On Sat, 4 Jul 2015 12:25:58 -0700, "Julie Bove"
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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.
>>> >
>>> > Then use Lemons Julie. Pretty simple.
>>>
>>>
>>> Uh... I do! That is what I said. Seriously, do you have a reading
>>> comprehension problem?
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>> Seriously Julie, can you be les RUDE AS HELL when people try to help
>> you? I do not know what your problem is, but i am getting over
>> replyting to you ever because you are so rude to people.
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>Why were you trying to help me here? I didn't ask for help.

And yet it seems everyone interpreted it that way, like so many times
before. So they're all wrong, are they? Read what you wrote again.

>Frankly I think
>that people offering "help" when it wasn't asked for is pretty rude.

Well, you do live in the back to front/upside-down world known as
planet Bove, after all. You asked for help whether you meant it or
not.

>Obviously a different thing IRL if you see someone struggling or some such
>thing. I merely said that I couldn't find any sweeteners I could use for
>lemonade. That was a statement. A comment. Not a cry for help or asking
>for alternatives to lemonade.

And yet this keeps on happening to you when you post like this.
But you claim everyone else has got it wrong, LOL.