[Sca-cooks] Winter comfort food...

[lilinah at earthlink.net]

I don't really have a winter comfort food. In winter i just long to be warm.

The closest i get is a good rich hot... is it cocoa or chocolate?

I used to use Droste's cocoa powder, but i've switched to Rapunzel 
Organic - there's really a significant taste difference... (this is 
unsweetened).

for a large mug:
a big huge heaping spoonful of unsweetened cocoa powder
a lesser amount of sugar
stir them together
then while stirring, pour in hot whole milk - reduced fat just 
doesn't cut it - or half-and-half if i have some
stir to mix well
then stir in a splash of orange flower water.

Curl up and sip slowly - keeps the hands warm - between sips, i press 
the mug to my sternum to keep warm.

On other nights, i like to make Mexican hot chocolate - i chop up a 
couple segments, put them in a sauce pan with whole milk, warm the 
milk, stirring constantly to melt the chocolate. My favorite brand is 
Ibarra (in the red and yellow package), but i have tried other brands 
- and if i find the packages amusing, i save them. There was one that 
had a really nice package - can't recall the name - but the box was 
light blue with a painting of a sweet faced young nun holding out a 
tray with traditional shaped mugs of hot chocolate... I've got that 
box somewhere...

Yeah, i decorate my kitchen with empty ethnic food packages :-)
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Urtatim (that's err-tah-TEEM)
the persona formerly known as Anahita