1 I prefer spicier food during summer

2 Dogs.

3 And colder beer

4 And older whiskey

5 South Florida? Well, there's your issue right there. You're in Florida.

6

I pretty much live on berries (strawberries and blueberries) with dannon low-fat yogurt. I'll eat at least a pint of blueberries a day.

7 And younger women

8 Food. I know it when I see it.

9 I always let pasta salad rest in the fridge for a day. Try adding diced, roasted peppers .

10 South FL summers are cooler than NYC summers.

11 I always let my lovers rest in the freezer for a week

12 I've got some K-rations donated by the Army to the Boy Scouts, circa 1958


shelf life is about two centuries

13 Super easy to make Gazpacho w/ a dollop of sour cream. http://scoamf.us/B4

14 GF's parents bought a NutriBullet. Really like it but reviews said horrible customer service and frequent problems after 1 mo. Considered a Vitamix but Recent issue of Consumer Reports suggested a couple Ninja brand blenders as affordable alternatives. Ended up going with a Ninja Pulse 700W blender with some cool attachments like a dough mixer and some other thingy. It was the best rated Ninja on Amazon as far as ratio of 4-5 stars vs. 1-2 stars. $80. So far so good!

15 Soooo good, I should add.

16 Low carb fruit compote and full fat yogurt on the mornings I don't feel ready for my usual 2 soft boiled eggs and 3 strips of bacon!! Tonite we're doing left over home made pizza. Tomorrow is bacon and spinach quiche! And I'm on my second glass of Gnarly Head Authentic Red Wine tonight. It's a happy thing.

17

Where do you get Badia seasoning?

 

18 Gazpacho is good.  Also anything grilled.  Mexican food as well.  Basically anything that could be eaten while sitting outside on the porch with some sort of adult beverage.

19 Prunes. Put sliced prunes on a salad, cut up some cold chicken and mix it up with a vinaigrette--that is delicious.

20 Thanks for the post Purp, but lost me at pasta salad. I'm still waiting for anyone else to post at CBD's barbecue thread.

21 Get some chicken breasts, preferably boneless. Cut them in half lengthwise and marinate all day in: garlic (at least 1 clove per breast), lemon (about 1 lemon quarter per breast), salt (about 1 tsp per breast) and olive oil (about 1/4 cup per breast). You can add a squirt of sriracha sauce before you mix up the marinade and pour it over the chicken. Grill and eat with a salad.

22 Favorite new snack: Edamame

23 Blue Bell Ice Cream

24 Where do you get Badia seasoning?

Walmart has it, and I've seen it in Big Lots too.  Its pretty cheap. 

I sent looking for some safron the other day and gagged when I saw the prices.  I passed.

25 Provided the humidity isn't too bad, it is best to eat spicy foods, as they will help you sweat, which cools you down. So, cool bu spicy foods are best. Also, a nice cool beer is a must. When I was in New Mexico a couple of years back, I came across a Jalapeño beer that was both tasty and hot. Good stuff.

26 Scallops and shrimp brushed w/ a little bit of melted butter & olive oil w/ crushed garlic and a pinch of cayenne....grilled directly on hot grill grates. Shrimp and scallops both have to be large enough to not fall through the grates, mind you.

27 Still belching all you can eat boiled Crawfish on this fine Fathers Day. A couple of more weeks and no more this summer.

28 Easy chilled dessert--"Orange Fluff"


Mix together:

1 lb. lowfat cottage cheese

1 small box orange gelatin powder


Stir in:

1 (8 oz) can pineapple chunks, drained

1 (11 oz) can mardarin orange segments, drained


Fold in:

1 (8 oz) package nondairy whipped topping, thawed


Yum!  You can vary the gelatin flavors and/or substitute your favorite fresh fruits for the oranges.

/Lutheran.  Why do you ask?

29 I increase my grilling activity in the summer. Only use charcoal, since that improves flavor, and means more alcohol consumed during prep.

30 but lost me at pasta salad...

OK, raw hunks of meat can be an optional add too..

31 Thanks so much for the rec on the Ninja blender. Adding it to my wishlist!

32 Dessert from the grill: stuff waffle cones with sliced bananas, strawberries, chocolate chips, mini-marshmallows, wrap in foil, grill for 20 min or so.

33 On July 25th, Administration lawyers filed papers demanding Judge Forrest’s preliminary injunction NOT be made permanent. In the filing, Obama made it clear his Administration would ignore the court and its injunction regardless of what the judge may decide, claiming incorrectly that “…[the] injunction would have ‘nil’ effect, for the government would continue to possess the identical detention authority under the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force…” Of course, that is a lie, as the AUMF applies only to known members of al Qaeda or the Taliban.

34 Any season extreme garlic dip: In medium mixing bowl add: 2-3 cups minced garlic Add sour cream to taste Mix a little Also works as a spread on bagels rolls etc Wives dont seem to like it though

35 Happy Pappy's day to all the dad-morons!!!!  I know there are a lot of very lucky offspring out there who have y'all for dads.

Love the food stuff, but my microwave does not have a "summer" setting . . . .  ???

36 OK, raw hunks of meat can be an optional add too..
Posted by: Purp
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That was funny right there.

For the neanderthals here.  *raises hand*

37 Where is the comment section for us men folk?

I mean seriously Purp, a cold pasta salad?  I dont even have a jello mold. That is not a recipe.

38 Hobo marinated in lime juice with aa white wine reduction. Add a thunderbird beurre blanc and a daandelion salad. Serve with Busch.

39 it is best to eat spicy foods, as they will help you sweat

I've been mixing iced coffees and when you toss in some cinnamon it kicks something into high gear.

I can feel a big metabolic difference between the batched with/without.

40 I love cold pasta salads (we call it spaghetti salad in my neck of the woods), but I can't imagine making one without cucumber or pepperoni (or salami) in it. I use a lot of fresh vegetables and some sort of cubed white cheese and Thor likes slivered almonds, too, but of course the prep of all that takes the "quick" out if it. McCormick Salad Supreme is the seasoning I use, and there's a basic salad recipe on the back.

41 Dessert from the grill: stuff waffle cones with sliced bananas, strawberries, chocolate chips, mini-marshmallows, wrap in foil, grill for 20 min or so.

Posted by: AgathaPagatha at June 16, 2013 10:00 PM (M6+Qn)

Holy crap, that sounds amazing!!!! 

42

One of my favorite summer dishes...

Use the following:  1 fresh from the garden red tomato, 1 fresh from the garden yellow tomato, 1 fresh from the garden cucumber, 4 fresh from the garden small green onions.  All diced to simililar size, toss in bowl with 5T white vinegar, 1T of sugar (+/- to taste), and 1T of olive oil. Add matchstick cut carrots and radish (fresh from the garden is best).  Mix to coat everything. Chill for at least 1 hour before serving.

43 Some big thick New York strips with bleue cheese crumbles, with a mess o' grilled veggies , hearty sourdough bread and a nice Zinfandel, also very hearty. Grilled pineapple and /or peaches too. Mmmmmm! And the wife's excellent homemade cherry pie for dessert. Nothin better.

44 Summer vegetables harvested by people doing the work others won't do.

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45 Tammy!!!!  I love cold spaghetti salad with the cucumbers, it's on of my favorite non-meat things. 

46 Or if you prefer something lighter, Cedar Plank salmon.

47 Old Buffalo - I am your long lost son, can I move back in?

48

Real Macaroni Salad:

1 LB Dry Macaroni (shells work best)

1-2 Shredded Carrots

1 Large Onion Chopped

2 Ribs Celery Chopped

1 Bunch Green Onions

Chopped Fresh Parsley ( Couple tbsp. dried)

1 LB Boiled Shrimp Chopped

1 LB Cooked Crabmeat

Mayonnaise (Blue Plate if you got it)

Salt and Pepper to taste

Mix it all together. Best the next Day (Garnish with the Green Onion tops)

 

 

 

 

 

 

49 Posted by: JeanQueenie at June 16, 2013 09:58 PM (82lr7) Use full fat cottage cheese. They are finding the low fat, high carb versions are related to heart disease.

50 Peaches, you just totally rock, not that there was ever any doubt.

51 I dont even have a jello mold.

Solo cups.  Reusable and they're a convenient hand held package for the tasty jello.

52 Cedar plank salmon is Teh Bomb. I have been addicted for several years now.

53 Hey Tobacco, we welcome all morons. Brothers in arms and all that stuff.

54

Today a fine cook served us marinated flank steak. She threw the spice rack at it, along with olive oil for a marinade, then grilled it to medium rare perfection, then sliced it up--yum!

 

55 ONT up

56 Purp, you are indeed a Moron of many talents.

You can do a "Foodie" post as well as a "Tool Time" post.

Bravo.  <img src="http://smilies.mee.nu/light/15_yellow/icon_cheesygrin.gif" />

57 what the heck

58 Possum Fricasee I don't know what fricasee means, unless it meansss "gut aand skin with?vehicle undercarriage".

59 Actually we've found you can do all sorts of things on "teh Plank". Chicken 's not bad either. Or virtually any kind of fish.

60 Dates. Cut to remove pit. Replace pit with goat cheese. Wrap with bacon. Place on cooking rack over roasting pan, bake at 425 for 20-30 minutes u til bacon is crispy. Eat.

61 Cottage cheese mixed with fanch dressing, parmesan cheese, and black pepper and eaten with tortilla chips. Or cottage cheese mixed with jam (and maybe some cayenne) eaten on tortillas is good too. Smooth jams like plum or apricot work better for that than seedy ones like strawberry.

62 Since this is an officially decommissioned post. Please allow more tech tests.

63 Fish is good in the summer, with beer. Cold Pasta salad is always easy on the stomach, with beer. And of course, barbecuing with charcoal makes everything taste better, along with beer. So drink early and drink often. Beer. It's what goes with dinner.

64 Cucumbers seem to aid living in summer's heat. My fave: peeled, seeded, diced together with tomatoes, add salt or olive oil ad lib. I always peel ones I buy here in Minnesota. You don't know where they've been.

65 Can we agree that Snowden is a traitor now that he's apparently been revealing US and allied spying efforts against ... Russia? What's the "brave, patriotic dissident" angle on revealing that? Where's the civil liberties angle? Was he morally offended we spied on Russia? Jesus, fucking traitor.

66 Here's a good one I made up.... Get some good quality skirt steak, brush with olive oil + kosher salt + cracked black pepper. Next, get a good quality ciabatta and slice lengthwise. Get some fresh spinach. Take the juice of 1 lemon, 1-2 T olive oil, dash of Soy sauce, good size pinch of sugar (to balance out the acid) + thinly sliced red onion. Crumbled, good quality bleu cheese or gorgonzola. Grill the skirt steak so it has a decent char, but not burned. Set aside for 5 or so minutes while mixing the dressing for the spinach + onion. Toss the greens & onion w/ the dressing & bleu cheese. Lightly brush the ciabatta w/ oil & briefly grill each side until lightly brown & slightly crisp Slice the the skirt steak thinly. Take bottom half of grilled ciabatta loaf, place spinach salad mixture on top, layer grilled steak followed by top half of ciabatta loaf. Slice into sandwich size portions Enjoy

67 The super sub/hoagie sandwich. I have a very simply Artisan bread that is baked when it is cool.
Split the 1 pound loaf and then spread Itallian dressing on the bread. Add whatever thin sliced meats (I like dry salami), green leaf lettuce, tomatoes, onions whatever  veggies and top with a mozzerella or provolone cheese. Wrap in saran wrap and set in the fridge over night.
Anytime you want a snack or a meal just slice like you would a regular bread loaf. Simple and no added heat in the kitchen.

68 That sound wonderful, Ghost.... I'm keeping that one.

69

Summer means ceviche for me now.  Fresh Lime Juice, fish or shellfish, a few pinches of salt, some onion, fresh chile, perhaps a few chunks of avocado.  Tortilla chips or tostadas if you have them.

 

Wash down with cervesas.

 

Can't be beat in the summer heat.

70 Sounds great, ghost, thank you!

71 58 Possum Fricasee

I don't know what fricasee means, unless it meansss "gut aand skin with?vehicle undercarriage".

Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at June 16, 2013 10:08 PM (pF+i3)

That sir was fn'ing funny.  Thank you.  Now we are talking about a true cooking thread.

72 Here is my mom's famous shrimp salad, which nobody but she and I make. Tiny pasta, like Creamettes rings, which aren't available on the west coast, but you can substitute ricini or orzo or alphabets. The key is tiny. One pound, cooked a little under, then cooled down with cold water, and drained well. Mayo, just enough to bind, this is a sort of dry (meaning not mayonnaise-y) salad, tiny shrimp, minced onion, green bell pepper, green olives, celery. (all of these are cut tiny, and in proportion according to common sense) baby peas, grated cheddar. Salt and pepper. Srsly, you guys, it is the best summer pasta salad. I like lots of shrimp in it.

73 Step one: shoot a Flying Squid. Head shot preferred so you are not picking lead out all night. You're pasta sauce should have been cooking for three days earlier. Sauté' squid in white wine and garlic...lots of garlic is good for the heart. Add to sauce for 30 minutes. Serve over angel hair pasta...(al dente) with a nice Chianti. If your erection lasts for more than four hours call a doctor.

74 I need to get some cucumbers...a cold bowl full sliced up with just some Italian dressing is pretty damn good on a hot day.

75 My problem -- I never really liked shrimp.  I can eat lobster when its put in front of me, but I pick the shrimp out of stuff and give it to someone else who wants it..

76 Oh, just cucumbers and vinegar cut with water and ice and salt! That is summer, right there. Especially if the cukes are from your garden. Heaven!

77

Sushi salad, not so much fast, but still good if you like sushi but are lazy like me.

Steam and season rice as for sushi (I like lots of vinegar on mine) and let cool in fridge. Dice about half of a tomato and a quarter to half of  a cucumber. Slice a couple of sticks of fake crab and a couple strips of nori. Mix everything together at the proportions you like and garnish with sesame seeds.

78 You can also do similar things with grilled chicken and whatever vegetables you like. The ciabattas are nothing special $3-4 at the local grocery (Giant Eagle). What's nice is grilled chicken or steak can rest for 5-10 minutes, giving you the perfect time to grill the bread. Keep an eye on the bread, as it can burn quickly if it has a bit of oil on it. I also do a chicken marinated in my favorite teriyaki (Soy Vey, found in the kosher section) w/ grilled mushrooms & onions on top of melted swiss.

79 The key to good Italian food is fresh and ripe. You do not used canned stuff (that is for winter). Now is the season of fresh. Get the best and use it. For an awesome Sicilian dish, do Pasta alla Norma. The signature dish of Catania. Basically a tube pasta al dante, with tomato and eggplant sauce. The key is adding some anchovy (a little makes a big plus), fresh basil and fennel, onions, garlic (go with the garlic flowers which are in season now), shallots. You top with a sheep milk ricotta salata, but you can substitue regular ricotta or good quality greek feta if you must. Plenty of recipes on line.

80 In our neck of the woods summer means Brats, Burgers, Beans n' potato salad. And beer, of course.

81 I did a cuke watermelon salad today. It is quite excellent. With a touch of sweet onion, basil, and fennel tops. And mint. I threw in some pitted cherries and strawberries too.

82 65 Jesus, fucking traitor. Posted by: Flatbush Joe at June 16, 2013 10:10 PM (ZPrif) --- We can carry on about some 29 year old traitor as if it's something new and the federal apparatus is not full to the brim with the corrupt and treasonous, OR we can carry on about allegations that the state is engaged in an unconstitutional dragnet in which the private communications of the citizenry are monitored without warrant or probable cause. I urge you to reconsider which matter is of most moment.

83 For Two servings.  2 links Italian sausage, cut into about 15 pieces each. .  1 TBS olive oil.  1-2 cloves fresh garlic peeled and smashed.  Optional- one can mushrooms stems and peices, drained or 4 oz. fresh mushrooms, sliced thin.  1- 9 oz bag spinach, rinsed and drained.  Salt and fresh ground pepper.

Heat a wok or large skillet pver medium high heat. .  Add oil and garlic.  Swirl.  Add sausage and mushrooms if using.  Cook until sausage is cooked thorugh.  Cut off heat, add spinach and toss with other ingredients until spinach has just started to wilt.    Portion onto warm plate.  Serve with crusty Italian bread and a glass of a crisp dry white wine for an easy one pot summer supper for two. 

84 "Cold/chilled dishes seems to be the way to go." Three words: Gazpacho.

85 You lucky people.  Here's Dad's Cucumbers and Sour Cream.  You can put anything in the sour cream...cukes, tomatoes or french-cut green beans.  Dad added slivered onions to the cukes and beans but never to the tomatoes.

1-1/2 cups sour cream, stirred smooth
Add & stir after adding each one:
1/2 cup whipping cream
2/3 cup half & half
1 cup buttermilk
2-3 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon sugar
2/3 cup cider vinegar
dill weed if using cucumbers

This is enough cream for a couple of pounds of veggies.

86 The only summer food is watermelon.

87 watermelon spiked with vodka. Serve cold.

88 Ohshit.

I'm going...I'm going.

89

For some of us that don't do veggies enough, here's my pasta salad.

Pasta (who cares what kind)

canned artichoke hearts

Steamed Broccoli

Steamed Asparagus

Sliced black and green olives

Roasted sweet red pepper

Sauteed (in olive oil) garlic

Parmesan cheese

Robusto Italian Dressing

Grilled chicken breast optional

ground black pepper and garden basil

 

 

90 Black-eyed peas, collards, cornbread, fried chicken.  Sweet tea.
Later on, home made peach ice cream that has to be cranked a long time before it's ready to eat.

91 here's what I like to call (and eat lots of in the summer) "Everything and its Mother" salad. Into 1 giant bowl, add together:

2 large whole tomatoes cut up into bits

1 whole cucumber peeled and sliced

1 bag of sliced carrots

1 small or half a medium Red Onion sliced and diced

4 or 5 stalks of celery chopped up

1 can of black beans

1 can of garbonzo beans

1 can of corn

a whole bunch but not too many green olives with pimentos inside
(black olives are OK too if you don't like green ones. What kind of monster doesn't like green olives I'm not prepared to say, but hey....)

almost a whole square of feta cheese, cut into cubes. don't overdo the feta.

salt, pepper, Tabasco and garlic powder to taste. Not too much.

#       #       #

mix all this up, let it cool overnight and then take great handfuls of the stuff and add it to mixed greens and whatnot such as one might find in a bag of pre-made salad.

A handful of shredded cheese is optional, as is a shake or two of grated Parmesan.

Top with dressing of choice. I prefer Creamy Caesar.

Eat.

92

Recipe: Bachelor Chow
Ingredients
1 lb bacon
1 lb ham (steak)
1 lb sausage (preferably with jalapeno)
1 lb dried beans (I prefer black, like my assault weapons)
2 cans chicken broth
1 can diced tomatoes (preferably with chipotle,green chili, some sorta pepper)
1 tbsp black pepper
3 tbsp dried parsley
1 white onion, chopped
3 cloves garlic, chopped
2 cups rice (I prefer brown, like my women)
1 bottle good beer (like Shiner Bock or Guiness) DO NOT USE AMERICAN SWILL PISS WATER LIKE BUD OR MILLER

Beans: boil them for 3-4 minutes, cover and remove from heat for 1 to 1 1/2 hours - OR- soak overnight
Bacon: MAKE THE BACON until it's crispy crunchy, eat half (optional) and chop up the rest.
Sausage: Cook the sausage and dice it up. Dice the ham too. Small pieces.
Rice: Cook the rice but NOT in the crockpot.
Drain the beans
Put it all into a 4 qt. crockpot/slow cooker. Pour in the beer until it's right below the rim, slam the rest, throw empty bottle against wall. Cook on HIGH for 4 hours and then low for 2 hours. Serve over rice (that you did NOT put into the crockpot)

93 My recipe broke the comments thingy-BOOYAH!
THAT'S HOW GOOD IT IS

94 Summer Black Bean Tacos Drain and rinse 1 28-oz. can black beans. To it, add (all quanitites to taste): chopped tomato chopped cilantro chopped scallion or red onion chopped celery chopped garlic dress with: extra virgin olive oil red wine vinegar salt pepper cumin Put it on a warm flour tortilla, garnish with avocado, and eat. Fast, cool, and satisfying.

95

Another one from So. Fl.. super cheap if you are in foreclosure or out of work, which is fairly common here.

1 can Mexican style diced tomatoes, undrained

1 can Summer Crisp corn drained

1 can black beans drained

1 cup cooked small macaroni

salt, pepper, garlic powder, and fresh cilantro to taste

cumin is optional but good.

Chill, eat for at least two days.

 

96 {moving over to make room for CozMark in the barrel}

97 "rotini" is already plural, no need for an "s" at the end. For masculine nouns, the plural in Italian is an "i" at the end. (for feminine nouns, the plural is indicated by an "e" at the end.) One rotini would be a rotino.

98 The seasoning is what makes it work. I'm convinced this is the trick to cooking. You can be a sorry cook, but if your seasoning is just so, that won't matter so much.

99

One of our summer favorites is gazpacho - "a liquid side" that goes great with anything, including breakfast.  There are tons of recipes - this one has been refined over many batches.

1.5 lbs of the best tomatoes you can find (like heirloom) chopped

1 cucumber (I use hothouse cukes) chopped

1 green bell pepper, chopped

2 minced serranos with some of the seeds

1/2 small red onion, chopped

2 cloves garlic, minced

3/4 tsp kosher salt

1 slice of bread, cubed

Liquify in a blender, gradually adding 3 Tbsp of virgin olive oil in a thin stream during the final minute or so.  Press through a strainer.  Stir in 4-5 tsp of red wine vinegar and chill.

100

Daughter made this yummy salad last week for a school party, brought home the leftovers.  Tastes like summer!

1 small watermelon, cut into small cubes or use melon baller

1 bunch mint, chopped

1 pt. blueberries

1 box strawberries, sliced

1 small carton feta cheese, crumbled

1/2 bag fresh baby spinach

Throw all this together in a big salad bowl and at the last minute toss with this dressing:

1/2 c. oil

4 T. vinegar

2 T. sugar

1 T. worcestershire sauce

1 T. poppy seeds

Adjust seasonings to taste. 

 

 

101

Made a fantastic grilled Argentine steak and potatoes last night for Fathers Day.  These are Bobby Flay recipes you can find on www.foodnetwork.com from his show "Barbecue Addiction."  I have never tried a Bobby Flay recipe that wasn't fabulous.  This is a chimichurri-marinated skirt steak with a red chimichurri sauce that is out of this world.  Recipes are long but not difficult to execute.  The potatoes are grilled while the steak is resting and then dressed with a grilled-lemon and pepper dressing.  Delicious!! 

 

Also I found a very cheap red wine that is perfect for summer grilling, Mirassou Sunset Red.  We drank a whole bottle of this with dinner, even gave some to our 16-year-old daughter who loved it.  It is fruity and delicious slightly chilled. 

102

A quickie summer sandwich idea that goes with anything

Make a small salad  with lettuce, tomato, mushrooms, radishes, onions and anything else you like. Add Catalina dressing to taste and a smattering of grated Parmesan..stuff it into a small half pita, white but preferably whole wheat.Serve it up with some strawberries or watermelon et al  Simple, wholesome, delicious and kids seem to like it.

 

 

103
potato salad-potatos skinned/cubed/boil al dente
bacon-cook crisp
cool both
mix
mayo/bacon potato
and whatever else u want in'/crispy veggie/celery etc
put in fridge
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