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6 hours ago, TaleSpinner said:

Monday, July 27: The dog days are upon us; what's your favorite meal for a hot day?

 

(Thanks, @TGP for jumping in this weekend.  Things got a bit chaotic here; all good now.)

Ice cream. Or a popsicle. Or an otter pop. Maybe some sorbet. :winkthumbs:

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6 hours ago, TaleSpinner said:

Monday, July 27: The dog days are upon us; what's your favorite meal for a hot day?

 

(Thanks, @TGP for jumping in this weekend.  Things got a bit chaotic here; all good now.)

My wife and I love to do summer chicken salad sandwiches.  Grilled chicken, refrigerated and cut into small pieces, with shredded cheese, diced tomatoes, grapes and jicama, mixed with (for me)a creamy dressing like green goddess or poppy-seed (Mrs. Wulf likes ranch...).  Sometimes I add some cajun seasoning blend.  Between two pieces of sourdough or potato bread.    With a pickle spear and either some lays potato chips or veggie sticks on the side.

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7 hours ago, TaleSpinner said:

Monday, July 27: The dog days are upon us; what's your favorite meal for a hot day?

 

(Thanks, @TGP for jumping in this weekend.  Things got a bit chaotic here; all good now.)

 

Something cold and easy to prep. Bagged salad, tuna or egg salad sandwiches, leftovers.... usually served with a plate of sliced tomato and cucumber from the garden.  I used to get rotisserie chickens, but I'm not doing casual runs to the grocery store this summer.  We have a middle-eastern place near us that does great take out, they have a hummus and grilled chicken or gyro meat platter with salad and pita that we love.   Yesterday I made a big batch of chicken salad for this week, from some leftover chicken from Saturday. 

 

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7 hours ago, TaleSpinner said:

Monday, July 27: The dog days are upon us; what's your favorite meal for a hot day?

Just had it last night: Grilled beef and cold salad. New supermarket opened up near my house and has some kind of strips that are about like a tri-tip. Perfect for grilling (I usually carve these out of the full tritip, my favorite cut), just need a bit of s&p. I'm using their deli's red potato salad to save the heat of boiling the potatoes myself.

 

I'd probably eat that every night this week, but we also do burgers, chicken thighs (eaten as sandwiches on burger buns), pork loins, etc. It's grilling season!

 

For the burgz and thighz, I vary from my usual 's&p' for grilled meats. Weber's grill seasonings are decent, I use their burger seasoning...for the chicken (and turkey cutlets) I use a couple kinds of chicken, but our favorite is 'beer can chicken', which may be McCormick's.

Pro-tip for grillers: splash out for a thermoworks instant read thermometer. I've been wanting one forever but getting by with cheap thermos that don't work well and break often. I got teh Thermapen mk4 on sale and it would be well worth teh full price (many times over, given how much I've spent on 'cheap' thermos over the years). Super accurate and you can get a solid read on relatively thin cuts.

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8 hours ago, TaleSpinner said:

Monday, July 27: The dog days are upon us; what's your favorite meal for a hot day?

 

(Thanks, @TGP for jumping in this weekend.  Things got a bit chaotic here; all good now.)

A nice salad and something grilled or a cold sandwich.

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9 hours ago, TaleSpinner said:

Monday, July 27: The dog days are upon us; what's your favorite meal for a hot day?

 

(Thanks, @TGP for jumping in this weekend.  Things got a bit chaotic here; all good now.)

Ice cream  sandwiches, ice cream  drumsticks, and ice cream cake for dessert.

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10 hours ago, TaleSpinner said:

Monday, July 27: The dog days are upon us; what's your favorite meal for a hot day?

 

(Thanks, @TGP for jumping in this weekend.  Things got a bit chaotic here; all good now.)

Hot dogs from the grill, potato salad, some chips, and a tall glass of lemonade. Maybe a chopped fruit salad too.

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12 hours ago, TaleSpinner said:

Monday, July 27: The dog days are upon us; what's your favourite meal for a hot day?

For some reason, if it's cooked outside on a hot grill/BBQ, and then eaten outside, it magically becomes my favourite hot day meal. It doesn't need to be cool and refreshing.

 

Generally speaking, hot dogs and burgers with plenty of available toppings are at the top the list. And something more seasonal that just screams summer to me is corn on the cob boiled and served with a stick of butter to spin it in with an unhealthy amount of salt.

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Hmmmmmm

 

6 hours ago, TaleSpinner said:

Monday, July 27: The dog days are upon us; what's your favorite meal for a hot day?


I sorta want cold food on a hot day. (Although the spreads Dilvish and Glitterwolf are putting on....I would not say no, particularly if I didn’t have to cook any of it. )

 

Simple cold sandwiches served on a platter: cucumber, pimiento cheese, turkey/Swiss, ham/cheddar, beef/Muenster, chicken salad ( <= any or all of those).  Served with a variety of flavored potato crisps (BBQ, Smokey Cheese, Sea Salt, Black Pepper Jalapeño...plain ones are OK too).

 

Drinks served with ice in them. 
 

Ice Box pies for dessert (key lime or chocolate, maybe banana creme...) Ice cream for anyone that can still tolerate it. 

 

 

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