Please note that I am not trolling and I don't want to argue about this. I
am just wondering what others eat when it is hot. No, we don't BBQ and I'm
not even sure that is allowed here now given the burn ban. Not that we own
a BBQ. We don't.

Husband seems okay with eating hot foods and I have sometimes been craving
chicken soup before bed but mostly we are eating cold stuff. Smoothies,
salads, raw fruits and vegetables, various bean dips, cheese. I did buy
some salami today and some pinwheels. Yes, I know that I could make
pinwheels but it's just easier to buy them. I also bought a couple of
sandwiches, only because I don't like buying bread or buns for those unless
my husband is working several days in a row and will be needing lunch for
work. Otherwise the bread just goes bad.

I thought about gazpacho but I don't think either husband or daughter would
try it as they hate raw tomatoes. I did try it once many years ago and
hated it but to be fair it was the Campbell's brand of canned soup. Surely
the real stuff would be better? I know there are beet soups too but I am
the only beet lover here.

I am running out of ideas. Deviled eggs are a no go. Nobody here really
likes those, or egg salad. I do make a chicken, apple and pecan salad that
my husband and I like but Angela won't touch that. Cold fried chicken is a
no go too.

I did cook some pork chops tonight. I was going to serve those with
pierogies but Angela only wanted cold food and I had a leftover twice baked
potato so I gave that to husband with the chops.

I will be making burgers on the 4th, only because nobody could tell me what
they wanted to eat. Also baked beans (purchased), raw veggies and cold
salads and fruit.

We just have no end in sight for this heat wave. And the types of food that
I remember eating in Wichita are not foods my family would eat. I remember
my mom making cucumber slices in vinegar water, lots of tomato salads, cold
fried chicken, Jell-O salad and tons of other kinds of veggies served raw
and plain. They will eat those but we need some sort of protein. I'm
fixing to have the last of my Mexican rice with some purchased cold bean dip
and raw veggies.

I did put a fan in the kitchen and that helps somewhat but it is just too
unbearable to even think about cooking. And no, the swamp cooler won't help
because for whatever reason, it wouldn't wet the pad when I took it out of
storage. I have since ordered another kind but not sure when it will
arrive.