Winter food in SOcal

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Does anyone else still hanker for hot European food in the "Winter" months, despite the lovely weather?

We are fully all into our kale salads and lentils, etc, but I can't help making the kids a baked potato and sausages some days.

I think it must be ingrained Northern European "must survive the winter cold" kind of DNA. Anyone else?

I'm So Cal born and bred, although I don't live there now. It's not a Northern European thing. We always had 'winter food' in the winter. Stews, soups, heavy roasts, as well as hearty enchiladas, tamales, and casseroles.

Now I'm hungry.

It is a Northern European thing, to eat potatoes and meat in the Winter. Enchiladas, tamales are great, but they are Mexican.

My point is, I'm NOT Northern European (actually Native American), lived in So Cal since birth, and we STILL ate meat & potatoes during the Winter.

Yes that's great and interesting to hear, but I suppose I was trying to find out specifically if other Northern Europeans who were now relocated to Southern California still hunkered after a cold weather diet in the "winter months" despite the warm weather.

Am south mediteranean and crave "winter" foods too in hot and humid south east Asia. Do i qualify to post a reply?

meat and potato

meat and potato

Its not a nothern european thing. Everyone has the same seasonnal nourishing traditions.
Your wording is clumsy

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Hel

I'm a British expat living in SoCal. It has been 15-21degrees the last week, I now find that chilly. So we've been eating chilli, tagines, bangers and mash, doing a full roast on Sunday.

We eat less meat&2veg style meals now cos there's such a great abundance of amazing veg all year round so I no longer have months of carrots and potatoes but still crave winters comfort food

According to Wikipedia

"The potato was first domesticated in the region of modern-day southern Peru and extreme northwestern Bolivia between 8000 and 5000 BCE. It has since spread around the world and become a staple crop in many countries."

So, not a 'Northern European' thing after all

Thanks for the wonderfully varied and characterful replies. I knew there was a reason I didn't post anything on Mumsnet. Even a potato can be contentious. Love you all.

Potatoes are VERY contentious. It's the rutabagas that are easy to get along with.

God it's bloody freeeeeeezing at the moment, I have a pissed off Scottish sister in residence. Rain and everything!

Fancy making a crumble but cba

I am making crumble tomorrow. Blackberries in trader joes in February too much to resist!

Erm.