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Darter50516 66M
5669 posts
2/22/2023 11:12 am
Brrrrrrrrrrr !



The weather here in North Central Iowa is CRAP !
The current temp is 28 F ,,, -2 C with the wind HOWLING!



What's a guy to do to stay WARM?


I say MAKE CHICKEN NOODLE SOUP !



I chopped my chicken into a rich broth with diced carrots and celery. Opening several boxes I added a variety of pasta shapes. The big kettle made enough so each of the MUTTs had some; Ruby enjoyed a bowl of the soup too.

Darter50516 66M
3857 posts
2/22/2023 11:35 am


We are dead center of a powerful winter storm THE PURPLE AREA on the map. I didn't go into the Ash Wednesday services at the church nor did I do the banking I should have. I'll just call to move the money around. We've had wind gusts over 40 MPH here major drifting. North of us is to get it worse with 8+ " of snow.


serendipity_2012 74F
190 posts
2/22/2023 12:11 pm

sounds like a good day to stay inside our temps went down to minus 16c but it is now up to minus 8c wth blue skies and sun now if it would just warm up enough to melt this darn snow that soup looks so delicious take care and big hugs for Ruby


Darter50516 66M
3857 posts
2/22/2023 12:31 pm

    Quoting serendipity_2012:
    sounds like a good day to stay inside our temps went down to minus 16c but it is now up to minus 8c wth blue skies and sun now if it would just warm up enough to melt this darn snow that soup looks so delicious take care and big hugs for Ruby
At least I found something Ruby would move to eat. All three been outside to do their duties. The soup was Deeeelish... I should fax you some ! It is dangerously cold out there coupled with the wind chills. We've pulled the trucks from the road and sent the guys home it has started to sleet now.


maudie1957 74F
1262 posts
2/22/2023 3:25 pm

Stay safe and warm. That sounds like really nasty weather.


Hungr4Yungr 75M
803 posts
2/22/2023 7:14 pm

Yikes! That looks like one nasty storm. Glad you decided to stay off the roads and also pulled your truck driver off. Even though it is not that cold, the wind can have devastating effects on someone out in the open.


Hungr4Yungr 75M
803 posts
2/22/2023 7:16 pm

Chicken noodle soup is an excellent choice for a cold winter day, and your recipe is superb. I am happy to hear that Ruby enjoyed a bowl of it.


Hungr4Yungr 75M
803 posts
2/22/2023 7:19 pm

The weather here is much colder. -15F right now with a wind chill nearing -40F. We had a high temp today of only -6F, with a brutally cold NE wind. WInd chill temp will be around -40F in the morning when I head off to the food bank in a town 24 miles from here.


Darter50516 66M
3857 posts
2/22/2023 7:36 pm

    Quoting maudie1957:
    Stay safe and warm. That sounds like really nasty weather.
Maudie this is a powerful nasty storm hitting us. I've just stayed inside all day.


Darter50516 66M
3857 posts
2/22/2023 7:39 pm

    Quoting Hungr4Yungr:
    Yikes! That looks like one nasty storm. Glad you decided to stay off the roads and also pulled your truck driver off. Even though it is not that cold, the wind can have devastating effects on someone out in the open.
Hope you made it to your food pantry Roger. I stocked us up for a few days... plenty of milk, meat and bread.


Darter50516 66M
3857 posts
2/22/2023 7:41 pm

    Quoting Hungr4Yungr:
    Chicken noodle soup is an excellent choice for a cold winter day, and your recipe is superb. I am happy to hear that Ruby enjoyed a bowl of it.
Pasta is pasta but fun shapes can be tossed into the soup. Ruby even enjoyed her fun shapes in her bowl after it cooled down a bit.


Darter50516 66M
3857 posts
2/22/2023 7:44 pm

    Quoting Hungr4Yungr:
    The weather here is much colder. -15F right now with a wind chill nearing -40F. We had a high temp today of only -6F, with a brutally cold NE wind. WInd chill temp will be around -40F in the morning when I head off to the food bank in a town 24 miles from here.
Oh dear Roger Just bundle up good and make sure your cell phone is well charged. I hope your vehicle even starts in this cold. Our roads are a glare of ice at this point and we are not going anywhere.


StarCandy1 69F
1804 posts
2/23/2023 7:48 am

Chicken soup sounds good ! Glad Ruby enjoyed it too ! HUGS


Darter50516 66M
3857 posts
2/23/2023 11:53 am

    Quoting StarCandy1:
    Chicken soup sounds good ! Glad Ruby enjoyed it too ! HUGS
Ruby is quiet today seeming to be recovered again thanks to the many prayers for her in by my online friends; like you.