On Tue, 04 Aug 2009 20:51:17 -0700, TammyM > wrote:

>> What kind of food tastes best to you in the summer? What
>> foods/dishes do you look forward to making all year...which are really
>> only good in the summer?
>
>Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. Gazpacho. Panzanella. Ice cold roasted pepper soup
>with splashes of Spanish EVOO and sherry vinegar, and maybe a dollop of
>yogurt or sour cream stirred in. ANY cold soup, I adore them,
>especially boiled dirt chunk soup (beet for the un-rfc-initiated). The
>ever popular caprese salad made with fresh buffalo mozz, and
>tomats/basil from the garden.

I like your thinking, girl. I'd add my chick-pea salad with turmeric
and cumin with lemon vinaigrette, or maybe some of Leila's taboulleh.
The green stuff.

Alex, who would add feta at table.

Chemiker wrote:
> On Tue, 04 Aug 2009 20:51:17 -0700, TammyM > wrote:
>
>>> What kind of food tastes best to you in the summer? What
>>> foods/dishes do you look forward to making all year...which are really
>>> only good in the summer?
>> Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. Gazpacho. Panzanella. Ice cold roasted pepper soup
>> with splashes of Spanish EVOO and sherry vinegar, and maybe a dollop of
>> yogurt or sour cream stirred in. ANY cold soup, I adore them,
>> especially boiled dirt chunk soup (beet for the un-rfc-initiated). The
>> ever popular caprese salad made with fresh buffalo mozz, and
>> tomats/basil from the garden.
>
> I like your thinking, girl. I'd add my chick-pea salad with turmeric
> and cumin with lemon vinaigrette, or maybe some of Leila's taboulleh.
> The green stuff.
>
> Alex, who would add feta at table.

Mmmmmm, chickpea salad sounds divine. I would add feta too. I also
love to make a Greek salad this time of year, could live on the stuff,
along with the aforementioned cold soups. It's been unseasonably cool
here, only 85 yesterday (anything under 90 counts as cool, 90-99 is
warm, and over 100 is hot), so I just might bake some bread tomorrow. I
have been known to put the bread machine on the back patio on uber-hot
days (in Tammy's lexicon, anything over 100 is uber hot, what "they" say
be damned!).

And yes, Wictor, I do have A/C, I just prefer not to have to jack it up
in order to use the oven, or the cooktop for that matter for any
extended period of time....

TammyM, needs to move to Calgary

TammyM > wrote:

> (in Tammy's lexicon, anything over 100 is uber hot, what "they" say
> be damned!).
>
> And yes, Wictor, I do have A/C, I just prefer not to have to jack it up
> in order to use the oven, or the cooktop for that matter for any
> extended period of time....

Use your pressure cooker (but not for risotto!) - then your period won't
be extended.

Wictor
for whom anything over 30°C/86°F is über-hot and even 30°C is barely
bearable

Victor Sack wrote:
> TammyM > wrote:
>
>> (in Tammy's lexicon, anything over 100 is uber hot, what "they" say
>> be damned!).
>>
>> And yes, Wictor, I do have A/C, I just prefer not to have to jack it up
>> in order to use the oven, or the cooktop for that matter for any
>> extended period of time....
>
> Use your pressure cooker (but not for risotto!) - then your period won't
> be extended.

It still heats up the house. I've no interest in doing it anyway. I
like my cold soups, my salads, grilled fish/chicken (on the outdoor
grill), etc.

> Wictor
> for whom anything over 30°C/86°F is über-hot and even 30°C is barely
> bearable

TammyM

Victor Sack wrote:
>
> TammyM > wrote:
>
> > (in Tammy's lexicon, anything over 100 is uber hot, what "they" say
> > be damned!).
> >
> > And yes, Wictor, I do have A/C, I just prefer not to have to jack it up
> > in order to use the oven, or the cooktop for that matter for any
> > extended period of time....
>
> Use your pressure cooker (but not for risotto!) - then your period won't
> be extended.
>
> Wictor
> for whom anything over 30°C/86°F is über-hot and even 30°C is barely
> bearable

You'd hate it where Christine and I live! Been 39 or higher for days at
a time. Our cooler can barely cope.

Hardly been feeling like eating. We had a salad made with: leaf lettuce
(to line the plate), hardcooked egg, ham, tomatoes, radishes, shreds of
Gouda cheese and slivers of white onion arranged attractively (hah!) on
top.

Tomorrow it's cold cooked fish made into a salad of some sort or
'nother.

Arri London > wrote:

> You'd hate it where Christine and I live! Been 39 or higher for days at
> a time. Our cooler can barely cope.

Yes, I am sure I'd hate it passionately. I still remember with horror
the summer of 2003 here, with temperatures of up to 43°C/109°F for
weeks.

> Hardly been feeling like eating. We had a salad made with: leaf lettuce
> (to line the plate), hardcooked egg, ham, tomatoes, radishes, shreds of
> Gouda cheese and slivers of white onion arranged attractively (hah!) on
> top.

It's been particularly hot here today, 33°C/91°F and clammy, with
humidity of almost 100%. I still ate some hot broth with tomatoes and
some kimchi added, but most of my one and only meal of the day was salad
and various cold hors d'oeuvres, one of them matjes herring with onions
and pumpernickel.

Victor

Victor Sack wrote:
>
> Arri London > wrote:
>
> > You'd hate it where Christine and I live! Been 39 or higher for days at
> > a time. Our cooler can barely cope.
>
> Yes, I am sure I'd hate it passionately. I still remember with horror
> the summer of 2003 here, with temperatures of up to 43°C/109°F for
> weeks.

Yes...people were really suffering in parts of Europe that don't
normally get that hot. Even in the US there are deaths during a heat
wave. But 39--40 here would just be a hot day LOL.

>
> > Hardly been feeling like eating. We had a salad made with: leaf lettuce
> > (to line the plate), hardcooked egg, ham, tomatoes, radishes, shreds of
> > Gouda cheese and slivers of white onion arranged attractively (hah!) on
> > top.
>
> It's been particularly hot here today, 33°C/91°F and clammy, with
> humidity of almost 100%. I still ate some hot broth with tomatoes and
> some kimchi added, but most of my one and only meal of the day was salad
> and various cold hors d'oeuvres, one of them matjes herring with onions
> and pumpernickel.
>
> Victor

Shut up Victor
Eating hot soup on a hot day is actually a good idea for cooling down.
Haven't given up my nightly bowl of hot soup noodles; just eating later
when temps start to cool down. Matjes are good in any weather yumyumyum!

Chemiker wrote:
> On Tue, 04 Aug 2009 20:51:17 -0700, TammyM > wrote:
>
>>> What kind of food tastes best to you in the summer? What
>>> foods/dishes do you look forward to making all year...which are really
>>> only good in the summer?
>> Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. Gazpacho. Panzanella. Ice cold roasted pepper soup
>> with splashes of Spanish EVOO and sherry vinegar, and maybe a dollop of
>> yogurt or sour cream stirred in. ANY cold soup, I adore them,
>> especially boiled dirt chunk soup (beet for the un-rfc-initiated). The
>> ever popular caprese salad made with fresh buffalo mozz, and
>> tomats/basil from the garden.
>
> I like your thinking, girl. I'd add my chick-pea salad with turmeric
> and cumin with lemon vinaigrette, or maybe some of Leila's taboulleh.
> The green stuff.
>
> Alex, who would add feta at table.

Two more ideas: pasta with fresh tomato sauce, and falafel
sandwiches (with a nice tomato-cucumber etc. salad in the pita
too). For the latter, I make a dressing from dark sesame oil,
lemon juice, and garlic salt. It is a very messy,
eat-over-the-sink sandwich.

--
Jean B.