About to get snowed in - what food should I get?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:um I am in the boston area too and you may be snowed in for a day. the roads will be fine Sat night-the weather next week has us close to 50 and much of it will melt-we will all be ok. Finish leftovers, I never understand this panic for food don't you have extra bread/milk/snacks at home for two days?

I'm with you PP! I'm in Boston as well and DH and I did our normal grocery shopping (plus red wine and dark chocolate!) on Wednesday night. I'm thinking that we'll be pretty much stuck this afternoon, tonight, and until midday tomorrow. But then again, I live in an area where the plows will do their job well and right away. I can see if OP lives further out she may be worried (I had a friend who didn't have power for a week out in the boonies when we had the Halloween storm last year), but maybe DH and I are just more laid back. It's not going to be as bad as the Blizzard of '78.

[Anonymous]

I make some staples that can be combined into meals - ie braised tofu, roasted vegetables, etc. They could go into a salad or sandwich or pasta dish depending on what takes my fancy. And don't forget hot chocolate, beer and wine!

[Anonymous]

PP, I remember the blizzard of '78! Power went out, nothing but the woodstove for cooking and heat for about a week, and my brother and I spent every moment we could outside in the snow where drifts came over our heads...it was awesome.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't know but I am jealous.

Me too. So jealous.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't know but I am jealous.

+1000

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:um I am in the boston area too and you may be snowed in for a day. the roads will be fine Sat night-the weather next week has us close to 50 and much of it will melt-we will all be ok. Finish leftovers, I never understand this panic for food don't you have extra bread/milk/snacks at home for two days?

I'm with you PP! I'm in Boston as well and DH and I did our normal grocery shopping (plus red wine and dark chocolate!) on Wednesday night. I'm thinking that we'll be pretty much stuck this afternoon, tonight, and until midday tomorrow. But then again, I live in an area where the plows will do their job well and right away. I can see if OP lives further out she may be worried (I had a friend who didn't have power for a week out in the boonies when we had the Halloween storm last year), but maybe DH and I are just more laid back. It's not going to be as bad as the Blizzard of '78.

OP here - thanks for all the ideas. And to those of you who think I"m panicking - I'm not; I have a job where I travel constantly and I keep little food at home as it goes bad so no, I don't have 2 extra days worth of food that would be appealing and needed to shop. And while the roads may be fine Sat night, I'm not venturing out to get food if I can just take care of it in advance.

[Anonymous]

OP you are so smart. I remember '78 and while it was fun and I was a kid, the state shut down for 4 days. NO DRIVING. And Deval Patrick issued an executive order prohibiting all but emergency vehicles or face up to a year in jail. Even after it's safe to drive the food trucks may take a while to get cranking again.

And the latest I'm hearing on the Weather Channel is that there could be 3 feet in the greater Boston area and snow isn't expected to stop until 1:00 p.m. tomorrow. I'd say that's pretty much like '78. Plus thunder snow, 60 mph gusts and greater than 50mph sustained winds are expected. One of the reasons New England deals with snow so much better than D.C. (of course there are more plows) is that chuckleheads don't take to the roads so quickly when the weather's wicked bad. Common sense isn't panicking.

Hope you got some chocolate and some nice red wine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP you are so smart. I remember '78 and while it was fun and I was a kid, the state shut down for 4 days. NO DRIVING. And Deval Patrick issued an executive order prohibiting all but emergency vehicles or face up to a year in jail. Even after it's safe to drive the food trucks may take a while to get cranking again.

And the latest I'm hearing on the Weather Channel is that there could be 3 feet in the greater Boston area and snow isn't expected to stop until 1:00 p.m. tomorrow. I'd say that's pretty much like '78. Plus thunder snow, 60 mph gusts and greater than 50mph sustained winds are expected. One of the reasons New England deals with snow so much better than D.C. (of course there are more plows) is that chuckleheads don't take to the roads so quickly when the weather's wicked bad. Common sense isn't panicking.

Hope you got some chocolate and some nice red wine.

oh please, he issues an order every time a storm comes around-stop watching the weather channel

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:um I am in the boston area too and you may be snowed in for a day. the roads will be fine Sat night-the weather next week has us close to 50 and much of it will melt-we will all be ok. Finish leftovers, I never understand this panic for food don't you have extra bread/milk/snacks at home for two days?

I'm with you PP! I'm in Boston as well and DH and I did our normal grocery shopping (plus red wine and dark chocolate!) on Wednesday night. I'm thinking that we'll be pretty much stuck this afternoon, tonight, and until midday tomorrow. But then again, I live in an area where the plows will do their job well and right away. I can see if OP lives further out she may be worried (I had a friend who didn't have power for a week out in the boonies when we had the Halloween storm last year), but maybe DH and I are just more laid back. It's not going to be as bad as the Blizzard of '78.

OP here - thanks for all the ideas. And to those of you who think I"m panicking - I'm not; I have a job where I travel constantly and I keep little food at home as it goes bad so no, I don't have 2 extra days worth of food that would be appealing and needed to shop. And while the roads may be fine Sat night, I'm not venturing out to get food if I can just take care of it in advance.

so just buy what you normally would buy-why post on a DC based board about what food you need to buy. Buy what you need for two or three days, right?

[Anonymous]

Time will tell.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP you are so smart. I remember '78 and while it was fun and I was a kid, the state shut down for 4 days. NO DRIVING. And Deval Patrick issued an executive order prohibiting all but emergency vehicles or face up to a year in jail. Even after it's safe to drive the food trucks may take a while to get cranking again.

And the latest I'm hearing on the Weather Channel is that there could be 3 feet in the greater Boston area and snow isn't expected to stop until 1:00 p.m. tomorrow. I'd say that's pretty much like '78. Plus thunder snow, 60 mph gusts and greater than 50mph sustained winds are expected. One of the reasons New England deals with snow so much better than D.C. (of course there are more plows) is that chuckleheads don't take to the roads so quickly when the weather's wicked bad. Common sense isn't panicking.

Hope you got some chocolate and some nice red wine.

oh please, he issues an order every time a storm comes around-stop watching the weather channel

Just when? Date please.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP you are so smart. I remember '78 and while it was fun and I was a kid, the state shut down for 4 days. NO DRIVING. And Deval Patrick issued an executive order prohibiting all but emergency vehicles or face up to a year in jail. Even after it's safe to drive the food trucks may take a while to get cranking again.

And the latest I'm hearing on the Weather Channel is that there could be 3 feet in the greater Boston area and snow isn't expected to stop until 1:00 p.m. tomorrow. I'd say that's pretty much like '78. Plus thunder snow, 60 mph gusts and greater than 50mph sustained winds are expected. One of the reasons New England deals with snow so much better than D.C. (of course there are more plows) is that chuckleheads don't take to the roads so quickly when the weather's wicked bad. Common sense isn't panicking.

Hope you got some chocolate and some nice red wine.

oh please, he issues an order every time a storm comes around-stop watching the weather channel

This is the first such order since 1978. Are you a know-it-all or political partisan or both?

http://www.wgbhnews.org/post/gov-patrick-orders-all-cars-roads-4-pm-1st-time-1978

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP you are so smart. I remember '78 and while it was fun and I was a kid, the state shut down for 4 days. NO DRIVING. And Deval Patrick issued an executive order prohibiting all but emergency vehicles or face up to a year in jail. Even after it's safe to drive the food trucks may take a while to get cranking again.

And the latest I'm hearing on the Weather Channel is that there could be 3 feet in the greater Boston area and snow isn't expected to stop until 1:00 p.m. tomorrow. I'd say that's pretty much like '78. Plus thunder snow, 60 mph gusts and greater than 50mph sustained winds are expected. One of the reasons New England deals with snow so much better than D.C. (of course there are more plows) is that chuckleheads don't take to the roads so quickly when the weather's wicked bad. Common sense isn't panicking.

Hope you got some chocolate and some nice red wine.

oh please, he issues an order every time a storm comes around-stop watching the weather channel

This is the first such order since 1978. Are you a know-it-all or political partisan or both?

http://www.wgbhnews.org/post/gov-patrick-orders-all-cars-roads-4-pm-1st-time-1978

sandy-- he asked us all to get off the roads too. This order means nothing it is not enforceable and no I will not spend even a second looking it up for you. are you here in boston? I was in Michigan in '78 so I was not in Boston but this is not '78 it is 2013. But I appreciate the drama.

[Anonymous]

Know where your corkscrew is. Better yet, keep it on your person at all times.

[Anonymous]

Applicable for snow storms, too.

http://www.bonappetit.com/blogsandforums/blogs/badaily/2011/08/how-to-eat-when-a-hurricanes-a.html