Comfort Food

This AM we were greeted with about an inch of fluffy(clean) snow and the landscape looks lovely. It remains cold so ,of course, our thoughts turn to comfort food and warmth. How about some Molasses Baked Beans and corn bread. My mother always used to say "Pea Soup and Johnny Cake makes a Frenchman's belly ache." Well, I no longer make pea soup but I still make Johnny Cake. As for the Baked Beans, that is a long story. Many people have asked me for my recipe and I can never give it. I have none. I did show a neighbor of mine how to make it and her husband, who had never been satisfied with the beans he got - not like his Mom's - was tickled pink and to this day he does not know how she did it - but he loves them.

On a day like this, when I was a child, I bundled up in WOOL snowsuit and spent the day outdoors - only giving in when my suit was so wet I could hardly walk. Then Mom would hang it on a bar in front of our Big Bertha stove (always on) and you could smell the wool as it dried out. No TV,no radio, but lots of books, warmth and that wonderful tired feeling you get from being outdoors and enjoying yourself. Try it sometime.