Friday 5: Dis-Taste of summer

[NickTheGreat]

I like all summer foods (and winter foods really) which is probably why I'm so over weight

I'll throw the summer beers in the mix though. Watermelon IPA? Lemon-basil hef?? Shandy???

Yuck

 

[MeanDean]

1, Macaroni salad
2. Grilled chicken. Seems like it never tastes good as fried or baked. Seems just slimy and greasy with skin that's also gross and chewy.
3. Iced Tea. I don't like tea anyway, so an easy pick
4. Brats. They're ok, but sometimes I just don't want that.
5. 5 layer salad, or whatever that stuff is with the lettuce layered with the mayo and bacon. Just bring the bacon next time, okay?

PS: Good potato salad is the bomb. Unfortunately about 85% of what you run across is average to poor.

 

[SCyclone]

1. Watermelon (Really? Watery mush with seeds? Are ya kiddin' me?)
2. Iced tea (My first wife's family drank this **** by the gallon. Every once in a great while I'll have some sun tea if I'm really thirsty, but otherwise give me anything else.)
3. Whoever brought up vegetables in Jell-O gets an A+. Now fruit in Jell-O, OK, within limits, but carrots and celery? Too much like school lunch.
4. Cotton candy (Haven't liked it since I was about 5)
5. Grilled pork chops (I love pork, just not on the grill please)

I like potato salad, but I'm picky about it. Fareway's is the best - it has some zing to it, gotta have some mustard and horseradish in it. And if the potatoes aren't fully cooked, uh, nope.

 

[SCyclone]

On a side note (and this is especially for you, @MeanDean), has everybody tried the Tiefenthlaer brats at Hy-Vee? Those things are the bomb. Meaty, skinless, several varieties. I'd give them a shot, if you haven't already.

 

[Cyientist]

1. Watermelon - Too big of a mess. I always end up with a fly infestation problem after since we usually have it when kids are running in and out of the house.

2. BLT's - Apparently I need my tomatoes processed. I don't like this about myself.

3. Cantaloupe or muskmelons - I'm not sure which is which but see watermelon note above.

4. Broccoli sunshine salad - If I'm actually eating broccoli, it'd better be considered healthy.

5. 3 bean salad - not much to say here.

 

[BoxsterCy]

The three-bean salad mentions made me nostalgic for some. My mother used to make it in a previous lifetime. I would totally eat some now with a grilled burger or something. Guessing it been a good 15 years since I had that.

Damn CF can give me nostalgia feeling attacks. Kinda hate that. Not manly!

 

[CascadeClone]

1. Potato salad. Mayonnaise in the hot sun, what's not to love?
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This times 1 million.

Let's take something gross and highly perishable to begin with, and then heat it and let flies land on it.

 

[CascadeClone]

Which reminds me:

"salmonella steps up to the plate, listeria gets the run"

 

[cyclones500]

A lot of iced-tea haters here. Or is it Ice Tea? Ice-T?

It's probably overrated, and I don't consume it as often as I did for a few years. Maybe it's the idea of sun-tea that holds the appeal. I still say, if you're working or playing hard in swelter, ice-cold tea is magnificent. Just don't put sugar in it. If I want pop, I can drink pop.

 

[ImJustKCClone]

Somewhat related, I have mac & cheese on my "also considered" list.Maybe this isn’t a summer staple, but I encounter it frequently at dish-to-pass things … seems like a fall/winter food to me. So it's more a matter of being a "Seasonalist."

We had to feed a "Bike & Build" group of college-aged bicyclists at our church one summer. They were halfway through their fundraising ride across the US. We had a bunch of brats & burgers and side dishes & desserts coming, and just to add some filler to the meal, I made up five boxes worth of Kraft mac & cheese. That was the first thing gone, and we actually ended up making some more for them (there were about 25 kids). Gotta love those bikers & their pasta!

 

[ImJustKCClone]

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A lot of iced-tea haters here. Or is it Ice Tea? Ice-T?

It's probably overrated, and I don't consume it as often as I did for a few years. Maybe it's the idea of sun-tea that holds the appeal. I still say, if you're working or playing hard in swelter, ice-cold tea is magnificent. Just don't put sugar in it. If I want pop, I can drink pop.

I dislike tea, hot or iced. I like sun tea even less. And don't even get me started on those southern favorites, sweet tea and iced coffee. YUCK!!!

 

[cyclones500]

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I dislike tea, hot or iced. I like sun tea even less. And don't even get me started on those southern favorites, sweet tea and iced coffee. YUCK!!!

I'll meet you 50-50 there. Sweet tea, don't need. Iced coffee, sometimes that hits the spot. Sometimes.

 

[ImJustKCClone]

I'll meet you 50-50 there. Sweet tea, don't need. Iced coffee, sometimes that hits the spot. Sometimes.

It reeks!!! Cold coffee smells nasty!
But my mother just LOVED it.

 

[MeanDean]

On a side note (and this is especially for you, @MeanDean), has everybody tried the Tiefenthlaer brats at Hy-Vee? Those things are the bomb. Meaty, skinless, several varieties. I'd give them a shot, if you haven't already.

No, I probably haven't had a brat in 5 years. Like I said. They're ok. Just not something I want all the time.

 

[MeanDean]

I'm surprised how many watermelon and cotton candy haters there are.

I honestly don't think I've ever know anyone who didn't like both.

The debate is salt on watermelon or not. I say "NO to SALT on fruits!"

 

[ImJustKCClone]

I'm surprised how many watermelon and cotton candy haters there are.

I honestly don't think I've ever know anyone who didn't like both.

The debate is salt on watermelon or not. I say "NO to SALT on fruits!"

Heathen. It brings out the juices.

 

[MeanDean]

Heathen. It brings out the juices.

The amount of juice is fixed. The salt does not add more liquid to the melon. Science!!!

 

[ImJustKCClone]

The amount of juice is fixed. The salt does not add more liquid to the melon. Science!!!

More saliva?

(positing alternative theories is scientific...)

 

[ImJustKCClone]

Besides, salt has hygroscopic properties. It dessicates them watermelon juices right into my mouf!

 

[arobb]

Another vote for potato salad. That **** is nasty. Also agree with watermelon but you guys lost me by hating on tea. Sweet tea is awesome (brewed southern style that is, just stirring sugar into cold regular tea doesn't count).