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| maxine in ri |
I was thinking chicken, poached in some liquid (suggestions?all I
have in the house at the moment is red wine, or apple/carrot juice...)
Some lovely fresh plum tomatoes, and lots of frozen veggies.
Starch will be couscous (nuke water to boiling, add seasonings and
teeny beads, cover and let sit for 5 minutes.)
Salad, cold beverages, Luigi's Italian ice for dessert.
96 degrees on the way home, 90 in the yard, 84 in the house.
Have to keep watering the compost heap.
Margaret, how do you live without a microwave in this weather??
maxine in hot dry ri
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| Andy |
maxine in ri <weedfam@yoohoot.com> wrote in
news:rcove19s0dvmum5s8ek655rf694c2q3vds@4ax.com:
> I was thinking chicken, poached in some liquid (suggestions?all I
> have in the house at the moment is red wine, or apple/carrot juice...)
> Some lovely fresh plum tomatoes, and lots of frozen veggies.
>
> Starch will be couscous (nuke water to boiling, add seasonings and
> teeny beads, cover and let sit for 5 minutes.)
>
> Salad, cold beverages, Luigi's Italian ice for dessert.
>
> 96 degrees on the way home, 90 in the yard, 84 in the house.
>
> Have to keep watering the compost heap.
>
> Margaret, how do you live without a microwave in this weather??
>
> maxine in hot dry ri
maxine,
May I suggest a cobb salad?
You'll have to cook the eggs, bacon and the chicken (in some of the
bacon fat), then chill it, then serve with your favorite dressings.
The only problem with cobb salad is you have to gamble for time so you
have ripe avocados. That's the avocado's fault, imho. :)
Stay cool,
Andy
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| maxine in ri |
On Tue, 02 Aug 2005 16:56:30 -0500, Andy <Q> connected the dots and
wrote:
~maxine in ri <weedfam@yoohoot.com> wrote in
~news:rcove19s0dvmum5s8ek655rf694c2q3vds@4ax.com:
~
~> I was thinking chicken, poached in some liquid (suggestions?all I
~> have in the house at the moment is red wine, or apple/carrot
juice...)
~> Some lovely fresh plum tomatoes, and lots of frozen veggies.
~>
~> Starch will be couscous (nuke water to boiling, add seasonings and
~> teeny beads, cover and let sit for 5 minutes.)
~>
~> Salad, cold beverages, Luigi's Italian ice for dessert.
~>
~> 96 degrees on the way home, 90 in the yard, 84 in the house.
~>
~> Have to keep watering the compost heap.
~>
~> Margaret, how do you live without a microwave in this weather??
~>
~> maxine in hot dry ri
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~
~maxine,
~
~May I suggest a cobb salad?
~
~You'll have to cook the eggs, bacon and the chicken (in some of the
~bacon fat), then chill it, then serve with your favorite dressings.
~
~The only problem with cobb salad is you have to gamble for time so
you
~have ripe avocados. That's the avocado's fault, imho. :)
~
~Stay cool,
~
~Andy
But then I would have to cook things on the stove! After I posted, I
started poking around the cupboards, and came up with this:
2 chicken breasts, frozen
1-1/4 cups water
generous dose of hing
teaspoon freshly ground cumin
shake or two ginger powder
shake or two cinnamon
sprinkle of sesame seeds
Nuked in a covered dish for 7 minutes total.
Added 1 cup store-brand couscous, more sesame, salt and pepper
Covered and waited 5 minutes.
DH made salads
Served with Mint Chutney and Tamarind sauce.
My DH says that I always answer my own questions, but I have to put
them out there before the answer comes to me.
Thank you Andy. I enjoy your links, and will try a cobb salad
sometime when the kitchen isn't hotter than the stove.
maxine in ri
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| Sheldon |
maxine in ri wrote:
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> 96 degrees on the way home, 90 in the yard, 84 in the house.
>
> Margaret, how do you live without a microwave in this weather??
Maxine, how do you live without A/C in this weather?
88=BAF in the yard today (in the shade), 66=BAF in the house.... ahhhhh
Sheldon
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| serene |
maxine in ri <weedfam@yoohoot.com> wrote:
> Margaret, how do you live without a microwave in this weather??
I'm not Margaret, but we do it by having cold foods a fair bit, and by
using the pressure-cooker (which cooks quickly and without heating up
the kitchen much) and the toaster oven.
serene
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| Jean B. |
maxine in ri wrote:
> I was thinking chicken, poached in some liquid (suggestions?all I
> have in the house at the moment is red wine, or apple/carrot juice...)
> Some lovely fresh plum tomatoes, and lots of frozen veggies.
>
> Starch will be couscous (nuke water to boiling, add seasonings and
> teeny beads, cover and let sit for 5 minutes.)
>
> Salad, cold beverages, Luigi's Italian ice for dessert.
>
> 96 degrees on the way home, 90 in the yard, 84 in the house.
>
> Have to keep watering the compost heap.
>
> Margaret, how do you live without a microwave in this weather??
>
> maxine in hot dry ri
>
Bad summer, isn't it? I keep thinking I'll put my turbo oven
out on the porch or the deck. BTW, induction is (relatively)
good for hot weather cooking. That reminds me. I have to see
whether that Viking cooktop has arrived in these parts.
--
Jean B.
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| TammyM |
"Jean B." <jbxyz@rcn.com> wrote in message
news:3lc1njF11lllpU8@individual.net...
> maxine in ri wrote:
>
> > I was thinking chicken, poached in some liquid (suggestions?all I
> > have in the house at the moment is red wine, or apple/carrot juice...)
> > Some lovely fresh plum tomatoes, and lots of frozen veggies.
> >
> > Starch will be couscous (nuke water to boiling, add seasonings and
> > teeny beads, cover and let sit for 5 minutes.)
> >
> > Salad, cold beverages, Luigi's Italian ice for dessert.
> >
> > 96 degrees on the way home, 90 in the yard, 84 in the house.
> >
> > Have to keep watering the compost heap.
> >
> > Margaret, how do you live without a microwave in this weather??
> >
> > maxine in hot dry ri
> >
> Bad summer, isn't it? I keep thinking I'll put my turbo oven
> out on the porch or the deck. BTW, induction is (relatively)
> good for hot weather cooking. That reminds me. I have to see
> whether that Viking cooktop has arrived in these parts.
Hottest July in Sacramento history, and the first 7 days of August
are/predicted to be 100+ as well. 102 today, so they say.
I eat cold foods exclusively when it is this hot (apart from my morning
toast and cuppa tea.) Salads and/or other uncooked veg for dinner.
Fruit/yogurt bread/cheese for lunches. Ice cream sometimes too :-) Ain't
too difficult.
TammyM in Hades-I-mean-Sacramento, California
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| morgul the friendly drelb |
Consider having something with lots of cayenne. Before you call me
crazy, spicy foods have a physiological cooling effect.
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| Jean B. |
TammyM wrote:
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> Hottest July in Sacramento history, and the first 7 days of August
> are/predicted to be 100+ as well. 102 today, so they say.
>
> I eat cold foods exclusively when it is this hot (apart from my morning
> toast and cuppa tea.) Salads and/or other uncooked veg for dinner.
> Fruit/yogurt bread/cheese for lunches. Ice cream sometimes too :-) Ain't
> too difficult.
>
> TammyM in Hades-I-mean-Sacramento, California
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>
Well, our summer (in the Boston area) has generally not been
so hot, but the heat has been unrelenting. Normally we might
have a heat wave, when we can't open the windows at night for
a few days in a row. This year, I have had the windows open
three times, I think. Once for an hour or so. :-(
Luckily, I love salads. My daughter, however, will only eat
them with one (store-bought) dressing, which has been
unavailable for long stretches....
--
Jean B.
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| Curly Sue |
On Tue, 02 Aug 2005 17:22:55 -0400, maxine in ri <weedfam@yoohoot.com>
wrote:
>Salad, cold beverages, Luigi's Italian ice for dessert.
>96 degrees on the way home, 90 in the yard, 84 in the house.
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>Have to keep watering the compost heap.
>
>Margaret, how do you live without a microwave in this weather??
>
>maxine in hot dry ri
Today's pretty hot and my new AC is a lemon. It's going back! It's
been working all afternoon and the temp is finally down to 77 deg.
I'm getting a new one, more BTUs, tomorrow. When they tell you don't
get an AC that's too big, a smaller one is better, don't believe them!
Although the one I'm getting sounds scary...
Today I had a vegetable sandwich for lunch (cucumbers, tomato, onion,
alfalfa sprouts) and an ice cream soda. I'd have the same for supper
but I'm out of tomatoes and not going anywhere :> So I'll have nuked
brown rice (which I put in the frige to defrost last night) and Bird's
Eye mixed vegetables, with a chocolate ice cream soda for dessert and
probably a later snack too.
Sue(tm)
Lead me not into temptation... I can find it myself!
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| maxine in ri |
On Wed, 03 Aug 2005 10:15:09 -0400, "Jean B." <jbxyz@rcn.com>
connected the dots and wrote:
~maxine in ri wrote:
~
~> I was thinking chicken, poached in some liquid (suggestions?all I
~> have in the house at the moment is red wine, or apple/carrot
juice...)
~> Some lovely fresh plum tomatoes, and lots of frozen veggies.
~>
~> Starch will be couscous (nuke water to boiling, add seasonings and
~> teeny beads, cover and let sit for 5 minutes.)
~>
~> Salad, cold beverages, Luigi's Italian ice for dessert.
~>
~> 96 degrees on the way home, 90 in the yard, 84 in the house.
~>
~> Have to keep watering the compost heap.
~>
~> Margaret, how do you live without a microwave in this weather??
~>
~> maxine in hot dry ri
~>
~Bad summer, isn't it? I keep thinking I'll put my turbo oven
~out on the porch or the deck. BTW, induction is (relatively)
~good for hot weather cooking. That reminds me. I have to see
~whether that Viking cooktop has arrived in these parts.
Maybe that's where I should put the toaster oven and coffee maker.
Those two heat up the kitchen something fiece!
Cool! It just started to rain. Maybe I'll let the sprout make
ravioli for us tonight.
maxine in ri
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| maxine in ri |
On Wed, 3 Aug 2005 09:26:28 -0700, "TammyM" <tdmcniff@ucdavis.edu>
connected the dots and wrote:
~
~"Jean B." <jbxyz@rcn.com> wrote in message
~news:3lc1njF11lllpU8@individual.net...
~> maxine in ri wrote:
~>
~> > I was thinking chicken, poached in some liquid (suggestions?all I
~> > have in the house at the moment is red wine, or apple/carrot
juice...)
~> > Some lovely fresh plum tomatoes, and lots of frozen veggies.
~> >
~> > Starch will be couscous (nuke water to boiling, add seasonings
and
~> > teeny beads, cover and let sit for 5 minutes.)
~> >
~> > Salad, cold beverages, Luigi's Italian ice for dessert.
~> >
~> > 96 degrees on the way home, 90 in the yard, 84 in the house.
~> >
~> > Have to keep watering the compost heap.
~> >
~> > Margaret, how do you live without a microwave in this weather??
~> >
~> > maxine in hot dry ri
~> >
~> Bad summer, isn't it? I keep thinking I'll put my turbo oven
~> out on the porch or the deck. BTW, induction is (relatively)
~> good for hot weather cooking. That reminds me. I have to see
~> whether that Viking cooktop has arrived in these parts.
~
~Hottest July in Sacramento history, and the first 7 days of August
~are/predicted to be 100+ as well. 102 today, so they say.
~
~I eat cold foods exclusively when it is this hot (apart from my
morning
~toast and cuppa tea.) Salads and/or other uncooked veg for dinner.
~Fruit/yogurt bread/cheese for lunches. Ice cream sometimes too :-)
Ain't
~too difficult.
~
~TammyM in Hades-I-mean-Sacramento, California
~
100? 102?? Eek!
maxine in not quite that hot ri
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| maxine in ri |
On 3 Aug 2005 09:33:01 -0700, "morgul the friendly drelb"
<drelb2005@yahoo.com> connected the dots and wrote:
~Consider having something with lots of cayenne. Before you call me
~crazy, spicy foods have a physiological cooling effect.
Mmm. That's why we threw some asian hot chili sauce into the mix, and
served it with mint and tamarind chutney.
maxine in ri
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| maxine in ri |
On Wed, 03 Aug 2005 13:21:07 -0400, "Jean B." <jbxyz@rcn.com>
connected the dots and wrote:
~Luckily, I love salads. My daughter, however, will only eat
~them with one (store-bought) dressing, which has been
~unavailable for long stretches....
Which one? maybe someone around here's seen it.
maxine in ri
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| Victor Sack |
maxine in ri <weedfam@yoohoot.com> wrote:
> I was thinking chicken, poached in some liquid (suggestions?all I
> have in the house at the moment is red wine, or apple/carrot juice...)
> Some lovely fresh plum tomatoes, and lots of frozen veggies.
[snip]
> 96 degrees on the way home, 90 in the yard, 84 in the house.
Here is a perhaps unusual suggestion: samgyetang, a Korean ginseng
chicken soup, served very hot, almost boiling. For some unfathomable
reason, it is said to be extremely popular in Korea in just such a
weather. I rather like the soup, not necessarily in this kind of
weather, but have to say that it is, in my experience, very bland and
always needs to be seasoned. I have eaten it many times but never
cooked it myself, though.
The recipe below, from <http://www.asiafood.org/samg.cfm>, looks
authentic.
Victor
Samgyetang (ginseng chicken soup)
4 small chickens, one for each serving
4 fresh ginseng roots
2 cups glutinous rice
8 cloves of garlic
Salt
Black pepper
8 chestnuts
8 dried jujubes
1. Cut the chicken's belly lengthwise. Remove organs, head and feet --
wing tips and neck optional, but leave the body whole.
2. Clean chicken thoroughly and sprinkle with salt. Wash the glutinous
rice, ginseng and jujubes, and remove the skin from the garlic cloves
and chestnuts. Slice or leave ginseng, according to taste.
3. Rinse chicken and stuff each chicken's body cavity with ginseng,
rice, and garlic.
4. Sew the body cavity shut.
5. Put stuffed chickens in a covered pot with 15 cups of water and bring
to a boil. Lower heat and add jujubes and chestnuts.
6. Simmer until chicken is thoroughly stewed. Serve unseasoned; diner
usually adds salt and black pepper to taste, but some cooks add salt
immediately before serving.
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| Bob |
Maxine replied:
> ~Bad summer, isn't it? I keep thinking I'll put my turbo oven
> ~out on the porch or the deck.
<snip>
> Maybe that's where I should put the toaster oven and coffee maker.
> Those two heat up the kitchen something fiece!
If I'm going to use my toaster oven, rotisserie, rice cooker, steamer, or
bread machine in the summertime, I bring them out to the patio. The outside
temperature HELPS them cook, if anything!
Bob
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| Bob |
TammyM wrote:
> Hottest July in Sacramento history, and the first 7 days of August
> are/predicted to be 100+ as well. 102 today, so they say.
I had no idea records were set! Strange, when you consider all the rain
which fell at the beginning of summer.
> I eat cold foods exclusively when it is this hot (apart from my morning
> toast and cuppa tea.) Salads and/or other uncooked veg for dinner.
> Fruit/yogurt bread/cheese for lunches. Ice cream sometimes too :-) Ain't
> too difficult.
I made a big pot of very-spicy jambalaya a couple days ago, and I've been
nibbling away at it ever since. Later in the week, I'll bring my rice cooker
out onto the patio and when the rice is cooked I'll make sushi rice which
ought to last me two or three days: veggie sushi, California rolls, and a
tuna concoction of rice, spinach, cucumbers, tuna (from a pouch), sesame
seeds, sesame oil, and soy sauce.
Bob
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| Edwin Pawlowski |
> maxine in ri wrote:
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>> 96 degrees on the way home, 90 in the yard, 84 in the house.
>>
>> Have to keep watering the compost heap.
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>> Margaret, how do you live without a microwave in this weather??
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>> maxine in hot dry ri
The ACs keeps the house at a comfy mid-70's. Worth every penny (actually
dollars) it takes to run them.
Ed
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| Puester |
Edwin Pawlowski wrote:
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>
> The ACs keeps the house at a comfy mid-70's. Worth every penny (actually
> dollars) it takes to run them.
> Ed
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>
AMEN!!! I think our AC has run every day since late June.
July set an all-time record for Denver for days onver 90 degrees
(and most were well into the high 90s with ahigh of 105.)
Yes, I know Arizona is much worse, but then AZ doesn't have
the threat of snow/blizzards 8 months of the year.
gloria p
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| Wayne Boatwright |
On Wed 03 Aug 2005 07:09:42p, Edwin Pawlowski wrote in rec.food.cooking:
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>> maxine in ri wrote:
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>>> 96 degrees on the way home, 90 in the yard, 84 in the house.
>>>
>>> Have to keep watering the compost heap.
>>>
>>> Margaret, how do you live without a microwave in this weather??
>>>
>>> maxine in hot dry ri
>
> The ACs keeps the house at a comfy mid-70's. Worth every penny
> (actually
> dollars) it takes to run them.
> Ed
>
>
>
Ditto. I doubt we'd survive the 118 degree temps here in AZ if it weren't
for AC. There are probably only 3 months out of the year that we don't run
it. Our community pool is fed cooled water in the summer, otherwise it
would be far too warm to be pleasant.
--
Wayne Boatwright *¿*
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| Margaret Suran |
maxine in ri wrote:
> ~>
> ~> Margaret, how do you live without a microwave in this weather??
> ~>
> ~> maxine in hot dry ri
> ~>
It's been really bad, but I don't suffer from the heat. I don't do my
daily twenty city blocks of waking, that would be stupid, but I do
everything else, shopping, keeping my appointments, etc.
As for cooking, I don't do much and I have air conditioning, which
keeps the apartment very cool.
Thank you for asking, MS
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| Dee Randall |
"Edwin Pawlowski" <esp@snet.net> wrote in message
news:GNeIe.794$646.135@newssvr22.news.prodigy.net...
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>> maxine in ri wrote:
>
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>>> 96 degrees on the way home, 90 in the yard, 84 in the house.
>>>
>>> Have to keep watering the compost heap.
>>>
>>> Margaret, how do you live without a microwave in this weather??
>>>
>>> maxine in hot dry ri
>
> The ACs keeps the house at a comfy mid-70's. Worth every penny (actually
> dollars) it takes to run them.
> Ed
Depends on how big the house is whether it's worth every penny (for me).
Some might say, well if you can't afford to heat/cool your house, you'd
better get a smaller one. That probably applies to cars too, but how small
can one go and have fun.
I used to have fun in my alpha-romeo, but now it takes a larger car, but no
more gas, but this doesn't apply to my space needs in my home.
Dee Dee
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| maxine in ri |
On Thu, 04 Aug 2005 07:44:06 -0400, Margaret Suran
<margaret@no.spam.for.me.invalid> connected the dots and wrote:
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~
~maxine in ri wrote:
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~> ~>
~> ~> Margaret, how do you live without a microwave in this weather??
~> ~>
~> ~> maxine in hot dry ri
~> ~>
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~It's been really bad, but I don't suffer from the heat. I don't do
my
~daily twenty city blocks of waking, that would be stupid, but I do
~everything else, shopping, keeping my appointments, etc.
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~As for cooking, I don't do much and I have air conditioning, which
~keeps the apartment very cool.
~
~Thank you for asking, MS
Ah, you have AC. No wonder you don't miss the huge"reheater"
<grin>
Better weather coming this weekend, in the low 80's. Good thing.
We're driving down to Brooklyn to visit Paul's younger boy (heh-22),
so that's a good thing.
Anything interesting going on in the Canarsie/Prospect Park areas of
Brooklyn this weekend?
maxine in ri
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| TammyM |
On Wed, 03 Aug 2005 16:47:48 -0400, maxine in ri <weedfam@yoohoot.com>
wrote:
>On Wed, 3 Aug 2005 09:26:28 -0700, "TammyM" <tdmcniff@ucdavis.edu>
>connected the dots and wrote:
>
>~
>~"Jean B." <jbxyz@rcn.com> wrote in message
>~news:3lc1njF11lllpU8@individual.net...
>~> maxine in ri wrote:
>~>
>~> > I was thinking chicken, poached in some liquid (suggestions?all I
>~> > have in the house at the moment is red wine, or apple/carrot
>juice...)
>~> > Some lovely fresh plum tomatoes, and lots of frozen veggies.
>~> >
>~> > Starch will be couscous (nuke water to boiling, add seasonings
>and
>~> > teeny beads, cover and let sit for 5 minutes.)
>~> >
>~> > Salad, cold beverages, Luigi's Italian ice for dessert.
>~> >
>~> > 96 degrees on the way home, 90 in the yard, 84 in the house.
>~> >
>~> > Have to keep watering the compost heap.
>~> >
>~> > Margaret, how do you live without a microwave in this weather??
>~> >
>~> > maxine in hot dry ri
>~> >
>~> Bad summer, isn't it? I keep thinking I'll put my turbo oven
>~> out on the porch or the deck. BTW, induction is (relatively)
>~> good for hot weather cooking. That reminds me. I have to see
>~> whether that Viking cooktop has arrived in these parts.
>~
>~Hottest July in Sacramento history, and the first 7 days of August
>~are/predicted to be 100+ as well. 102 today, so they say.
>~
>~I eat cold foods exclusively when it is this hot (apart from my
>morning
>~toast and cuppa tea.) Salads and/or other uncooked veg for dinner.
>~Fruit/yogurt bread/cheese for lunches. Ice cream sometimes too :-)
>Ain't
>~too difficult.
>~
>~TammyM in Hades-I-mean-Sacramento, California
>~
>
>100? 102?? Eek!
>
>maxine in not quite that hot ri
Not sure, but I think it was hotter today. We're predicted to get a
big chill next week. It's only sposeda get to 96 on Tuesday!!!!
Whoopeee!!!!! Whip out the flannel sheets and the down duvets!!!!
TammyM, sarcastic and sick of the heat :-)
in Sacramento, California
p.s. keep in mind that 96 is virtually FRIGID to those poor souls in
Phoenix and Cow Hill .... not mentioning names, of course
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| Margaret Suran |
maxine in ri wrote:
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> Ah, you have AC. No wonder you don't miss the huge"reheater"
> <grin>
>
> Better weather coming this weekend, in the low 80's. Good thing.
> We're driving down to Brooklyn to visit Paul's younger boy (heh-22),
> so that's a good thing.
>
> Anything interesting going on in the Canarsie/Prospect Park areas of
> Brooklyn this weekend?
>
> maxine in ri
Yes, we got electricity a couple of years ago and from there it was
just a small step to a Vacuum Cleaner and a Toaster and an Electric
Iron and then, AIR CONDITIONING. I recently got rid of the Petroleum
Lamps and the Ice Box and got Electric Lights and a Refrigerator. :o)
I do not know of anything special going on in Brooklyn. I have not
been in Brooklyn since Sue, Sheryl and Stan dragged me there a couple
of years ago, to go to Jacques Torre's Chocolate Shop. I could be
dragged there again, without much resistance. :o)
Try Google. They would have all the "happenings", but I do not know
where to look for them. Have fun, the weather forecast is wonderful,
cool and dry.
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| Curly Sue |
On Fri, 05 Aug 2005 06:08:29 -0400, Margaret Suran
<margaret@no.spam.for.me.invalid> wrote:
>maxine in ri wrote:
>
>> Ah, you have AC. No wonder you don't miss the huge"reheater"
>> <grin>
>>
>> Better weather coming this weekend, in the low 80's. Good thing.
>> We're driving down to Brooklyn to visit Paul's younger boy (heh-22),
>> so that's a good thing.
>>
>> Anything interesting going on in the Canarsie/Prospect Park areas of
>> Brooklyn this weekend?
>>
>> maxine in ri
My newsfeed didn't pull up this post, so I'm piggy-backing on
Margaret's response.
Here is a site that is very helpful:
http://www.nycvisit.com/home/index.cfm
click on calendar of events and pick your borough.
Sue(tm)
Lead me not into temptation... I can find it myself!
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| Cindy Fuller |
In article <42f2e9f9.26415523@news.ucdavis.edu>,
me@privacy.net (TammyM) wrote:
>
> Not sure, but I think it was hotter today. We're predicted to get a
> big chill next week. It's only sposeda get to 96 on Tuesday!!!!
> Whoopeee!!!!! Whip out the flannel sheets and the down duvets!!!!
>
> TammyM, sarcastic and sick of the heat :-)
> in Sacramento, California
>
> p.s. keep in mind that 96 is virtually FRIGID to those poor souls in
> Phoenix and Cow Hill .... not mentioning names, of course
The heat has finally reached Seattle. We've been in the mid 80's for
the last week. (Eat your hearts out.) Our house does not have AC.
Very few houses here have more than room units. I'm not suffering, but
the SO (aka Florida Boy, the AC addict) is. Having lived in Dallas and
NC for much of the last 25 years, this is relatively pleasant.
OB Food: Even though I'm not too bothered by this heat, I'm not doing
much in the way of heating the kitchen up. Last night I made vegetarian
unfried chiles relleños. I roasted the chiles and ear of corn on the
grill, then heated the stuffed chiles in the microwave. Muy bien.
Cindy
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| Jude |
"8 dried jujubes"
wow, when I was a kid, I always wondered what else could be made form
those nasty gummy candies....
seriously, what's a jujube?
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"Jude" <JudeNev@cox.net> wrote in message
news:1123259762.900750.147740@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
"8 dried jujubes"
wow, when I was a kid, I always wondered what else could be made form
those nasty gummy candies....
seriously, what's a jujube?
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| Victor Sack |
Jude <JudeNev@cox.net> wrote:
[of samgyetang]
> "8 dried jujubes"
>
> wow, when I was a kid, I always wondered what else could be made form
> those nasty gummy candies....
>
> seriously, what's a jujube?
A Chinese red date. See <http://www.crfg.org/pubs/ff/jujube.html>.
Victor
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| Dee Randall |
"Victor Sack" <azazello@koroviev.de> wrote in message
news:1h0uhf4.fxpvpy2cg8qwN%azazello@koroviev.de...
> Jude <JudeNev@cox.net> wrote:
>
> [of samgyetang]
>
>> "8 dried jujubes"
>>
>> wow, when I was a kid, I always wondered what else could be made form
>> those nasty gummy candies....
>>
>> seriously, what's a jujube?
>
> A Chinese red date. See <http://www.crfg.org/pubs/ff/jujube.html>.
>
> Victor
As I recall once when I was very sick and couldn't eat, my husband made me a
soup of ground jujubes and almonds. I don't know where in the world he got
the recipe, and I don't know if this is a traditional recipe for ill people.
I recall it tasted pretty good. I might have been delirious, tho.
Dee Dee
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| maxine in ri |
On Fri, 05 Aug 2005 13:41:01 GMT, address.in.sig@nyc.rr.com (Curly
Sue) connected the dots and wrote:
~On Fri, 05 Aug 2005 06:08:29 -0400, Margaret Suran
~<margaret@no.spam.for.me.invalid> wrote:
~>maxine in ri wrote:
~>
~>> Ah, you have AC. No wonder you don't miss the huge"reheater"
~>> <grin>
~>>
~>> Better weather coming this weekend, in the low 80's. Good thing.
~>> We're driving down to Brooklyn to visit Paul's younger boy
(heh-22),
~>> so that's a good thing.
~>>
~>> Anything interesting going on in the Canarsie/Prospect Park areas
of
~>> Brooklyn this weekend?
~>>
~>> maxine in ri
~
~My newsfeed didn't pull up this post, so I'm piggy-backing on
~Margaret's response.
~
~Here is a site that is very helpful:
~http://www.nycvisit.com/home/index.cfm
~
~click on calendar of events and pick your borough.
~
~Sue(tm)
~Lead me not into temptation... I can find it myself!
That site is the best! I found two things going on at the Brooklyn
Botanical Garden, where we usually go, since the kids like it and can
wander around and relax and not have to do or be anything. I miss the
old children's room, but there's still plenty to see and do there.
Thank you
maxine in much cooler ri
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| maxine in ri |
On Fri, 05 Aug 2005 06:08:29 -0400, Margaret Suran
<margaret@no.spam.for.me.invalid> connected the dots and wrote:
~
~
~maxine in ri wrote:
~
~>
~> Ah, you have AC. No wonder you don't miss the huge"reheater"
~> <grin>
~>
~> Better weather coming this weekend, in the low 80's. Good thing.
~> We're driving down to Brooklyn to visit Paul's younger boy
(heh-22),
~> so that's a good thing.
~>
~> Anything interesting going on in the Canarsie/Prospect Park areas
of
~> Brooklyn this weekend?
~>
~> maxine in ri
~
~Yes, we got electricity a couple of years ago and from there it was
~just a small step to a Vacuum Cleaner and a Toaster and an Electric
~Iron and then, AIR CONDITIONING. I recently got rid of the Petroleum
~Lamps and the Ice Box and got Electric Lights and a Refrigerator. :o)
We don't have AC, so I don't expect everyone else to have it.
~I do not know of anything special going on in Brooklyn. I have not
~been in Brooklyn since Sue, Sheryl and Stan dragged me there a couple
~of years ago, to go to Jacques Torre's Chocolate Shop. I could be
~dragged there again, without much resistance. :o)
I've added that to the list of places to go and things to do. Should
be an interesting place to take photos from, since it's between the
two bridges.
maxine in ri
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| Boron Elgar |
On Fri, 05 Aug 2005 22:35:12 -0400, maxine in ri <weedfam@yoohoot.com>
wrote:
>On Fri, 05 Aug 2005 13:41:01 GMT, address.in.sig@nyc.rr.com (Curly
>Sue) connected the dots and wrote:
>
>
>~Here is a site that is very helpful:
>~http://www.nycvisit.com/home/index.cfm
>~
>~click on calendar of events and pick your borough.
>~
>~Sue(tm)
>~Lead me not into temptation... I can find it myself!
>
>That site is the best! I found two things going on at the Brooklyn
>Botanical Garden, where we usually go, since the kids like it and can
>wander around and relax and not have to do or be anything. I miss the
>old children's room, but there's still plenty to see and do there.
>
>Thank you
>maxine in much cooler ri
The one in the Bronx is the "botanical" garden...in Brooklyn it is the
"botanic" garden.
If you have the kids at the garden, why not just cross the parking lot
and take them through the Brooklyn Museum, too. Lovely place. We took
the boys there a couple of weeks ago. Very easy to park and
inexpensive, too. Admission, though at a suggested fee, is really pay
as you wish.
Boron
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| Margaret Suran |
maxine in ri wrote:
> On Fri, 05 Aug 2005 06:08:29 -0400, Margaret Suran
> <margaret@no.spam.for.me.invalid> connected the dots and wrote:
>
> ~
> ~
> ~maxine in ri wrote:
> ~
> ~>
> ~> Ah, you have AC. No wonder you don't miss the huge"reheater"
> ~> <grin>
> ~>
> ~> Better weather coming this weekend, in the low 80's. Good thing.
> ~> We're driving down to Brooklyn to visit Paul's younger boy
> (heh-22),
> ~> so that's a good thing.
> ~>
> ~> Anything interesting going on in the Canarsie/Prospect Park areas
> of
> ~> Brooklyn this weekend?
> ~>
> ~> maxine in ri
> ~
> ~Yes, we got electricity a couple of years ago and from there it was
> ~just a small step to a Vacuum Cleaner and a Toaster and an Electric
> ~Iron and then, AIR CONDITIONING. I recently got rid of the Petroleum
> ~Lamps and the Ice Box and got Electric Lights and a Refrigerator. :o)
>
> We don't have AC, so I don't expect everyone else to have it.
>
> ~I do not know of anything special going on in Brooklyn. I have not
> ~been in Brooklyn since Sue, Sheryl and Stan dragged me there a couple
> ~of years ago, to go to Jacques Torre's Chocolate Shop. I could be
> ~dragged there again, without much resistance. :o)
>
> I've added that to the list of places to go and things to do. Should
> be an interesting place to take photos from, since it's between the
> two bridges.
>
> maxine in ri
And many of my contemporaries (read "really old people") do not have
microwave ovens. For many it is a matter of space in New York City
kitchens, others, like my sister who has a house with a large kitchen,
it is a matter of not needing/wanting one.
Everybody I know, on the other hand, has air conditioning. At our
age, it is an absolute necessity.
You will all love the Jacques Torres Chocolate Shop. The Hot
chocolate is the best, even if this may not be the best time to
indulge in this nectar the gods, but they have the best plain
croissants in the city, too. As for the chocolate, unbelievable is
the word that comes to mind.
Enjoy your trip. You will only find this when you return home, so let
us know how it was.
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| maxine in ri |
On Fri, 05 Aug 2005 22:49:20 -0400, Boron Elgar
<boron_elgar@hotmail.com> connected the dots and wrote:
~On Fri, 05 Aug 2005 22:35:12 -0400, maxine in ri
<weedfam@yoohoot.com>
~wrote:
~
~>On Fri, 05 Aug 2005 13:41:01 GMT, address.in.sig@nyc.rr.com (Curly
~>Sue) connected the dots and wrote:
~>
~>
~>~Here is a site that is very helpful:
~>~http://www.nycvisit.com/home/index.cfm
~>~
~>~click on calendar of events and pick your borough.
~>~
~>~Sue(tm)
~>~Lead me not into temptation... I can find it myself!
~>
~>That site is the best! I found two things going on at the Brooklyn
~>Botanical Garden, where we usually go, since the kids like it and
can
~>wander around and relax and not have to do or be anything. I miss
the
~>old children's room, but there's still plenty to see and do there.
~>
~>Thank you
~>maxine in much cooler ri
~
~
~The one in the Bronx is the "botanical" garden...in Brooklyn it is
the
~"botanic" garden.
~
~If you have the kids at the garden, why not just cross the parking
lot
~and take them through the Brooklyn Museum, too. Lovely place. We took
~the boys there a couple of weeks ago. Very easy to park and
~inexpensive, too. Admission, though at a suggested fee, is really pay
~as you wish.
~
~Boron
[I knew that;-)] We've been to the Brooklyn museum, and seen several
of the special exhibitions they've had. We also like the zoo, and
that Dutch house they have as well across the street in Prospect Park.
Matter of fact, I like Prospect Park itself, with the little bridges,
and tunnels and nice rolling pathways and marshy areas and stuff.
But the kids like the Botanic Gardens, so we've gone there the last
few times. Peaceful. Noone for the Excitable Boy to go ballistic
over. The rose garden. The Cherry tree esplanade. The Japanese
gardens. The Bonsai room. The three Biotas<?> with tropic,
temperate, and desert plants.
maxine, who may opt for the museum if the temperatures are in the
upper 80's tomorrow.
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| Nancy Young |
"Margaret Suran" <margaret@no.spam.for.me.invalid> wrote
> Everybody I know, on the other hand, has air conditioning. At our
> age, it is an absolute necessity.
If you didn't, we'd buy you one.
> You will all love the Jacques Torres Chocolate Shop.
I really like him, I think he's adorable, but I hated his show.
Too bad. Sorry, I don't find watching someone make full
size chocolate pocketbooks very interesting.
nancy
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| Margaret Suran |
Nancy Young wrote:
> "Margaret Suran" <margaret@no.spam.for.me.invalid> wrote
>
>
>>Everybody I know, on the other hand, has air conditioning. At our
>>age, it is an absolute necessity.
>
>
> If you didn't, we'd buy you one.
>
>
>>You will all love the Jacques Torres Chocolate Shop.
>
>
> I really like him, I think he's adorable, but I hated his show.
> Too bad. Sorry, I don't find watching someone make full
> size chocolate pocketbooks very interesting.
>
> nancy
>
>
I didn't know he has a show! Is it on the Food Network? If not,
where is it aired? Thank you, MS
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| Mr Libido Incognito |
Margaret Suran wrote on 06 Aug 2005 in rec.food.cooking
> I didn't know he has a show! Is it on the Food Network? If not,
> where is it aired? Thank you, MS
>
He had a show on PBS...Something Circus or Circus something...On that
show he built unbelievable pieces of art from Chocolate. But that was
several years ago.
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The eyes are the mirrors....
But the ears...Ah the ears.
The ears keep the hat up.
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| Sheldon |
Edwin Pawlowski wrote:
> > maxine in ri wrote:
>
> >>
> >> 96 degrees on the way home, 90 in the yard, 84 in the house.
> >>
> >> Have to keep watering the compost heap.
> >>
> >> Margaret, how do you live without a microwave in this weather??
> >>
> >> maxine in hot dry ri
>
> The ACs keeps the house at a comfy mid-70's. Worth every penny (actually
> dollars) it takes to run them.
> Ed
Even more important is A/C keeps the humidity down... my central air is
set at 66=BAF (yeah, I know, some of yoose don't have your fridge set
that low). Often at night the outdoor temp drops well below 66=BA F but
around here the humidity soars to like 80% at night, nothing is so
awful as cool and DANK. I've discovered that to go from a 72=BA F
setting to a 66=BA F setting costs me only between $5-$10/wk more, well
worth it to keep the humidity down and I like the cold air. The high
night time humidity is attributed to this being wonderfully rich bottom
land, really great for growing stuff but not very comfortable for
living without A/C. Most of the people around here don't even have
window units, all they do is complain about all the pollen they need to
dust. I never open my windows... my A/C is on always, even in
winter... I have a high efficiency filter and UV lamp in the system,
even when it doesn't call for cool it circulates the air constantly to
keep it clean. Anyone who has central air needs to go here:
http://aprilaire.com
Sheldon
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| Curly Sue |
On Sat, 06 Aug 2005 23:07:15 -0000, Mr Libido Incognito
<Not@vaild.null> wrote:
>Margaret Suran wrote on 06 Aug 2005 in rec.food.cooking
>
>> I didn't know he has a show! Is it on the Food Network? If not,
>> where is it aired? Thank you, MS
>>
>
>He had a show on PBS...Something Circus or Circus something...On that
>show he built unbelievable pieces of art from Chocolate. But that was
>several years ago.
Desset Circus. He has a couple of books along those lines "Dessert
Circus at Home" and another. The first time I visited his Brooklyn
store, he was there and the staff got him to sign a copy I purchased
:>
He had another show on Food TV, though I haven't seen it in a while.
Oh, I see Nancy says it's now 11:30 am on Wednesays. No wonder I
don't catch it!
My favorite item from his store is the Pithivier Cake. I'll always
remember the first time... I didn't expect much (it wasn't chocolate!)
but wow.
Sue(tm)
Lead me not into temptation... I can find it myself!
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| serene |
Margaret Suran <margaret@no.spam.for.me.invalid> wrote:
> And many of my contemporaries (read "really old people") do not have
> microwave ovens. For many it is a matter of space in New York City
> kitchens, others, like my sister who has a house with a large kitchen,
> it is a matter of not needing/wanting one.
We don't have one, partly because we like all our counter space, and
partly because we just don't need/want one. No large kitchen, just a
large desire not to clutter things up.
> Everybody I know, on the other hand, has air conditioning. At our
> age, it is an absolute necessity.
We don't have it, and neither do most people we know, but it doesn't get
too terribly hot here.
serene
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| Margaret Suran |
serene wrote:
> Margaret Suran <margaret@no.spam.for.me.invalid> wrote:
>
>
>>And many of my contemporaries (read "really old people") do not have
>>microwave ovens. For many it is a matter of space in New York City
>>kitchens, others, like my sister who has a house with a large kitchen,
>>it is a matter of not needing/wanting one.
>
>
> We don't have one, partly because we like all our counter space, and
> partly because we just don't need/want one. No large kitchen, just a
> large desire not to clutter things up.
>
>
>>Everybody I know, on the other hand, has air conditioning. At our
>>age, it is an absolute necessity.
>
>
> We don't have it, and neither do most people we know, but it doesn't get
> too terribly hot here.
>
> serene
You are probably a mere baby, compared to me. :o)
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| maxine in ri |
On Sun, 07 Aug 2005 19:32:38 -0400, Margaret Suran
<margaret@no.spam.for.me.invalid> connected the dots and wrote:
~
~
~serene wrote:
~> Margaret Suran <margaret@no.spam.for.me.invalid> wrote:
~>
~>
~>>And many of my contemporaries (read "really old people") do not
have
~>>microwave ovens. For many it is a matter of space in New York City
~>>kitchens, others, like my sister who has a house with a large
kitchen,
~>>it is a matter of not needing/wanting one.
~>
~>
~> We don't have one, partly because we like all our counter space,
and
~> partly because we just don't need/want one. No large kitchen, just
a
~> large desire not to clutter things up.
~>
~>
~>>Everybody I know, on the other hand, has air conditioning. At our
~>>age, it is an absolute necessity.
~>
~>
~> We don't have it, and neither do most people we know, but it
doesn't get
~> too terribly hot here.
~>
~> serene
~
~You are probably a mere baby, compared to me. :o)
Margaret likes to imply that she is old. In a chronological sense,
perhaps, but her mind and actions are those of a much younger
individual, trained in the old-school elegance that so many folks now
just toss out the window.
maxine in ri
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