What to Eat During a Blizzard

We're in for some wicked weather here in the Midwest this week. From the most recent statement put out by the National Weather Service--I've highlighted the salient points in red:

SNOW IS MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN ILLINOIS EARLY THIS EVENING AND WILL SPREAD OVER NORTHERN INDIANA DURING THE LATE EVENING HOURS. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN OVERNIGHT TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 35 MPH. THE COMBINATION OF FRESH SNOW COVER... CONTINUED LIGHT SNOW OVERNIGHT... AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL LEAD TO BLIZZARD OR NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AND DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS... WITH WIDESPREAD VISIBILITIES OF ONE QUARTER OF A MILE OR LESS. TRAVEL WILL BECOME EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND MAY BECOME NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH IN SPEED TOWARD MIDDAY TUESDAY.

IN ADDITION...  ARCTIC AIR MOVING INTO NORTHERN ILLINOIS BEHIND THIS SYSTEM WILL ALSO PRODUCE BITTER WIND CHILLS OF 15 BELOW TO 20 BELOW TUESDAY MORNING.

ANOTHER CLIPPER SYSTEM WILL TRACK ACROSS NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND INDIANA ON WEDNESDAY... BRINGING ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW. THIS SYSTEM... POTENTIALLY... LOOKS EVEN STRONGER THAN THE SYSTEM TRACKING ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN... WITH ACCUMULATING SNOW BEGINNING EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING AND BLIZZARD FORCE WINDS BEGINNING WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING INTO THE NIGHT.

Mind you, we already have a foot of snow on the ground. And the high temperature on Thursday and Friday is forecast to be 3 and 7. That's the high!

So naturally, folks are flocking to the gas stations to top off their tanks and load up on wiper fluid and grocery stores are doing a bit more business as people stock up. Judging from my trip to Whole Foods this evening, popular items to eat during a blizzard are onions and garlic--both of which were completely cleaned out by 6pm.