Nancy Young wrote:
> I feel as if I've made everything I like a couple of times in
> the last couple of months. I guess maybe I'm getting tired of
> winter cooking, ready for summer cooking.


I go through this every February as well. I'll sit there in the produce
section of my supermarket surrounded by a greater selection of
vegetables and fruits than any generation has ever seen in February
before, and nothing looks appealing. I'll remind myself that I'm one of
the lucky few who likes to cook, likes to eat, and has the means and
leisure to do so. Everything goes back to looking blah. I further
remind myself that I have to eat even if I don't feel like it and would
rather nap. Then I'm struck by a desire to turn tail and run home and
crawl under the bed. Food has no pull for me in February. I'd stop
eating if I could.


The best I can come up with by way of suggestions (and I'll admit these
only work halfway) is to:


Pour on the spice. Make your best beef stew and add Tobasco sauce.
Pour on the sweet. Lindt's milk chocolate with raspberry is good.
Indulge in junk. Potato chips are my personal vice.
For quick calories, ice cream. For fiber, put walnuts on the ice cream.
Pour on the tart flavors. Try peeled, seeded, sliced cucumbers
individually dunked in salad dressing.
Bake brownies.
Out of all that out-of-season, over-priced fruit, strawberries are the
best bet for not being too objectionable. Serve them with french toast.
Baked potatoes with sour cream and hot sauce.
Imported apples with sharp cheddar cheese.
Sauteed cabbage with tamari, oil and vinegar, and sesame seeds.
Bake yeast bread from scratch the slow way.


--Lia