Your Favorite Season to Cook - Page 2

I really enjoy Spring and fall. Spring holds the promise of a new season and in the fall we get to reap the rewards. Here we have numerous fruit orchards and they are starting to bustle with the weekend crowds searching for cider and doughnuts. Hunting season starts this week and the streams have seen the years Salmon run. Farmers markets are as good as they get right now and we are only a few weeks before the leafs turn. You have to love sweatshirt and short weather. Warm days, cool nights. 

Fall was my favorite all the years I lived in Florida as well although fall in FL reminded me of Spring here. 

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Originally Posted by petalsandcoco 

All four seasons are unique.

Why is it when its winter we cannot wait for spring, for the asparagus and fiddleheads and .....then when spring passes we anticipate the bounty of our gardens and cooking on the grill and sipping margarita's, corn on the cob......

Then just when we had enough of summer, fall comes before we know it, with all its colors and cold nights , apple picking, making honey, going to fairs, then there is that first snow fall that tells us that winter has come at last , hot soups, baked breads and fireplaces and red wine.

So can I pick one ? They all have there own special place in my heart and mind with some of the best childhood memories.

 

As a child I would wait upstairs for my father to come home, he would arrive at ten or so and I would watch him through the cold window as I breathed on it and etched my name....I would watch Dad, as tired as he was, drag out the hose and stand in the cold night, watching him water the skating rink which he did loyally every night so that we kids could have a smooth rink to skate on when we came home from school.

He never thought anyone would notice the hour it took him to fix the rink and make everything nice for us.....but I would wait to see him drive in and would not fall asleep until I heard the front door close , only then I would get into bed.

 

I know....sappy....but my father is and always will be a beautiful man to have done this for us, even though he thought no one saw....a memory thats all.

Thanks for sharing. It just made me miss my father so much. Although my mom was the best cook ever! Everytime that I'm in the kitchen is the best time for me to cook ;-)

Great subject!  Like many others who have already stated so, I love all the seasons.  Each has its own character, particularly in regards to cooking; and it's something I think that (in the U.S., anyway) has been, to an extent, and lamentably so, eschewed.  Due to the advent of globalization (please don't think I'm trying to inject any sort of politics here, as I recognize both the advantages and disadvantages) many modern cooks can't even generate an accurate and substantial list of seasonal produce or dishes.  While I love being able to buy decent citrus and a large variety of vegetables year round, part of what I love about the local movement is the reiteration of the art of seasonal cooking. 

Nothing screams comfort food for me as much as acutely spiced fruit in the winter, the delicate touch of a good cooks hand to fresh haricot in the spring, herbs at their prime in the summer, and the amazing varieties of squash in the fall.  Comfort food for me is not so much a particular dish, but the way in which the food is handled and presented.  Knowing that there is a time and place for everything is comforting to me.  It keeps my feet on the ground, helps to remind me of exactly where I am, and why I should be glad I am am there.  To feel that I am enjoying the results of the hard work of all those around me in my community is a wonderful thing. 

Morel Mushroom season.