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Default Hot weather foods

On 2015-07-02 10:23 PM, DreadfulBitch wrote:
> On 7/1/2015 10:14 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>> I am just wondering what others eat when it is hot.

>
> My hot weather go to is the same as my mom's when I was growing up. Tuna
> salad. She usually served it in a 'tomato bowl' (center of tomato
> scooped out to make a bowl) but I know your family won't eat the
> tomatoes. Perhaps served on a bed of lettuce?
>
> We also have a lot of cottage cheese. Cottage cheese in the center of a
> slice of cantaloupe is wonderful! For a refreshing dessert a scoop of
> vanilla ice cream in the hollow of a cantaloupe is awesome!



My mother used to serve cold salad plates like that. We would have some
cottage cheese, some salmon or tuna salad, cucumber, tomatoes and fruit.

However, Julie will come up with excuses for why she can't serve that to
her herd.