No, it isn't snowing in Alabama. Yet, I have been pondering the question as to why Southerners rush to purchase milk and bread at the first hint of snow in the forecast.
The general consensus is we are afraid of not having food should the power go out and because we aren't good drivers in the ice and snow. Yet, we rarely have snow longer than a day or two at the longest.
I started thinking about my childhood and my mother wanting milk and bread when it snowed. Had we lost power, we could eat cereal for breakfast and sandwiches; however, we rarely ate cereal or sandwiches plus I had seen my father prepare breakfast over one of our freestanding gas heaters.
That time was back when our air was not toxic and we could collect clean snow for big bowls of snow cream, the ice cream made with snow and MILK or evaporated milk. We always had snow cream when it snowed. That explains the milk. What about the bread? Yes, we ate bread, but we also fed the birds who didn't have access to their usual source of food. That explains the bread.
How many of us repeat the things our parents did without a clear understanding as to why they actually did it? Anyone else have thoughts on why we might rush for milk and bread when there is snow in the forecast?
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