ABC Game

Kaption

knitting

HappyHammer

ladling soup- always spills!

ruthbru

mittens, marshmallows in the cocoa

Mominator

numbly sitting through a nippy Nor'easter in the New Year

I was too late for L: luge racing and wearing longjohns  (although ladling soup is more practical) 

Zillsnot4me

obessed with obtaining new snow pants/boots kids have outgrown.

ruthbru

parkas,

Mominator

quaffing warm drinks

quilting

magiclight

raincoats,

Kaption

snowman building

Slipping

Skating

PoppyK

toboggans

ruthbru

Under Armour, long underwear

Mominator

wearing warm, woolen clothes

Kaption

verifying the forecast

(We skipped v)

Now x...

Mominator

oops, sorry about v

X-treme winter sports

ruthbru

yarn for knitting,

Mominator

zipping through zero degree weather

Next topic: favorite soups from around the world

Alphabet soup, America

Ajiaco (chicken and corn), Columbia

Albondigas (meatball), Mexico

Avgolemono (chicken, egg, lemon), Greece

By the way I was waiting at a long light behind a car with this license plate:

YZW...

It just looked so wrong.

Zillsnot4me

Beef stew

Brownbean soup with cornbread, pickles and onions (Southern thang)

Kaption

consommé-French

Chowder-USA (others?)

Cheese-beer cheese soup is supposed to be from the American Midwest- but I bet it came from Germany.

Cock-a-leekie. Google tells me this is a Scottish soup. Contains prunes, chicken and leeks.

ruthbru

Dumpling Soup,

Mominator

Egg-drop soup - China

Erwtensoep, a thick pea soup (sounds yummy!!) from the Netherlands

ruthbru

French Onion Soup

Kaption

goulash (German)

Scooter-12

Hot & Sour Chicken Soup

ruthbru

Italian Wedding Soup

Mominator

Joumou - Haiti

Mildly spicy pumpkin soup made with pieces of beef, potato, plantains and vegetables such as parsley, carrots, green cabbage, celery and onions. It is eaten every first of January in honor of Haitian independence in 1804.

Zillsnot4me

Kale soup - Portugal

Kaption

Leek soup-Wales

Lentil soup-Middle Eastern (had that tonight)

Mominator

Topic is favorite soups from around the world

Menudo - traditional Mexican soup made out of tripe and hominy. It is considered by some as a cure for hangovers.

Minestrone - Italian vegetarian soup, made thick with the addition of pasta or rice. Beans, onions, celery, carrots, stock, and tomatoes are commonly added to it.

Miso soup : Japan's most famous soup made from fish broth, fermented soy and 'dashi'.

Mulligatawny Soup - An Anglo-Indian curried soup which means 'pepper water' in Tamil.

Zillsnot4me

New England clam chowder (creamy)

Nettle soup

Mominator

Zills, I love a creamy New England clam chowdah (that's the local pronunciation of said delicacy!)

okra soup - United States (the first US recipe for okra soup was published in 1824 in the book The Virginia Housewife), also Africa, China, and Indonesia

okroshka - Ukraine and Russia, a Kvass-based vegetable and ham soup

oxtail soup (beef tails) - several popular and unrelated versions listed from Korea, China, Indonesia, American South, Louisiana Creole, United Kingdom, and Germany (several more versions just in Germany alone)

from Wikipedia