Since winter has set in with a vengeance (we're supposed to get up to 2 feet of snow tonight), Chris has lately started cooking more "comfort food." This is the kind of stuff that gets you through a long cold night at minus 20 degrees.
One of the winter meals she prepares is known in Maine as "American Chop Suey". This is basically hamburger, elbow macaroni, and tomato sauce, with whatever else you've got handy thrown in. Brenda had never heard of this dish, but it is very popular here and even shows up on restaurant menus. Of course, it has nothing to do with Chinese food--nobody seems to know where the name came from, but everybody knows what it is.
Another favorite (especially with the kids) is mini-pizzas. Sometimes she makes these on english muffins, and sometimes on her own hand-made crust. It can be hard to find fresh mozerella cheese around here, but whenever she sees it, she buys it. Yum!
And of course the kids love hamburgers. The winter twist to this is that she grills them outside, even in a blizzard! As long as it's not too windy, the grill works great, even in below freezing temperatures.
That's cooking Maine winter style!
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