What is your favourite summer food? I like cucumber sandwiches.

[applegrove]

You slice the cucumber very thin, and place it under layers of paper towel and layer this again and again in a bowl. Put something heavy like a huge can of apple juice on top. Let sit overnight. This squeezes out any excess water. Then you put the cukes on white bread. Put mayonnaise on the bread & salt and pepper on the cucumbers and cover with second slice of bread. Now comes the most important part. You slice the crusts off the bread with a sharp knife. Slice into two triangles. Et voila! Cucumber sandwiches like the British have.

[sammytko]

1. i love homegrown tomatoes, but sadly

this summer ahs been so hot that I didn't get a crop at allllll.....wahhhhh

[applegrove]

3. Aw. We have been eating tomatoes all summer. They are yummy even if they are not homegrown.

[Bertha Venation]

2. Tomato Sandwiches.

Sliced tomatoes. Mayonnaise. Bread. Maybe a little salt.

Heaven. :sigh:

[GoCubsGo]

18. That and fresh blueberries.

The blueberries go in my cereal or yogurt for breakfast.

[MicaelS]

4. Green salad with LOTS of tomatoes

Some ranch dressing, and saltine crackers.

[one_voice]

5. Tomatoes...

I love home grown tomatoes. I also love cantaloupe.

[Pool Hall Ace]

6. Watermelon!

Yum! :9

[WorseBeforeBetter]

7. My home-made gazpacho.

Even though I make it year-round.

[pokerfan]

8. Wild asparagus and huckleberries

Asparagus (spare-grass) I gather from the river.

And the huckleberries I pick in the mountains. Huckleberries have resisted domestication for centuries: "You can take the huckleberry out of the mountains, but you can't take the mountains out of the huckleberry." A huckleberry is like a blueberry on steroids: tarter, sweeter, juicier, more intense in every way.

[MiddleFingerMom]

9. Caprese salad (see pacalo's MFM update notice)

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I also like sliced tomatoes and mayo on white bread. It's one of the ONLY things I'll
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Fruit salad.
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Grilled stuff -- ESPEC. asparagus and chicken.
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[Arugula Latte]

10. Yes! Caprese salad is the best food in the world.

:9

[HopeHoops]

11. Fresh Silver Queen corn

[kick-ass-bob]

12. "... like the British have."

That's not exactly a ringing endorsement... :bounce::bounce:

[applegrove]

15. LOL!

[marmar]

13. Cherries from Northern Michigan........

[surrealAmerican]

21. The tart kind?

Yes, yes, yes.

[Faygo Kid]

25. Headed to Traverse City for vacation in a week and a half.

Escaping DC and the heat: A whole week there on a lake, with a stop on the way up for chicken dinner in Frankenmuth.

A glass of area riesling and sunset over Lake Michigan or West Bay. Heaven.

[geardaddy]

14. Brats boiled in beer and onions, then grilled.

Nice bun, sauerkraut, onions, mustard, NO KETCHUP.

Nice cold IPA.

Enjoy.



Oh and a plate of heirloom tomatoes sliced up with course salt and pepper.

[Fire Walk With Me]

16. Anything with hot sauce.

Not kidding. Increases internal temperatures so that the external feels less hot.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

17. My tuna and egg salad.

Recipe:

2 finely chopped Gala apples with skin on.
1 large can of chunk light tuna in water, drained.
2 or 3 large spoon-gobs of mayo
2 or 3 hard-boiled eggs, peeled and chopped.

Salt-free Spike, a bit of garlic powder & parsley for seasoning.

Mix it all up and chill; eat on crackers or bread.

[Mojorabbit]

19. This sounds wonderful

I might have to try it this weekend!

[RebelOne]

20. Ice cream. It's my favorite year-round food. n/t

[femmocrat]

22. I am overrun with cucumbers this year!

I wish I could share them with you. They are the only veggie that is really doing well in my garden. I will try your British cucumber sandwiches. (I don't know how to make pickles.) Thanks!

My favorite summer food is watermelon. :)

[rurallib]

23. let me be one of the many who said tomatoes

by themselves, on a hamburger, on a ham sandwich, in a sandwich by themselves and of course as a BLT

[handmade34]

24. good, but

I add cream cheese

[applegrove]

26. That sounds good too.

[mucifer]

27. Fruit, ice and a little water in a blender. Yum!