Anonymous
09/09/2023 13:29
Subject: What to make for dinner in this crazy heat
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:The heck is this about? It's like 100 degrees, we get this every summer and you live in a first world country.
This isn't Vietnam where you're eating all your meals outside or in a concrete room open to the elements. How much time are you actually spending outside? 10 minutes walking the dog? 2 minutes going from your air conditioned car to your air conditioned house?
Are you so frail that running your stove for 30 minutes and getting the temperature up to like 73 instead of 70 is too much for you?
Good lord, just cook your normal food.
+1
Post reeks of helplessness, I can't imagine the sentiment in it is real, maybe it is intentionally dramatic to inspire online discussion for fun (not for troll purposes).
The post makes it sounds like the OP has never cooked a day before in her life outside of using a grill outside and has been dropped into a kitchen for the first time since her birth, and maybe has not even seen family, friends, or even people on TV or in books cook in a kitchen.
Are you sock-puppeting? I hope there aren't more than one of you. You sound a little desperate for attention.
Anonymous
09/09/2023 13:26
Subject: What to make for dinner in this crazy heat
Anonymous wrote:The heck is this about? It's like 100 degrees, we get this every summer and you live in a first world country.
This isn't Vietnam where you're eating all your meals outside or in a concrete room open to the elements. How much time are you actually spending outside? 10 minutes walking the dog? 2 minutes going from your air conditioned car to your air conditioned house?
Are you so frail that running your stove for 30 minutes and getting the temperature up to like 73 instead of 70 is too much for you?
Good lord, just cook your normal food.
+1
Post reeks of helplessness, I can't imagine the sentiment in it is real, maybe it is intentionally dramatic to inspire online discussion for fun (not for troll purposes).
The post makes it sounds like the OP has never cooked a day before in her life outside of using a grill outside and has been dropped into a kitchen for the first time since her birth, and maybe has not even seen family, friends, or even people on TV or in books cook in a kitchen.
Anonymous
09/09/2023 12:59
Subject: What to make for dinner in this crazy heat
Yogurt raita with potato eaten with pita.
Surprisingly filling though prob bc I bake an entire potato and peel it and put it in so it’s not like a traditional raita where you get a few spoonfuls of potato flakes.
Surprisingly filling though prob bc I bake an entire potato and peel it and put it in so it’s not like a traditional raita where you get a few spoonfuls of potato flakes.
Anonymous
09/09/2023 09:32
Subject: What to make for dinner in this crazy heat
A friend introduced me to this, and it makes great leftovers. I cook the fish in my little Breville for 12 minutes, so as not to heat up my kitchen, I boiled the potatoes and green beans earlier in the day.
https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/roasted-salmon-nicoise-platter-recipe-1908586
https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/roasted-salmon-nicoise-platter-recipe-1908586
Anonymous
09/09/2023 09:13
Subject: What to make for dinner in this crazy heat
Vietnamese spring rolls.
Anonymous
09/09/2023 08:29
Subject: Re:What to make for dinner in this crazy heat
NP
For me, in the summertime, I just don’t want to eat the heavier foods of fall/winter. It isn’t always a temperature thing. Lots of grilled meats, smoked meats, veggies, chopped salads, hot or cold soups based on summer produce, etc. And add me to the “gazpacho and BLT” lovers list. I cannot get enough of those items when the garden is pumping out produce.
For me, in the summertime, I just don’t want to eat the heavier foods of fall/winter. It isn’t always a temperature thing. Lots of grilled meats, smoked meats, veggies, chopped salads, hot or cold soups based on summer produce, etc. And add me to the “gazpacho and BLT” lovers list. I cannot get enough of those items when the garden is pumping out produce.
Anonymous
09/09/2023 08:19
Subject: What to make for dinner in this crazy heat
"Cheeseboard" -- a good loaf of bread, some sliced tomatoes/cucumber, good market cheese. Maybe some pickles or a cured meat. Sometimes hummus or another dip.
Anonymous
09/07/2023 12:55
Subject: What to make for dinner in this crazy heat
Hummus with olives and bread is my go to. Also open face sandwiches with smoked salmon.
There is no reason for us to crank up our electric bill even higher by adding stove heat to the inside mix.
There is no reason for us to crank up our electric bill even higher by adding stove heat to the inside mix.
Anonymous
09/07/2023 11:41
Subject: What to make for dinner in this crazy heat
Personally I'd rather turn on the oven than the stove, so I'm doing a lot of sheet-pan dinners with protein, veg, and carb all on two pans. No pans on the stove = cooler kitchen IMO.
I also am really into massaged kale salad -- I use like 4 or 6 bunches of lacinato kale and make a big batch that will last my family of four for several days and keeps well in the fridge in a way a regular green salad doesn't.
I also am really into massaged kale salad -- I use like 4 or 6 bunches of lacinato kale and make a big batch that will last my family of four for several days and keeps well in the fridge in a way a regular green salad doesn't.
Anonymous
09/07/2023 10:52
Subject: What to make for dinner in this crazy heat
I'm digging into my Japanese origins.
Onigiri for DD.
Cucumber salad with seaweed. I ran out of silken tofu, which is the third ingredient. Maybe I'll add a little chicken. Soy sauce and balsamic vinegar, because I'm not such a fan of rice vinegar except in sushi rice.
Lots of tea.
Anonymous
09/07/2023 10:50
Subject: Re:What to make for dinner in this crazy heat
This week we've done:
- Quesadillas (two nights, we cook all the fixings for them the first night and then the next night all we have to do is fry up the quesadillas which takes 10 minutes)
- Big chop salad (two nights, only cooking involved is hard boiling a couple eggs and grilling some marinaded chicken, everything is just chopping things up)
- Quesadillas (two nights, we cook all the fixings for them the first night and then the next night all we have to do is fry up the quesadillas which takes 10 minutes)
- Big chop salad (two nights, only cooking involved is hard boiling a couple eggs and grilling some marinaded chicken, everything is just chopping things up)
Anonymous
09/07/2023 10:43
Subject: What to make for dinner in this crazy heat
Anonymous wrote:.Anonymous wrote:The heck is this about? It's like 100 degrees, we get this every summer and you live in a first world country.
This isn't Vietnam where you're eating all your meals outside or in a concrete room open to the elements. How much time are you actually spending outside? 10 minutes walking the dog? 2 minutes going from your air conditioned car to your air conditioned house?
Are you so frail that running your stove for 30 minutes and getting the temperature up to like 73 instead of 70 is too much for you?
Good lord, just cook your normal food.
PP is HANGRY. Someone get them some cold juice or something!
Even if you’re inside in AC much of the time, your body knows the environment is hot and often responds accordingly with reduced appetite. Filling up on hot foods rises the body’s temperature further. It’s normal to crave cool and lighter meals when the environment is in a heat wave even if AC is available.
Beyond that, some of us care about the future we are creating for our kids and choose to do things like not also run the oven at peak AC use times which will only ramp up AC to compensate.
Anonymous
09/07/2023 10:12
Subject: What to make for dinner in this crazy heat
Anonymous wrote:Gazpacho with shrimp + avocado added in when served
Thank you! I made gazpacho last night and I'll try that to make the leftovers a little different.
Anonymous
09/06/2023 19:17
Subject: What to make for dinner in this crazy heat
Toast.
Anonymous
09/06/2023 19:16
Subject: What to make for dinner in this crazy heat
.Anonymous wrote:The heck is this about? It's like 100 degrees, we get this every summer and you live in a first world country.
This isn't Vietnam where you're eating all your meals outside or in a concrete room open to the elements. How much time are you actually spending outside? 10 minutes walking the dog? 2 minutes going from your air conditioned car to your air conditioned house?
Are you so frail that running your stove for 30 minutes and getting the temperature up to like 73 instead of 70 is too much for you?
Good lord, just cook your normal food.
PP is HANGRY. Someone get them some cold juice or something!