Snowbound
It takes a lot of snow for me to consider myself snowbound. Growing up in New England and spending 5 or 6 years in Michigan, I learned how to deal with snow by dressing appropriately, shoveling each morning, and steering into the skid. I tend to think that caterwauling of mid-Atlantic residents about their annual flurry is a little…weak. But this week’s 30-inch snow dump, with another foot or so predicted for tonight, is the real deal. The roads are really a mess, trucks are not getting through to restock stores and schools have been closed since last Friday. I’m grateful for the uninterrupted power, for the well-stocked kitchen, and for the company of neighbors to help pass the time.
I’ve made lots of food to share: broccoli cheese soup, and Mimi’s Minestrone, sourdough bread and chocolate chip cookies. And Sunday morning, to fuel the herd for a day of deep-powder sledding, I made sourdough doughnuts. By far the best homemade doughnut attempt to date, these were crunchy on the outside, light in the inside, and complex in addition to sweet. I made mine with an established wild yeast sourdough starter, but the original blog post includes a quick overnight sourdough sponge made with commercial yeast.
Yes, we are all a little twitchy about our regularly scheduled life falling to the wayside for a week or so. But the doughnuts kind of make it all worth it.
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February 9, 2010 1:43 pm
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By Kae, February 9, 2010 @ 7:47 pm
Wondering if high altitude will affect them? Hmmmmm…. And still dying for Kung Pao Shrimp recipe or any decent stirfry recipe (I’ve butchered no less than four Tofu Stirfry recipies in the last two weeks… total bombs). No decent Asian food within a billion miles.