On Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:42:49 -0400, "Jean B." > wrote:

>Cheryl wrote:
>>>
>>
>> I even think that comfort food changes from the cold season to the hot
>> season (for those of us who have the difference. This doesn't include
>> you, Florida, and you, Southern California). Comfort food in the summer
>> to me is potato salad, sweet corn on the cob. Comfort food in the
>> winter is stew, soup (especially anything chowder), anything with mashed
>> tators on the side.
>
>True enough, it does change with the weather. Interestingly, my
>daughter doesn't draw such a distinction between summer and winter
>fare.

Living where I do, there isn't a distinct summer and winter either...
it took me this long to remember that when it gets "hot", I crave a
meal of barbecued chicken, potato salad and (coconut pineapple) ice
cream.

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I love cooking with wine.
Sometimes I even put it in the food.