Let It Snow!

FEBRUARY 19, 2010 - LET IT SNOW9

Winter Greetings to all the wonderful friends and fans of Rosalie
Serving Cookbooks. As you can tell from the title of this newsletter,
I just may have snow on the mind. And why not? With record-breaking
snow falls in New York, New Jersey, Washington, and even in the
southern states, snow has definitely been in the forecast almost on a
daily basis somewhere here in these United States.

Lake Erie has officially frozen over, and ice storms have been as
thick as 5" in unlikely places such as Texas, South Carolina, and even
Georgia. Even the Winter Olympics have abundant new snowfall for the
events.

Temperatures are lower everywhere, as reported from my daughter, Dana,
who lives in Naples, Florida, with a cool 55-degrees today. It reminds
me of the classic song..."Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow"!
"Oh, the weather outside is frightful.....But the fire is so
delightful...And since we've no place to go....Let it Snow! Let it
Snow! Let it Snow"!

Here in Troy Missouri, we too have had more snowfall since January 1,
than usual. Even if we do have places to go, we somehow find a way to
cancel the event or just plain give in to staying home. Isn't Mother
Nature powerful? She sends the beautiful stuff, lays it at our
doorstep, shuts everyone in, and says, "Hey...make the best of it"!

I think we can all remember as children running out with a big bowl to
scoop up the fresh snow so that mom could make snow ice cream. My mom
would whip up the ice cream by just adding heavy cream, some sugar and
vanilla to the snow and beating it till it got thick. While the bread
was rising, cookies went into the oven and before long a big pot of
chicken soup was on the stove. My dad would build a big fire in the
fireplace, and the kids would get down the monopoly game, and eat and
play with hearts content.

I say, let's revisit those days and get down the cookbooks. Make the
warm cookies, put on a pot of my Creamy Potato Soup, and make a big
salad, right out of my Rosalie Serving Country, or Rosalie Serving
Italian cookbooks. It beats driving out and ending up in the ditch.

So, when the next big snowfall comes, and we find we're all penned up
together, take some time, enjoy family, enjoy the day, have a big meal
together, and then tell Snowmen jokes...here are a few:

*What do you call a Snowman on rollerblades? A Snowmobile
*Where do Snowmen go to dance? To the Snowball
*What do Snowmen eat for lunch? Ice Bergers.

Have fun, and keep warm,

Rosalie