"cshenk" > wrote in message
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> Julie Bove wrote in rec.food.cooking:
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>> "cshenk" > wrote in message
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>> > Julie Bove wrote in rec.food.cooking:
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>> >>"DreadfulBitch" > wrote in message
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>> >>> 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?
>> > > >
>> > > I like it that way. Actually, Angela asked for tomatoes with her
>> > > dinner and ate them! I didn't think she would eat what I made
>> > > tonight at all which was "tacos" with flour tortillas (because I
>> > > can't have corn), refried beans, seasoned ground beef and iceberg
>> > > lettuce. We also had bowls of assorted raw veggies and black
>> > > olives. I put one piece of orange and one piece of yellow pepper
>> > > in her bowl and she ate those too. No complaints. I was really
>> > > shocked that not only did she say that she wanted the tacos but
>> > > also asked sheepishly if she could have tomatoes on hers.
>> > >
>> > > I bought the ingredients for gazpacho today but had to go to three
>> > > stores. Costco had no peppers of any kind today. They seemed low
>> > > on produce. Target had no cilantro or red onion. I could have
>> > > gotten everything at Haggen but would have paid an arm and a leg
>> > > for it. Cucumbers were super cheap at Costco! Three for about
>> > > $2.40 and they were really long ones. Normally I pay $1 or more
>> > > for a much shorter one. She seemed curious when I was picking up
>> > > the veggies. I just told her that I was making gazpacho but that
>> > > she didn't have to eat it. I saw a little flash of a look on her
>> > > face that made me think that she will want to try it. She used
>> > > to love tomato soup. I will probably make it later so it can
>> > > chill. If I can find room in the fridge for it.
>> >>> 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!
>> > > >
>> >>> Homemake lemonade with lots of ice.
>> > >
>> > > We have been drinking lemon water. Alas there are water quality
>> > > problems in this area. The drought has caused a lot of algae and
>> > > the treatment for it is causing the water to taste and smell just
>> > > awful. So I am having to use bottled. I wish there was a
>> > > sweetener I could use. So far I haven't found one. I did buy a
>> > > bag of lemons and another of limes at Coscto.
>> >
>> > Hi Julie, for sweeter water, try the mio bottles or if that doesnt
>> > fit the budget, fix a packet of KoolAide with 2 cups water and use
>> > a little of that in a bottle. Use the ones that have no sweetner
>> > then add a little sweetner of a type that works for you. You arent
>> > re-creating KoolAide here but a bit of fruit flavor to the water.
>> > At the lightly flavored water version, that 2 cups from one packet
>> > will flavor 2-2-1/2 gallons for most of us.
>>
>> It's not that I don't know how to sweeten water. It's that there are
>> no sweeteners that are safe for me. No clue what a mio bottle is and
>> I'm not about to buy any more bottles. I also don't necessarily want
>> flavored water. I want water with lemon in it. Real lemon. Not the
>> Real Lemon juice. But actual lemon and/or lime slices. It's good
>> for the ph.
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> Then use lemon and do not ask us for alternatives Julie. Dont waste
> folks time answering what you already decided you want.

That's the thing! I *didn't* ask for alternatives. I didn't ask for
*anything!*