Cold - even for us! What warms you?

[Karen]

Tonight and the next couple of days, particularly Sunday and Monday nights are going to be extremely cold here. Right now it is 9 degrees F out - that's -12C for those who use Celcius, and the temperatures with wind chill factored in could be down to -50 F (-45.5C) on Monday night.

What foods or beverages warm you up, or do you crave when the temperatures get bitterly cold?

For me, hot chocolate, made extra dark (an extra teaspoon of cocoa powder added to the mix). I have to just imagine the marshmallows, as I'm allergic to corn, and all the marshmallows I've seen are corn syrup based. Hot tea will also suffice, steaming in the mug.

I would want chili and cornbread, but am allergic to both, or beef stew - allergic to almost everything in that.

Gingerbread - not the cookies, real gingerbread, or warm brownies ... warm bread freshly baked ...

What does your body request when it's bitterly cold outside - besides the ability to stay inside!

[Freedom]

Oooh, I love to snuggle on the sofa with a cup of hot chocolate, a good book, a blanket and a few pets! THAT is what I like to do in this horrid cold, lol.

[kitten645]

Hot tea or chocolate with lots of whipped cream is my "go to" for defrosting.
Karen, try this. They are yummy!
http://www.food.com/recipe/homemade-...n-syrup-384069

[Nomilynn]

I like hearty foods, like mac and cheese, chili, stews (like you mentioned) with some freshly baked apple crumble for dessert! Then, top it all off with peppermint tea so I don't get a tummy ache Mmmm.. good stuff!

I hope you are able to stay nice and toasty warm. Do you have a fireplace?

[chocolatepuppy]

Hot chocolate! Tomorrow, my body will need some bread pudding. I must make it to help warm the house on a 13* day.

[K9karen]

Freezing here too. I've been skipping the food part and taking a hot, hot soak bath, then jumping into my nice warm bed, with Mz Logan spooning me.

The days seem to be getting longer. Can't wait til spring and summer.

[Karen]

I like hearty foods, like mac and cheese, chili, stews (like you mentioned) with some freshly baked apple crumble for dessert! Then, top it all off with peppermint tea so I don't get a tummy ache Mmmm.. good stuff!

I hope you are able to stay nice and toasty warm. Do you have a fireplace?

We do not have a fireplace, but we have a good furnace and the house stays nice and warm. It's an old New England house, and so has the cast iron radiators, steam heat, and the radiator in the livingroom is Paul's best buddy. My mittens are toasting on the kitchen radiator for tomorrow morning! And kitten645 - how cool, I will have to try that recipe sometime, thanks!

[kitten645]

Yay for warm furkids. Unfortunately, Calvin finds the warmest part of my body to snuggle up to! Hence no heat enhancement! He's curled up behind my knees instead of on my freezing footsies or hands! Hobbsie being a huge heat giver would cudle on my arms and shoulders heating me up. Miss my big boy so much. Calvin is such a skinny minny I want to put a parka on him!

[Alysser]

A snuggie, a good book, a warm puggle, and my warm joker boxers - as weird as that sounds. They are SO comfortable and they involve batman, nothing cooler then that.

[Husky_mom]

the coldest we´ve been has been -2 C.. but one day only and only in the early morning 7a.m... by 9 or 10 we´re alreday on mid 20´s.. the rest of the cold mornings have been around 6-10 C..

to keep warm.. lol just being clothed does the trick so far.. ...

[Crayons09]

I here you about the cold weather!! Need to find a warmer place to live It hasn't gotten above zero in I don't know how long here. right now its -17 degrees F and that's without the wind chill! What I like best to is to get on my pajamas make some popcorn drink some coffee or hot chocolate then snuggle in on the couch and watch movies. It helps to have a Basset to snuggle with too. Except he is a blanket hog and will literally pull the blanket off me for himself. (he hasn't learned the meaning of "sharing")

[moosmom]

THIS warms me!!!

[phesina]

They said yesterday that the temperature in International Falls, Minnesota was 46 degrees BELOW ZERO (F).. a record for coldness there.

I started thinking of all our friends here who live farther NORTH than that.. How are you folks in Alberta.. British Columbia.. Alaska.. other places making out?

[anna_66]

I love to snuggle in my nice warm electric throw and some soft fuzzy socks.
And a nice warm shower before that works best!

[pomtzu]

There's really nothing that warms me, and even in the normal cold weather, I feel like a popsicle. This extreme cold that we're having now, is just murder.

I fight the cold as best I can - layer-layer-layer - a thermal shirt with a sweatshirt over that, and then a sweatshirt jacket over that. Even then, I'm still not cozy, but the cold is at least somewhat bearable. I never keep the thermostat above 70, because then I feel like I'm suffocating. Go figure! Sometimes in the house I even wear gloves, since an old spinal cord injury has left me with perpetually cold hands. A hot beverage or hot shower is only a temporary fix and really doesn't last long.

And on the other end of the scale, I can't tolerate the heat and humidity. This old body just can't take the extremes of either hot or cold! But given a choice, I would take the cold!