Julie Bove wrote:
> I can remember reading something written I think by Fran Liebowitz when I
> was a teen. She was complaining that during hot weather, people seem to
> think we don't want to eat. So they serve her things like light little
> salads. She said she gets hungrier during hot weather.
>
> I have noticed that myself. And Angela seems to be a lot hungrier as well!
> Today it reached 97 here in Bothell. That's pretty unusual. We were out
> and near a store where I knew I needed to buy something. But what? Oddly
> my memory seems to have improved since I started taking vitamin E, but do
> you think I could remember what it was? I knew it was something gluten
> free. Of course I couldn't remember it until later. We stopped at another
> store and by then I had remembered that it was gluten free macaroni and
> cheese that I needed. Luckily that store had the brand that I wanted.
> *whew* Anyway... I decided to go in to see if something would jar my
> memory and see if they had cheese samples. Heh.
>
> They had brie. I don't really like brie so went on to the other two
> barrels. One was empty. But the other? Loaded with little chilled cups of
> their version of salad Caprese. Half a cherry tomato, ball of mozzarella,
> drizzle of olive oil, balsamic vinegar and bit of basil. Oh yum! Angela
> didn't like hers.
>
> Then later at Costco, I had two more cheese samples and grabbed up a sample
> of some sort of pepperoni pizza. I don't even LIKE pepperoni. The piece I
> had, had just a tiny triangle of pepperoni and according to Angela, I wolfed
> it down like a pig. I was just soooo hungry.
>
> Then on to Target. I had a bag of popcorn there and also some Light
> Lemonade. I didn't finish the popcorn. I gave the rest to Angela. She
> always eats some of hers then brings the bag home where she will have it
> later. Last year she would bring it to school for a snack. I don't think
> they get snacks in Jr. High. But I guess we'll see.
>
> Now I am watching the clock, waiting for dinner. Should get it in the oven
> soon. We're having pizza and salad bar. I figure it won't matter to have
> the oven on since it is already so hot in here. What's a little more heat?
> Heh.
>
> So... Does hot weather make you hungrier? I don't know why it would. But
> it sure does seem to.
>
>
we 'bake' our food on the BBQ
it has a themostat and works like any other gas stove, you have to learn
what temp the marks will drop you to

tonight, we had "Shake N Bake" Cajung pork chops on the BBQ
boy, that was good!