This post replaces the draft I accidentally posted earlier today.
When the weather’s so chilly that plane tree shadows look like cold claws reaching out for balconies in the winter light, all I can do is eat pumpkin soup with garlic croutons with a glass of red wine..…
and conjure up images of summer harvests: piments on a dish bought on a hot day in Figueres years ago….
and some juniper berries for the marinade for tomorrow’s stew.
It was minus 2 C when I went out at 11 a.m., very dry so there was no snow or frost, but even so my main preoccupation at the moment is to keep warm. This weather is forecast to last for several more days, but at least we don’t have the snow that is covering more northern and damper areas over the whole of Europe.
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They all look very tempting. Temperatures here made it all the way up to minus 8 today! However, we should be back above freezing in about another week’s time. We’re eating a lot of pumpkin soup to keep us warm.
Oh dear that is cold, i love that shot of the windows and you marinade juniper berries for a stew. are you posting that recipe it sounds intrigueing! c
Brrr, that is cold! Soups snd stews are the perfect cure. I hope your garden makes it through the cold.
Nothing like a good bowl of soup to take the chill out of one’s bones. Yours looks delicious and would be perfect with a couple of those croutons floating on top.
What a warming post! I must make some soup tomorrow.
you seem to have posted this three times – did the cold stick your fingers to the key?
Yes, I got a bit confused about which version I was posting. The one that’s on the blog now is the right one, the earlier versions have been deleted.