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA

Lynn wrote:

> It's 21 below zero F here and the wind chill is -31F
> Buck up, Davy! Fo what real North Dakotans do:
> MAKE SOUP!!!!!

It's 62 degrees here and the wind chill is 62F.

Not cold enough to make soup.

Bob

On Wed, 14 Jan 2009 15:52:56 -0800, "Dimitri" >
wrote:

>
>"rosie" > wrote in message
...
>On Jan 14, 3:17?pm, Dave Smith
> wrote:
>> We are in the middle of a cold snap. It got down near 0 F last night and
>> only up to about 10 degrees in the afternoon. That calls for comfort
>> food. I made some rice pudding this afternoon and will do meat loaf for
>> dinner tonight
>
>
> Cold down here too, this morning it was 23 degrees, and I have not
>been able to warm up all day long( I live in S.Central Texas, this
>does not happen often)
>
>Tonight, we will have pork chops, mashed potatoes and gravey- for me
>gravey is great cold weather food.
>
> Rosie
>
>
>Well it's chilly here on the left coast as well,
>
>Grilling NY Steaks
>Baked potatoes
>EVOO & Garlic Tossed fresh spinach.
>Tossed salad.
>
>Dimitri

I wonder if I'm the only one who finds it odd that someone who is so
critical of others as far as picture links, can't quote properly. And
please don't water time explaining about outhouse express. I know all
about it.

Just saying. You know....the glass house thing. It's harder to read
your post than look at an ugly picture.

Lou

On Wed, 14 Jan 2009 16:11:15 -0800, Dan Abel > wrote:

>In article > ,
> Dave Smith > wrote:
>
>> We are in the middle of a cold snap. It got down near 0 F last night and
>> only up to about 10 degrees in the afternoon. That calls for comfort
>> food. I made some rice pudding this afternoon and will do meat loaf for
>> dinner tonight.
>
>Weather here is really weird. A few days ago it was 28F in the morning,
>which is cold for here. Two days ago it got up to 80F in the afternoon.
>Today got up to 70F. I'm worried that the plants will get confused,
>because it will get colder before spring.

We had that a few years ago. The perennials starting coming up in
late January and then it got cold again. Most of them looked sad all
summer if they survived.

Lou

Lou Decruss wrote:


> I wonder if I'm the only one who finds it odd that someone who is so
> critical of others as far as picture links, can't quote properly. And
> please don't water time explaining about outhouse express. I know all
> about it.

That can be corrected with OE Quotefix.




Brian

--
If televison's a babysitter, the Internet is a drunk librarian who
won't shut up.
-- Dorothy Gambrell (http://catandgirl.com)

Is everyone here watching Fargo?

I've turned on the fireplace. Last
nite was in the 30's. Global warming
I guess. TG for nat gas.

ALex, who has no oil wells.

I'm making mac and sharp cheddar cheese, caramels, and an eggy cake
with a liberal splash of Amaretto. I may "accidently" spill some
amaretto into the caramels as well. :-)

In article
>,
Lynn from Fargo > wrote:

> On Jan 14, 3:17*pm, Dave Smith
> > wrote:
> > We are in the middle of a cold snap. It got down near 0 F last night and
> > only up to about 10 degrees in the afternoon. That calls for comfort
> > food. I made some rice pudding this afternoon and will do meat loaf for
> > dinner tonight.
>
> Wuss!
> It's 21 below zero F here and the wind chill is -31F
> Buck up, Davy! Fo what real North Dakotans do:
> MAKE SOUP!!!!!
> :-) Kiss
> Lynn in Fargo

Exactly! I have 15-bean soup in the fridge and chicken broth in there,
too. I've been eating the chicken broth with yummy egg noodles (see
website link below). Buncha whiners!

Get your soap bubbles ready, Lynn.
--
-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
http://web.me.com/barbschaller

Dave Smith wrote:
> We are in the middle of a cold snap. It got down near 0 F last night and
> only up to about 10 degrees in the afternoon. That calls for comfort
> food. I made some rice pudding this afternoon and will do meat loaf for
> dinner tonight.



Our cold-weather choices:

Beef vegetable soup
Beef stew
Spaghetti
Chili
Roast pork or chicken
Stewed chicken and rice
Indian food
most soups

I hate cold weather.

gloria p

Gloria wrote:

> Our cold-weather choices:
>
> Beef vegetable soup
> Beef stew
> Spaghetti
> Chili
> Roast pork or chicken
> Stewed chicken and rice
> Indian food
> most soups
>
> I hate cold weather.


I *like* cold weather. Where I live in Northern California it's rarely cold
enough for me, and the cold weather doesn't last long enough to suit me. To
the list of winter food I'll add:

Coq au vin
Guinness-braised short ribs
Spaghetti with "Sunday Gravy"
Onion soup
Pastitsio/Moussaka/Lasagna/Eggplant parmigiana
Timpano-like casseroles
"Loaded" potato skins
Pot pies of any kind, including pasties
Posole
Grilled sandwiches/panini with soup
Just about anything from Cook's Illustrated's _Cover and Bake_

I like to make a pot of chili on Super Bowl Sunday, though I might not do
that this year; I might make something from the regional food of the
competing teams.

I never thought of chicken & rice as winter food; I like it any time of the
year.

Bob

On Wed 14 Jan 2009 09:09:12p, Bob Terwilliger told us...

> Gloria wrote:
>
>> Our cold-weather choices:
>>
>> Beef vegetable soup
>> Beef stew
>> Spaghetti
>> Chili
>> Roast pork or chicken
>> Stewed chicken and rice
>> Indian food
>> most soups
>>
>> I hate cold weather.
>
>
> I *like* cold weather. Where I live in Northern California it's rarely
> cold enough for me, and the cold weather doesn't last long enough to
> suit me. To the list of winter food I'll add:
>
> Coq au vin
> Guinness-braised short ribs
> Spaghetti with "Sunday Gravy"
> Onion soup
> Pastitsio/Moussaka/Lasagna/Eggplant parmigiana
> Timpano-like casseroles
> "Loaded" potato skins
> Pot pies of any kind, including pasties
> Posole
> Grilled sandwiches/panini with soup
> Just about anything from Cook's Illustrated's _Cover and Bake_
>
> I like to make a pot of chili on Super Bowl Sunday, though I might not
> do that this year; I might make something from the regional food of the
> competing teams.
>
> I never thought of chicken & rice as winter food; I like it any time of
> the year.
>
> Bob
>
>

Bob, could you share your recipe/method for the Guinness Braised Short
Ribs?

TIA

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On Wed, 14 Jan 2009 20:09:12 -0800, "Bob Terwilliger"
> wrote:

>Gloria wrote:
>
>> Our cold-weather choices:
..
>> most soups

I just made one of my favorite cold weather soups, which is from one
of the later Moosewood books. It is my own adaptation of the
Vietnamese Hot and Sour soup... Nice and spicy. I just put it up on
my blog.

>I *like* cold weather. Where I live in Northern California it's rarely cold
>enough for me, and the cold weather doesn't last long enough to suit me. To
>the list of winter food I'll add:

>I like to make a pot of chili on Super Bowl Sunday, though I might not do
>that this year; I might make something from the regional food of the
>competing teams.
>
>I never thought of chicken & rice as winter food; I like it any time of the
>year.

Have you ever tried the Hainanese Chicken Rice? It is soooooooooo
good!!

http://www.saveur.com/article/food/H...e-Chicken-Rice

Might fix that later this week, but using barley or brown rice for the
regular rice. I am TRYING to eat healthier these days....

Christine
--
http://nightstirrings.blogspot.com

Wayne wrote:

> Bob, could you share your recipe/method for the Guinness Braised Short
> Ribs?

Sure!

Heat a tablespoon of oil (I use grapeseed oil) in a skillet over medium-high
heat. (A nonstick skillet will not work as well as a conventional one for
this recipe.) Salt short ribs on all sides and then brown on all sides.
Unless you're only cooking a couple short ribs or your skillet is very
large, you'll probably have to do the browning in batches.

As the fond develops on the bottom of the skillet, if it threatens to
actually burn, remove the meat, deglaze the pan with a quarter-cup of
Guinness, scrape the bottom of the skillet with a wooden spoon to remove the
fond, and pour off into a separate container. Then add more oil to the pan,
let it get hot, and resume browning the short ribs.

If you use up an entire bottle of Guinness partway through the browning
process, use water instead.

When you've browned all the meat, deglaze with Guinness one more time. If
you haven't used an entire bottle of Guinness by the time all the meat is
browned, add the rest of the bottle and reduce slightly to burn away most of
the alcohol, then add to the container of deglazing liquid.

Lower the heat to medium-low and melt a couple tablespoons of butter. When
melted, add a big sliced onion and a chopped parsnip and cook until the
onions are softened. While the vegetables are cooking, mix together a
tablespoon of brown sugar and a tablespoon of kosher salt. When the onions
have softened, sprinkle them lightly with that mixture. (You don't need to
use all of the salt/sugar mixture.)

Make a foil packet large enough to contain the short ribs and vegetables.
Leaving one end open, wrap foil around the meat and vegetables. Pour the
deglazing liquid into the open end of the foil and then close it up. Put the
packet into a pan large enough to hold it and bake at 250°F for two hours.

I recommend serving on top of celeriac-potato purée and sprinkling with
parsley.

Bob

Christine wrote:

> I just made one of my favorite cold weather soups, which is from one
> of the later Moosewood books. It is my own adaptation of the
> Vietnamese Hot and Sour soup... Nice and spicy. I just put it up on
> my blog.

I always think of spicy foods as hot-weather foods. The idea is that the
spices make you sweat without actually raising your temperature, and when
the sweat evaporates you end up cooler than before.


>> I never thought of chicken & rice as winter food; I like it any time of
>> the year.
>
> Have you ever tried the Hainanese Chicken Rice? It is soooooooooo
> good!!
>
> http://www.saveur.com/article/food/H...e-Chicken-Rice
>
> Might fix that later this week, but using barley or brown rice for the
> regular rice. I am TRYING to eat healthier these days....

I follow the Hainanese Chicken Rice recipe in _Terrific Pacific_. That
recipe plunges the chicken into cold water after cooking to "tighten the
skin". It looks like the Saveur recipe discards the skin.

Bob

On Wed, 14 Jan 2009 21:39:05 -0800, "Bob Terwilliger"
> wrote:

.....
>
>I follow the Hainanese Chicken Rice recipe in _Terrific Pacific_. That
>recipe plunges the chicken into cold water after cooking to "tighten the
>skin". It looks like the Saveur recipe discards the skin.
>
>Bob

Oooh..I would like to see that recipe.

I first used a recipe that had me do that to the chicken. It does
tighten the flesh a bit, and makes the texture really nice. Still
trying to figure out which variation I like the best.

Christine
--
http://nightstirrings.blogspot.com

On Wed 14 Jan 2009 10:17:10p, Bob Terwilliger told us...

> Wayne wrote:
>
>> Bob, could you share your recipe/method for the Guinness Braised Short
>> Ribs?
>
> Sure!
>
> Heat a tablespoon of oil (I use grapeseed oil) in a skillet over
> medium-high heat. (A nonstick skillet will not work as well as a
> conventional one for this recipe.) Salt short ribs on all sides and then
> brown on all sides. Unless you're only cooking a couple short ribs or
> your skillet is very large, you'll probably have to do the browning in
> batches.
>
> As the fond develops on the bottom of the skillet, if it threatens to
> actually burn, remove the meat, deglaze the pan with a quarter-cup of
> Guinness, scrape the bottom of the skillet with a wooden spoon to remove
> the fond, and pour off into a separate container. Then add more oil to
> the pan, let it get hot, and resume browning the short ribs.
>
> If you use up an entire bottle of Guinness partway through the browning
> process, use water instead.
>
> When you've browned all the meat, deglaze with Guinness one more time.
> If you haven't used an entire bottle of Guinness by the time all the
> meat is browned, add the rest of the bottle and reduce slightly to burn
> away most of the alcohol, then add to the container of deglazing liquid.
>
> Lower the heat to medium-low and melt a couple tablespoons of butter.
> When melted, add a big sliced onion and a chopped parsnip and cook until
> the onions are softened. While the vegetables are cooking, mix together
> a tablespoon of brown sugar and a tablespoon of kosher salt. When the
> onions have softened, sprinkle them lightly with that mixture. (You
> don't need to use all of the salt/sugar mixture.)
>
> Make a foil packet large enough to contain the short ribs and
> vegetables. Leaving one end open, wrap foil around the meat and
> vegetables. Pour the deglazing liquid into the open end of the foil and
> then close it up. Put the packet into a pan large enough to hold it and
> bake at 250°F for two hours.
>
> I recommend serving on top of celeriac-potato purée and sprinkling with
> parsley.
>
> Bob
>
>

That sounds wonderful! Thanks, Bob. Saved and filed.

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Christine wrote:

>> I follow the Hainanese Chicken Rice recipe in _Terrific Pacific_. That
>> recipe plunges the chicken into cold water after cooking to "tighten the
>> skin". It looks like the Saveur recipe discards the skin.
>
> Oooh..I would like to see that recipe.
>
> I first used a recipe that had me do that to the chicken. It does
> tighten the flesh a bit, and makes the texture really nice. Still
> trying to figure out which variation I like the best.

Amazon.com allows you to search inside _Terrific Pacific_. If you search for
"Hainanese" from the search window you can view the recipe (on page
166-167).

Bob

We're having an unusually cold day here in western NC. S'posed to get
down to 12 or so tonight.

I just made a pot of chicken noodle soup to keep away the chill. Also
made the quick fudge somebody posted last week....fudge may not keep me
warm, but it sure improves my mood. GREAT recipe, BTW.

Lass

Michael "Dog3" wrote:

> "Default User" > news:6t73u9F9hplvU1
> @mid.individual.net: in rec.food.cooking

> > I'm just not weather affected when it comes to food. It's not cold
> > in the house, after all. The fact that it was cold two hours ago
> > when I came home doesn't have any effect on what I want for dinner.
>
> Do you find the weather affect what you do want to eat though?

Only to a minor degree. I less likely to cook things that heat up the
house in the dead of summer, and I'm less likely to grill or BBQ in the
dead of winter.

> It
> does me. For some reason when it's cold and nasty out I want comfort
> foods like soup, stew etc.

Well, one thing is that I like the cold, so I don't really need
comfort, but no it really has little effect on what I prepare. I make
stews and soups year round as the mood strikes.

> Tomorrow and Friday we're supposed to get
> nailed with another arctic freeze. I'll be doing some beef stew
> tomorrow night. What are you going to have?

I'm going to the Blues game tonight, so we'll probably eat at
O'Connell's pub afterwards. Thursday is roast pork night there, I might
have that.



Brian

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won't shut up.
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Dave Smith said...

> We are in the middle of a cold snap. It got down near 0 F last night and
> only up to about 10 degrees in the afternoon. That calls for comfort
> food. I made some rice pudding this afternoon and will do meat loaf for
> dinner tonight.


It's not as cold in Philly but for lunch I heated up a can of baked beans and
combined with two kosher beef franks (course diced).

Ate it all up straight out of the sauce pan while reclining in the la-z-boy
watching TV (a guilty pleasure for sure!).

Beans & franks
Mac & cheese... same comfort factor, imho,

Andy

On Jan 14, 4:17*pm, Dave Smith
> wrote:
> We are in the middle of a cold snap. It got down near 0 F last night and
> only up to about 10 degrees in the afternoon. That calls for comfort
> food. I made some rice pudding this afternoon and will do meat loaf for
> dinner tonight.

Err what's that in real terms? I've forgotten all those old terms
and don't have a bilingual outside thermometre to check. Every so
often I see/hear a US weather report and go, "30 degrees ???? Oh yes
US".

I think we were about -24 C last night and I was seriously
considering porridge for breakfast but went with a poached egg.

It's a balmy -1`7C here now . Where did I put that bathing suit?

John Kane Kingston ON Canada

John Kane > wrote in message
...
On Jan 14, 4:17 pm, Dave Smith
> wrote:
> We are in the middle of a cold snap. It got down near 0 F last night and
> only up to about 10 degrees in the afternoon. That calls for comfort
> food. I made some rice pudding this afternoon and will do meat loaf for
> dinner tonight.

Err what's that in real terms? I've forgotten all those old terms
and don't have a bilingual outside thermometre to check. Every so
often I see/hear a US weather report and go, "30 degrees ???? Oh yes
US".

I think we were about -24 C last night and I was seriously
considering porridge for breakfast but went with a poached egg.

It's a balmy -1`7C here now . Where did I put that bathing suit?

John Kane Kingston ON Canada

When I was driving home from Physical Therapy yesterday (Wednesday)
temp/clock at the bank flashed minus 17 C - at 4 pm. Overnight temp Tuesday
night in Watertown (about 15 miles to the north - was minus 25 F. Kingston
is close. Sure you are shivering as well.

Had oatmeal for breakfats - hot tea all day. Thinking of whipping up a
batch of veggie soup for multiple bowls this evening.

JonquilJan

Learn something new every day
As long as you are learning, you are living
When you stop learning, you start dying

John Kane wrote:
> On Jan 14, 4:17 pm, Dave Smith
> > wrote:
>> We are in the middle of a cold snap. It got down near 0 F last night and
>> only up to about 10 degrees in the afternoon. That calls for comfort
>> food. I made some rice pudding this afternoon and will do meat loaf for
>> dinner tonight.
>
> Err what's that in real terms? I've forgotten all those old terms
> and don't have a bilingual outside thermometre to check. Every so
> often I see/hear a US weather report and go, "30 degrees ???? Oh yes
> US".
>
> I think we were about -24 C last night and I was seriously
> considering porridge for breakfast but went with a poached egg.
>
> It's a balmy -1`7C here now . Where did I put that bathing suit?
>
> John Kane Kingston ON Canada

John - 0F is equivalent to -17.7C for those of you that are "Ehh" people
:-)

You people of the upper north just happen to be a little more
international in measurement standards. BTW, I heard or read somewhere
that at least 80% of the Canuks live within 200 miles (321.8Km) of the
US border.

Bob

JonquilJan wrote:
> John Kane > wrote in message
> ...
> On Jan 14, 4:17 pm, Dave Smith
> > wrote:
>> We are in the middle of a cold snap. It got down near 0 F last night and
>> only up to about 10 degrees in the afternoon. That calls for comfort
>> food. I made some rice pudding this afternoon and will do meat loaf for
>> dinner tonight.
>
> Err what's that in real terms? I've forgotten all those old terms
> and don't have a bilingual outside thermometre to check. Every so
> often I see/hear a US weather report and go, "30 degrees ???? Oh yes
> US".
>
> I think we were about -24 C last night and I was seriously
> considering porridge for breakfast but went with a poached egg.
>
> It's a balmy -1`7C here now . Where did I put that bathing suit?
>
> John Kane Kingston ON Canada
>
> When I was driving home from Physical Therapy yesterday (Wednesday)
> temp/clock at the bank flashed minus 17 C - at 4 pm. Overnight temp Tuesday
> night in Watertown (about 15 miles to the north - was minus 25 F. Kingston
> is close. Sure you are shivering as well.
>
> Had oatmeal for breakfats - hot tea all day. Thinking of whipping up a
> batch of veggie soup for multiple bowls this evening.
>
> JonquilJan
>
> Learn something new every day
> As long as you are learning, you are living
> When you stop learning, you start dying
>
>

JonquilJan - Do you have a source for the quote in your signature? It
certainly is a realistic view on the life process. I like it.

Bob

John Kane said...

> On Jan 14, 4:17*pm, Dave Smith
> > wrote:
>> We are in the middle of a cold snap. It got down near 0 F last night and
>> only up to about 10 degrees in the afternoon. That calls for comfort
>> food. I made some rice pudding this afternoon and will do meat loaf for
>> dinner tonight.
>
> Err what's that in real terms? I've forgotten all those old terms
> and don't have a bilingual outside thermometre to check. Every so
> often I see/hear a US weather report and go, "30 degrees ???? Oh yes
> US".
>
> I think we were about -24 C last night and I was seriously
> considering porridge for breakfast but went with a poached egg.
>
> It's a balmy -1`7C here now . Where did I put that bathing suit?
>
> John Kane Kingston ON Canada


John,

You can easily use the Google search of "30 F in C" or "7C in F" to
convert. No quotes, of course.

Lots of other conversions are available. Try a couple. They got food
measure conversions too.

Type: weather Kingston, ON, Canada OR weather media, pa OR pizza 92107 OR
pizza Kingston, ON, Canada

Visit: http://www.google.com/intl/en/help/f...tml#calculator for info
on the great variety of fast searching the web.

BTW, it looks crazy cold in Kingston, ON, Canada! -17° C (1° F)

Best,

Andy

On Jan 15, 4:07*pm, Andy > wrote:
> John Kane said...
>
>
>
>
>
> > On Jan 14, 4:17*pm, Dave Smith
> > > wrote:
> >> We are in the middle of a cold snap. It got down near 0 F last night and
> >> only up to about 10 degrees in the afternoon. That calls for comfort
> >> food. I made some rice pudding this afternoon and will do meat loaf for
> >> dinner tonight.
>
> > Err what's that in real terms? *I've forgotten all those old terms
> > and don't have a bilingual outside thermometre to check. *Every so
> > often I see/hear a US weather report and go, "30 degrees ???? Oh yes
> > US".
>
> > *I think we were about -24 C last night and I was seriously
> > considering porridge for breakfast but went with a poached egg.
>
> > *It's a balmy -1`7C here now . *Where did I put that bathing suit?
>
> > John Kane Kingston ON Canada
>
> John,
>
> You can easily use the Google search of "30 F in C" or "7C in F" *to
> convert. No quotes, of course.
>
> Lots of other conversions are available. Try a couple. They got food
> measure conversions too.
>
> Type: weather Kingston, ON, Canada OR weather media, pa OR pizza 92107 OR
> pizza Kingston, ON, Canada
>
> Visit:http://www.google.com/intl/en/help/f...#calculatorfor info
> on the great variety of fast searching the web.
>
> BTW, it looks crazy cold in Kingston, ON, Canada! -17° C (1° F)
>
> Best,
>
> Andy-

Thanks Andy but it was just a gentle jab at Dave Smith for being so
old fashioned. Hi Dave

I can do to the conversion (roughly ) in my head but I really don't
think in F any more.I roughly know that 32F is freezing, 80 F is
getting comfortably warm (by my standards) and 100 F is damn hot and
that's about it.

If fact when somebody (Rosie?) mentioned that it had hit 23 degrees
in Texas and she was having a hard time getting warm I was wondering
what she wanted. I mean I keep my apartement at about 22 degrees.
OOPs , she meant F not C.

I had not realized that Google could do them though. Thanks


John Kane Kingston ON Canada

John Kane said...

> On Jan 15, 4:07*pm, Andy > wrote:
>> John Kane said...
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> > On Jan 14, 4:17*pm, Dave Smith
>> > > wrote:
>> >> We are in the middle of a cold snap. It got down near 0 F last night
a
> nd
>> >> only up to about 10 degrees in the afternoon. That calls for comfort
>> >> food. I made some rice pudding this afternoon and will do meat loaf
fo
> r
>> >> dinner tonight.
>>
>> > Err what's that in real terms? *I've forgotten all those old terms
>> > and don't have a bilingual outside thermometre to check. *Every so
>> > often I see/hear a US weather report and go, "30 degrees ???? Oh yes
>> > US".
>>
>> > *I think we were about -24 C last night and I was seriously
>> > considering porridge for breakfast but went with a poached egg.
>>
>> > *It's a balmy -1`7C here now . *Where did I put that bathing suit?
>>
>> > John Kane Kingston ON Canada
>>
>> John,
>>
>> You can easily use the Google search of "30 F in C" or "7C in F" *to
>> convert. No quotes, of course.
>>
>> Lots of other conversions are available. Try a couple. They got food
>> measure conversions too.
>>
>> Type: weather Kingston, ON, Canada OR weather media, pa OR pizza 92107
OR
>> pizza Kingston, ON, Canada
>>
>> Visit:http://www.google.com/intl/en/help/f...#calculatorfor
info
>> on the great variety of fast searching the web.
>>
>> BTW, it looks crazy cold in Kingston, ON, Canada! -17° C (1° F)
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Andy-
>
> Thanks Andy but it was just a gentle jab at Dave Smith for being so
> old fashioned. Hi Dave
>
> I can do to the conversion (roughly ) in my head but I really don't
> think in F any more.I roughly know that 32F is freezing, 80 F is
> getting comfortably warm (by my standards) and 100 F is damn hot and
> that's about it.
>
> If fact when somebody (Rosie?) mentioned that it had hit 23 degrees
> in Texas and she was having a hard time getting warm I was wondering
> what she wanted. I mean I keep my apartement at about 22 degrees.
> OOPs , she meant F not C.
>
> I had not realized that Google could do them though. Thanks
>
>
> John Kane Kingston ON Canada


John,

You're welcome!

Hope Dave takes the jab lightly. <G>

Best,

Andy

On Jan 15, 4:37*pm, Andy > wrote:
> John Kane said...
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > On Jan 15, 4:07*pm, Andy > wrote:
> >> John Kane said...
>
> >> > On Jan 14, 4:17*pm, Dave Smith
> >> > > wrote:
> >> >> We are in the middle of a cold snap. It got down near 0 F last night
> a
> > nd
> >> >> only up to about 10 degrees in the afternoon. That calls for comfort
> >> >> food. I made some rice pudding this afternoon and will do meat loaf
> fo
> > r
> >> >> dinner tonight.
>
> >> > Err what's that in real terms? *I've forgotten all those old terms
> >> > and don't have a bilingual outside thermometre to check. *Every so
> >> > often I see/hear a US weather report and go, "30 degrees ???? Oh yes
> >> > US".
>
> >> > *I think we were about -24 C last night and I was seriously
> >> > considering porridge for breakfast but went with a poached egg.
>
> >> > *It's a balmy -1`7C here now . *Where did I put that bathing suit?
>
> >> > John Kane Kingston ON Canada
>
> >> John,
>
> >> You can easily use the Google search of "30 F in C" or "7C in F" *to
> >> convert. No quotes, of course.
>
> >> Lots of other conversions are available. Try a couple. They got food
> >> measure conversions too.
>
> >> Type: weather Kingston, ON, Canada OR weather media, pa OR pizza 92107
> OR
> >> pizza Kingston, ON, Canada
>
> >> Visit:http://www.google.com/intl/en/help/f...#calculatorfor
> info
> >> on the great variety of fast searching the web.
>
> >> BTW, it looks crazy cold in Kingston, ON, Canada! -17° C (1° F)
>
> >> Best,
>
> >> Andy-
>
> > Thanks Andy but it was just a gentle jab at Dave Smith for being so
> > old fashioned. * Hi Dave
>
> > I can do to the conversion (roughly ) in my head but I really don't
> > think in F any more.I roughly know that 32F is freezing, 80 F is
> > getting comfortably warm (by my standards) and 100 F is damn hot and
> > that's about it.
>
> > *If fact when somebody (Rosie?) mentioned that it had hit 23 degrees
> > in Texas and she was having a hard time getting warm I was wondering
> > what she wanted. I mean I keep my apartement at about 22 degrees.
> > OOPs , *she meant F not C.
>
> > *I had not realized that Google could do them though. *Thanks
>
> > John Kane Kingston ON Canada
>
> John,
>
> You're welcome!
>
> Hope Dave takes the jab lightly. <G>

Let's hope so. Still I live in dread of finding out that he has his
bicycle computer set in miles rather than kilometres.

John Kane Kingston ON Canada

> >
> > Had oatmeal for breakfats - hot tea all day. Thinking of whipping up a
> > batch of veggie soup for multiple bowls this evening.
> >
> > JonquilJan
> >
> > Learn something new every day
> > As long as you are learning, you are living
> > When you stop learning, you start dying
> >
> >
>
> JonquilJan - Do you have a source for the quote in your signature? It
> certainly is a realistic view on the life process. I like it.
>
> Bob

Thanks Bob

I'm not quite sure the source where I picked it up. During the early
1960's, after college, I was living and working in New York City. I
explored many religious beliefs, reading a great deal about far eastern
beliefs. Think it was from there that I picked up the saying - perhaps not
the exact words but that's how it developed over the years. Has helped me
get through some trying times.

JonquilJan

Learn something new every day
As long as you are learning, you are living
When you stop learning, you start dying

In article
>,
John Kane > wrote:

> On Jan 15, 4:07*pm, Andy > wrote:

> > You can easily use the Google search of "30 F in C" or "7C in F" *to
> > convert.
> I had not realized that Google could do them though. Thanks

The RFC home page does conversions, including temperatu

http://www.recfoodcooking.com/cvtunits.html

--
Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA

John Kane wrote:


> I can do to the conversion (roughly ) in my head but I really don't
> think in F any more.I roughly know that 32F is freezing, 80 F is
> getting comfortably warm (by my standards) and 100 F is damn hot and
> that's about it.

That's why Fahrenheit is great. 0F is damned cold, and 100F is damned
hot. 0C is not that cold, and 100C is not normally in the range of
human experience (at least not for long).




Brian

--
If televison's a babysitter, the Internet is a drunk librarian who
won't shut up.
-- Dorothy Gambrell (http://catandgirl.com)

JonquilJan wrote:
>>> Had oatmeal for breakfats - hot tea all day. Thinking of whipping up a
>>> batch of veggie soup for multiple bowls this evening.
>>>
>>> JonquilJan
>>>
>>> Learn something new every day
>>> As long as you are learning, you are living
>>> When you stop learning, you start dying
>>>
>>>
>> JonquilJan - Do you have a source for the quote in your signature? It
>> certainly is a realistic view on the life process. I like it.
>>
>> Bob
>
> Thanks Bob
>
> I'm not quite sure the source where I picked it up. During the early
> 1960's, after college, I was living and working in New York City. I
> explored many religious beliefs, reading a great deal about far eastern
> beliefs. Think it was from there that I picked up the saying - perhaps not
> the exact words but that's how it developed over the years. Has helped me
> get through some trying times.
>
> JonquilJan
>
> Learn something new every day
> As long as you are learning, you are living
> When you stop learning, you start dying
>
>

JonquilJan - Thanks for your response. Let me know if you find a moment
you could use something new to learn. I'll be happy to commit to sending
you "something you didn't know" posts (well, emails).

I'll dig something up, even for someone obviously as wise as you ;-)

Bob

On Thu 15 Jan 2009 03:25:57p, Dan Abel told us...

> In article
> >,
> John Kane > wrote:
>
>> On Jan 15, 4:07*pm, Andy > wrote:
>
>> > You can easily use the Google search of "30 F in C" or "7C in F" *to
>> > convert.
>> I had not realized that Google could do them though. Thanks
>
> The RFC home page does conversions, including temperatu
>
> http://www.recfoodcooking.com/cvtunits.html
>

There is a great little program called "Convert" that will convert almost
anything to anything. It's free and small.

http://joshmadison.com/article/convert-for-windows/

--
Wayne Boatwright
(correct the spelling of "geemail" to reply)
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