What to Eat when It's so Hot out you can't think straight?

You can try an easier variation on this cold noodle soup. It's spicey hot and cold, which is double good when it's hot out. I've never had it w/the asian pear, just the cold soup stock, cold noodles, cucumbers and maybe some scallion greens. It looks like a lot of work though, and I know you don't want to stand around cook something super complicated when it's a billion degrees out.

I like the idea of cold soup! We also thought of summer rolls (bean threads, shrimp, cilantro and mint wrapped in Vietnamese tapioca flake skins and served cold with peanut sauce).

so... you know i'm going to try that now, right?

Anyway yes, I'm going to have a big big bowl of cold pasta salad ready before it hits.

Does anyone remember those slushie mugs that you would freeze, then pour soft drinks in and stir to make a slushie? I wonder how those would work with a marguerita?

Does anyone remember those slushie mugs that you would freeze, then pour soft drinks in and stir to make a slushie?

Yes! When I was a little kid our regular gas station offered these for 49 cents with a fill-up. I haven't seen them for years.

A glass of icy seltzer with a trickle of fresh mint syrup is good too.

For drinking, I'm getting to be a big fan of beer out of bottles that have just barely iced over in the neck, but that's because I haven't graduated to making frozen margaritas at home. I've been craving margaritas for maybe a week now? Lordy.

Oh, you meant her HOUSE keys, pardon me.

cold soba noodles and iced tsuyu dipping sauce is the greatest thing, I think.

Hot mint tea made with lots of fresh mint leaves in a tall glass, a la marocaine, sugar optional, does have a mysterious alchemical cooling effect.

so what do i do? i uh... drink lots of smoothies.

or tomato salad, just chopped "campari" tomatoes w/basil, olive oil, balsamic vinegar, lots of s/p.

recent discovery: white nectarines, where have you been all my life?

Appetizers: Iced radishes, chips and guac

Main Course: Cold roast chicken in a lemon/herbes de provence/olive oil marinade

Salad: sliced fennel, cherry tomatoes, thin cucumber strips, mint, and feta in a meyer lemon vinaigrette, lightly sprinkled with cumin.

Desert: Nectarines

Drinks: Syrupy frozen vodka with lots of ice and lemon wedges

Carved some cold chicken onto a plate, served with a salad of rocket, grated beetroot, cherry tomatoes, feta, and olives.

97 today, and all I can think about is G & T and maybe a salad.

97 today, and all i can think about is a rum and soda and a cold chicken sandwich

It's chilly and drizzling. Heat? What the HELL is that? Not that I mind. God no. I hate the summer.

Smoothies, gazpacho, ice cream.

Grill and ice-cold beer. Go with the flow.

last night:

sushi
G & T
ice chips

Dinner on hot nights:

Go to Middle Eastern store.

Buy flat bread and a nice selections of appetizers.

Make a mojito.

How can it be so hot, when it is only May? I've got a growing addiction to the bubble tea place down the block.

I was talking to work clients south of San Jose last week, and they were saying it was up to 100 degrees! It didn't even reach 70 here that day.

It's supposed to cool back down some here today, but stayed so warm overnight. And humid! Which, oddly perhaps, Seattle just isn't, normally. It would help if our flat had some cross-ventilation, but it doesn't. It's almost tolerable with 6 fans running though. But I definitely don't want to cook anything in here!

If you can stand enough heat to boil a few eggs, that sounds like tuna salad weather to me.

So, it has cooled down, but I'm still lunching on ice cream sodas and cold asparagus dipped in peanut sauce. Fresh rolls (or salad rolls or sunshine rolls or whatever you want to call them) are also high on the list. Breakfast of a spoonful or two of thick greek honey yoghurt and some sliced strawberries or peaches - too hot for a day or two there to even think about toast.

Oh damn ice cream sodas.

I'm debating sticking gazpacho on next month's menu, but I fear June'll be a letdown.

arrgh, why is 90+ degrees when i have to broil a flank steak and roast beets for a dinner party?!?

It's been BLT's and cottage cheese for dinner the last two nights.

xpost: I HATE this. Heat just builds up in my kitchen, by the time dinner rolls around, I'm not hungry AND a bit wore out. And not exactly sweaty, but not the freshest feeling.

sigh. steak is non-negotiable, but i might have to either wuss out and buy preroasted beets from the expensive "gourmet" store, or else bring a cold salad platter instead.

btw, my lunch today consisted of 2 helados (1 coco, 1 mango).

I have cherry tomatoes coming out my ears thanks to mislabeling my seedlings, so I was looking for a recipe that used a lot of them. Found this one. Amazing, surprising flavor combination, no heat necessary.

that does look good. think it would be ok with a reduced sugar content? a tablespoon seems like a lot, even for a pound of tomatoes.

It's worth trying -- I've made it once, used the full amt called for, and it was thee bomb. No leftovers.

I picked a half gallon of cherry tomatoes this morning, so I may go out for lemons later. And chives...my chives never took off this year and I used most of them yesterday.