What's your GOTO food when it's really hot outside?

[coltle6920]

I would say cold beer is my first choice but what's your choice?

I just made a huge batch of salsa...

Roma tomatoes 'cause I like a thicker salsa
White onions coarsely chopped
Cilantro w/stems finely minced
Whole head of garlic....half thinly sliced and rest minced
Jalapenos w/seeds... It ain't salsa without heat.
Lime juice...fresh,of course
Tomato sauce...Not a lot. Just enough to add color and sweetness.

It turned out really good but maybe a little too much heat.
I found that a side plate of sliced cheddar cheese helps me to keep eating the salsa.

 

[Rustyt1953]

Beer with whatever the kids left in the fridge and pantry.

 

[whitestang]

I either have a salad or whatever I can make in the microwave.

 

[CB3]

Hard ice cream milk shakes
Hard ice cream
Sherbet
More ice cream

 

[Mule Packer]

When I come in around noon or a little after, hot, sweaty, and tired, I grab my 24-ounce mug out of the cupboard and pour in about 8 ounces of Gatorade fruit punch, then another 8 ounces of orange juice, and then fill the rest of the mug up with ginger ale. Great stuff.

About the only thing that I'll add to that great thirst-quenching beverage is a large Italian sub sandwich with Italian dressing. To me, that combination is hard to beat.

After that, I kick off my boots, whistle to Suzy my border collie, and the both of us head upstairs for our afternoon siesta. Ah-h-h, life is good.

 

[wood714]

We have a 103 heat index today, and I'm getting ready to fix up a hot bowl of home made chili.

I plan not on venturing outside today. Did all my outdoor activities yesterday.

 

[coltle6920]

We have a 103 heat index today, and I'm getting ready to fix up a hot bowl of home made chili.

I plan not on venturing outside today. Did all my outdoor activities yesterday.

I'd never turn down a bowl of homemade chili...

Especially when it's the next day.

 

[coltle6920]

Another of my favorites...

Fresh baguette roll lathered with mayo...
Stuffed with shaved seasoned roast beef...
Slices of white American cheese,onion,tomatoes...
A little sprinkle of oregano on the tomatoes

 

[mtgianni]

Pasta salad, rotoni, artichoke hearts, salami, ham or deli turkey, perhaps all three. Mix in Italian dressing, chopped carrots, celery and diced mozzarella cheese. Add a cold watermelon to that and life is good.
Of course hot is any day the mercury reaches 80F.

 

[pawngal]

Ham & Swiss cheese sandwich
Potato salad
Pasta salad
Fresh fruit, strawberries, raspberries, or blackberries

Mexican takeout

 

[bigwheelzip]

Fruit smoothie.

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[walkin jack]

When I was a kid my mom would fix us sherbet and gingerale floats. Lime or orange flavor it didn't matter. In all the years since then I haven't found anything any better for cooling off on a hot summer day.

Beer would be great but it doesn't go all that well with the shebet....

 

[Gunslinger808]

Whatever animal I have in the freezer that will fit on the grill.

And beer, lots of beer!

 

[Marshwheeling]

Cold pasta salad.
Watermelon
Ambassador skin-on wieners with Pickapeppa, a slice of pickle a slice of Vidalia onion.
Arnold Palmer. After 5:00, gin and tonic, Booth's* and Schweppe's with a splash of bitters and wedge of lime.


*cheap enough to mix but still makes a tolerable martini in a pinch.

 

[bricker]

Strawberries, pineapple chunks, and grapes in a bowl from the fridge.

 

[doublesharp]

watermelon, cantaloupe, salads, BLTs, banana, orange or cherry popsicles

 

[soFlaNative]

For a midday bite before heading back out in the heat my long gone Italian MIL introduced me to green pepper and sweet onion (raw) with cream cheese sandwiches.
Crusty Italian bread is best but it's great on anything.

 

[pharmer]

Another vote for watermelon. I could go withnothing else this week, A/C died.

 

[Cdog]

Distilled corn and rye.

The mixed fruits posted earlier are excellent too.

 

[delcrossv]

Another vote for watermelon. I could go withnothing else this week, A/C died.

Yep. Nothing like cold watermelon on a hot day.