Dog kibble - check. Cat kibble - check. I'm ready.

Dueling crock pots.
Ribs in one, potato soup in the other.

Cheap wine? Hardly. Wine, yes. ;-)

Other than that, nothing special is planned, although we will dig through the freezer (fully stocked thanks to JW Trueth's awesome package specials) and pantry and my trove of various recipes - something good will come of that combination!

The fridge, freezer and pantry are fully stocked, recipes are pulled and neighbors are invited to the Snowbound Supper!

You really do have an eclectic palate, Lissa.

Great, now I am going to be singing Bob Seger all day, "katmandu for"

we actually NEED toilet paper...much to my chagrin. i'm hoping to beat the Costco crowd today by leaving work early...i figure everyone leaves work an hour or two after me on a normal day, so i've decided to give myself a three hour buffer.

gods help me.

Pasta, pasta, and pasta. I should refrain from having any snacks in the house, especially since when it snows, I take it as excusable, and even mandetory, to graze for the entire duration of the storm. Tortellini, sauce, garlic bread, mac and cheese, a good Malbec, and some Kasteel Rouge, and work my way through season three of The Wire.

I make sure that I have the basic food groups covered....Grains, Oils, Fruit, Veggies, Meats/Beans and Dairy. Crusty bread (grains) to dip in flavored olive oil (Oils), Strawberry Ice Cream (Fruit and Dairy - twofer!), Salsa (Veggies) and chili (Meat/Beans). All will be well at my house!

Chocolate is a must have. Cheese, garlic bread, Earl Grey tea, soup and a good book. I just went to the store to make sure that I can survive until Monday. Then we may have to do it all over again for Tuesday's projected storm. Power outage is not a problem if you have a gas cooktop. Thank goodness that the sun is shining between storms.

Guinness

Has anyone noticed that all the storms this winter seem to start on Friday and mess up everyone's weekend plans? Have we offended some ancient gods?

Captcha: "In longing." How appropriate. I'm longing for this crummy winter to get over with (though Punxatawney Phil says it ain't gonna' happen real soon.)

How could we not notice that, Michael! I have not been able to run errands on a weekend since before Christmas, and my list keeps growing. As for snow provisions - diet Pepsi and anything in the crockpot. Heavy snow also brings out the desire to bake bread and cookies.

Giant was a madhouse at 8 this morning, and half of the self checkout lanes were closed. The ones that were open refused to accept coupons. Fan-diddly-tastic.

Roasted chicken and homemade spaghetti sauce are on tap. Not in the same meal, though.

special succeed: Stuart Smalley's younger brother's affirmation.

This would be a great weekend for cassoulet. If only I felt like buying all the ingrediants.

RoCK, you're giving me ideas.

Back when I lived Up There, we'd always make sure there was plenty of beer and blackberry brandy on hand before a storm.

That, and a big pot of chili.

hibachis Percy=Cleatus' Japanese chef name

Since it's Super Bowl weekend, I'll really be stocking up. Lots of good, hearty beer, and the time to tackle some of the more time consuming recipes I have been wanting to do.

I'm heading to the Canton Safeway at five. If I'm not out by eight, send in the dogs.

I plan to make a pot of Albondigas Soup (lots of cilantro and garlic) and an Apple Spice cake. The soup will be my lunch for next week, and the cake will be, well, cake.

Heinekin

My ever so famous rockfish soup, I've been waiting for a good time to put this fiest together! Yum, Yum!

JB, gettn busy

EL, I am also totally worried about losing power with this storm....what is up with that? I already instructed my husband to line up some candles, and check all the flashlights, etc. We have a gas stove, so not as worried about cooking.

The fridge is stocked, and I will be making these sandwiches in the crockpot on Saturday: Drip Beef (aka Spiced Up French Dip) We also have lots of wine, beer, and booze on hand, plus I will stop to pick up some movies tonight that I need to watch in preparation for the Oscars. My secret treat? I will definitely be baking...probably peanut butter cookies, since they are my husband's favorite and he will be the one doing the shoveling.

You know, I hadn't planned on living on hot chocolate, cheap red wine, and popcorn (I prefer hot-air popped myself), but there may be wisdom in your words.

I was scheduled (or more appropriately, re-scheduled) to attend a party tomorrow night, but that's out. So, inspired by EL, I purchased the fixin's for bouef bourginon yesterday. That will do nicely as a replacement.

I do need to make a beer run. That's much more important than bread or milk.

Captcha says "tabling several." Indeed.

Dawn -- I just checked out the recipe link you posted and this looks great! I'm looking for something to make in the crockpot for Sunday. My go-to for the crockpot is pulled pork, but this looks so yummy. Just wondering...do you tweak the recipe for the crockpot?

I bake bread. It gives me something to do and my mind off of eating too much junk food. The bonus is that the house smells nice.

Well, we were going to be eating wedding cake - we'll see if that goes forward on Saturday...

Actually, this will be my first time making this recipe, but from reading through some of the comments, I think I will probably tweak it by also using some beer and onions in the crock.

If you have a chance, take a look around at her website, she is really something else, and I love most of her recipes (especially the olive cheese bread....swoon).

Plus, I just realized you mean will I tweak it for the crock, since she calls for it to be cooked in the oven. Probably not too much since I think she mentions it will be fine in the crockpot. I will probably let it go 6 hours in the crockpot.

Also, check out today's post, as she is giving away Le Creuset. Le Creuset could keep me warm all winter! (And no, I am not a shill for The Pioneer Woman, I just love her website.)

Whoa, that is the weirdest thing ever. How did I respond to Baltobabs with her own name? Do I already have an inch of snow in my brain?

Not a problem :-) Wasn't sure if you were browning the meat for a few minutes before putting in the crockpot. I don't see where anyone did that, so I'll just follow the recipe.

Cripes, I have to grocery shop, for fil. He is out of olives for his martini's, last time he was out of gin.

then I have to pick up things for hubby and me.

Dawn, thank god you clarified that! I thought it was me not following that flow of dialogue.

Good luck out there Patty. Buy double, since another storm is supposed to be rolling in on Tuesday. Plus, one can never have enough gin in the house.

Cat meds- check.
went to the grocery on Monday, so the dog will be cool. Have enough cat food and some leftover salmon. Dearest is coming over with supplies, so other wise everything is going to be a super duper sledding hellion adventure. If i have an injury i can't shake off, i have the super wagon to transport me, unless it happens to be more the 28 inches of snow.

This was a short work day for me, so I dashed out to Trader Joe's in Towson to stock up on the essentials of life. The place was already jammed at 2 p.m. The parking lot is just too dang small. But I did get a smile from reading the bumper stickers.

I'm going to walk over to Whole Foods after work... should be interesting.

For the upcoming snOMG & snoPOCALYPSE event it will be the suspects: Sour Belgian ales, skillet cornbread, dutch oven chili, frito pies and cobblers. Well that and an axe REDRUM, REDRUM, REDRUM.

Beef Burgandy fixins, Maranto's bread, chocolate and a couple of bottles of wine. I might even buy cocoa and make chocolate pound cake.

After all, one needs to have lots of carbs to burn when shoveling out 36 feet of snow.

thinking gumbo, beer and hurricanes in honor of new orleans .

Eating Spam vindaloo, drinking mouthwash and giving parenting advice on the mommy blog.

Breakfast: pancakes and bacon

Lunch: grilled cheeses and tomato soup

Dinner: Paula Deen's chili recipe + sweet cornbread

Snacks: gigantic Hershey bars, white cheddar popcorn, Doritos, Sour Patch kids, homemade chocolate chip cookies

Entertainment: throwing wood on the fireplace, stack of mystery novels, old episodes of Andy Griffith, petting kitties!

Yes indeedy. LOVE a good blizzard. Been planning for days. For Saturday: my mother's Boeuf Bourguinon in the slow cooker with a robust French burgundy. For SB Sunday: muffalettas and pralines, y'all! And always chocolate: as we're adults, we have our own special "chocolate drawer," right in the kitchen. I've just made sure it was well stocked. The Giant was pandemonium!

EL, just for you.

didn't the giant panda-monium go home to china today

@ pcb rob:

"Back when I lived Up There, we'd always make sure there was plenty of beer and blackberry brandy on hand before a storm"

Did you live in Dundalk about 5-8 years ago? Your shopping list is remarkably similar to a former customer of mine...

My menu consists of whatever is at my folks house. Staying over there this weekend to shovel and walk the dog for them. This is good because a) I don't have any food at my house b) I don't have to go shopping! Oh, and c) I don't have a computer either! (not yet at least, waiting for mine to be delivered)

Lissa, loved the link!

I seem to crave carbs. I went to Superfresh in Hampden at lunch...there were no carts! People were stalking the shoppers as they unloaded their groceries into their trunks so they could snag the cart. I'm making boeuf bourguignon. Also planning on a potato, leek and Gruyere souffle. I love to cook when it's snowing. Oh, there's also a breakfast pizza for the morning and whole wheat pancakes. I sent my husband to the liquor store for wine and beer. We're all set!

Doctor Daniels. First name, Jack.

a huge pot of vegan chili and plenty of cornbread and of course a case...or two...of beer..

rice krispee treats, Baileys, several new micro brews,a new pinot recommended by my pals at wine source and braised short ribs...Wii

Glace de viande. Roast half a cow worth of bones for about a half-hour. Do not add salt. Meanwhile, find the biggest pot you have and clean it out. Cut up some vegetables: toss carrots, onions, leeks and garlic in with the bones the last 15 minutes and paint the bones with tomato paste. Do not add salt. Put celery (esp. leaves) and some herbs in a pot with a dozen peppercorns, a single allspice berry and a single clove. Do not add salt. Add the bones and fill with water to cover by a couple of inches. Do not add salt. Simmer for about 7 hours, skimming a lot the first hour, and strain. Add a splash of cognac, a bottle of red wine, some peppercorns, a bay leaf, a few sprigs of thyme...but no salt. Simmer for a few hours and strain. Skim. Simmer. Skim. (Along the way feel free to use some of this stock to make a nice vegetable or barley soup.) Simmer. Skim. Simmer. Skim. Do not add salt at any point, you won't need it and you'll regret it if you do. End with a pint of intensely concentrated magic the consistency of a young and tender shoe heel. And thank me later. Makes your house smell incredible each time you come in from shoveling.

At 4:30 today it was already too late to go to the Canton Safeway (even the auxiliary parking area was a crazy zoo), so I'll pick up provisions in the morning.

The delay did give me the opportunity to look up Julia's Boeuf Bourguignon recipe (which I've never made before). I think I'll pick up the stuff for that and make it this weekend.

I want to go to Amy's house!

I am back from the Grocery Wars. Checkout lines at the Canton Safeway reached to the back of the store and took exactly one hour to transit. I did have (butter)milk, paper towels, and a loaf of bread among my purchases.... The checkers said it had been like that since seven this morning.

Captcha: slumber Croation, either Cleatus's somnambulist alter ego...or how I will spend the blizzard.

I want to go to Jason's house. I'll even do all the shoveling.

I didn't go shopping anywhere, in great part because I'm hoping to eat enough out of my freezer that it stops dropping random (hard!) frozen items on me every time I open it.

NEWS RELEASE: Armed Man Robs Royal Farms Store

A suspect is being sought in an armed robbery of the Royal Farms store on South Marlyn Avenue in Precinct 11/Essex on December 30, 2009.

No word on whether he picked up mil and toilet paper.

I walked into the superfresh in Hampden and walked right back out. It just wasn't worth it.

I have enough food for several days anyway, and I figure sometime around Saturday night I'll get bored and walk to the village center. I imagine the restaurant at the hotel will be open. By Sunday morning I'm hoping the Donnas will be serving brunch.

RoCK, at least you have fences around your compound to keep out the zombies. Blizzards don't stop no zombies.

Just got back from Hampden Superfresh.

It's the apocalypse, people!

45 minutes to check out.

captcha: mom obtusely -- Yeah, there were a few of those in line.

I do wish I'd read this before I went shopping (Tuesday, when I first heard whispers of the impending storm - just knew shopping madness was imminent). Now I want to go back into what sounds like hideous throngs of people to buy fixins for some of the ideas you've planted. I had resisted buying the beloved Hershey Nuggets, but I think I was too harsh and will toss a bag of them on my hips, I mean in my cart.

Took tomorrow off; will be at the store when it opens tomorrow AM.

Have ingredients for a Chicken and Shrimp Casserole or a Hot Chicken Salad Casserole. Glad to know I'm not alone in finding myself dwelling on what food adventures I can get into during the snow. Second only to making sure I have good reading material on hand!

Kitty, if you are making Rice Crispie treats, might I suggest this new recipe for Salted Brown Butter Crispie Treats? I have made these no less than a dozen times since she posted this recipe, and may make them again this weekend. They are fantastic.

Captcha: Mittens popularize. Definitely this weekend!

I may have to make more hot cocoa mix, but the fridge, freezer and pantry are stocked, so we're good to go. The North Plaza Safeway wasn't crowded around Noon, but the Wockenfuss store was. My stove and oven are gas, so I can pretty much make whatever I want. If I didn't have to shovel it, I'd hope for heavy snow rather than the powder we've gotten lately, to make snow cream. That was a family snowstorm ritual when I was growing up.

him bloats: result of him's food-laden weekend?

And this time we're going to try the Vermont pastime of sugar-on-snow: Drizzling Vermont maple syrup on fresh snow, followed by a bite of sour pickles.
(Not just apocryphal: http://www.vtliving.com/maple/sugaronsnow.shtml.) Dilemma is wondering when to time it: Is the snow better at 6 inches or 16 inches???
Prescient Captcha: aside down. Is this what'll happen tomorrow if we don't shovel the front walkway?)

Beam, Dr James Beam. (and not one of my favorite 'tenders, either)

adopting compose: i'm readopting the composure of a snow crazy nine year old.

Being a Baltimorean living in New England, I still go to the store pre-storm for things like popcorn and chocolate, but I've yet to see Baltimore-style crowds at the supermarket. Why is that.

People need to remember that most modern gas ranges provide an electric spark to light the burners. Keep a box of matches handy.

Sharon, New Englanders are always prepared for a 5-7 day blizzard, even in August. This is one reason why I haven't needed to go shopping this week. I picked up that habit when I lived in Western Massachusetts.

I bought the ingredients to make John McIntyre's Cincinnati Chili recipe. Always have great intentions of things to do/make/clean, but heavy snow usually results in me spending time on the couch to counteract the time spent shoveling.

At 9:00 this morning the Canton Safeway was crowded (it was hard to find a shopping cart), but they had a full staff manning all of the checkout lanes, so it didn't take long to check out.

Made the mistake of repeating a past mistake and went to the Mars Woodbridge. The store never staffs adequately and had 3 cashiers - the same thing I found before the December store. As a result, the lines were about 20 people long. Next time, Giant Abingdon!!

Ah well, it's just one of those traditions that I must maintain - needed nothing, but wanted lots!

May the Snow Holiday begin!!

This has nothing to do with the blizzard, but everything to do with blizzards.

Slight error of typing: has nothing to do with blizzard FOOD :-)

Shoppers in Timonium was not bad at all. SuperFresh wasn't too bad. I got thru the express line in five minutes.

Whole Foods was a bit more crowded than usual, but there were tons of lanes open, so not too bad.

AND I got semifreddo makings...

You know, sean, here are all these folks getting out their hearty crockpot meals and talking about baking bread and cookies and such, and you are going to make *ice cream?*

How beautifully contrary. Very punk rock.

Like you EL, I like soup. However, I revert to my childhood snow days and crave Campbells Chicken Noodle. I also crave those other childhood snow day staples like Macaroni and Cheese, Chef Boyardee Ravioli, Spagehetti O's and Swiss Mix Hot Chocolate with marshmellows.

I have a free standing wood burning stove, so should the power go out, I still have a heat source and a cooking surface. I just have to find where that manual can opener went.

Well, I figure we're all going ot be a bit semifreddo this weekend anyway, so...

Maybe I'll find some way to incorporate snow into the recipe...

Oooo, I forgot about snow ice cream! Thankfully, I have an extra 1/2 gallon of milk, and an industrial sized bottle of good vanilla. That totally reminds me of my childhood.

@ Odie B,

No, never lived in Dundalk. Hamilton, Parkville, Rosedale, and Annapolis though.

Lissa, I think this forecast goes nicely with your link.

wow, Sean, that dude is totally in need of some type of mind altering medications! I've never seen him before, maybe his last job was doing the "Saturday! Saturday! Saturday!" announcements for the funny car shows. Or Earl Sheib ads or something.

just back from the wine source, got a case, all reds, some zeke's, milk for same,
gonna bake our own bread {warms the house too}, gonna make soup from scratch {I think it's better from veggie stock but DW insists......ok that was lame}.

Got a netflix movie, "Flash of Genius" about the guy who invented the intermittent wipers {talk about timely}.

Cap: fox worthies {I might be a redneck, but I won't be watching them}.