Ice-cold watermelon, ice-cold beer and ice-cold deviled eggs

[jpak]

Is there anything better on a hot summer day?

[Catmusicfan]

1. no beer for me but count me in on the other 2

[NotASurfer]

2. Iced sweet tea

If your body can handle the diabetes-inducing amount of sugar, that is

[jpak]

4. Real Southern Sweet Tea is amazing - but I can't drink a lot of it.

I take a few gulps and let the ice dilute it.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

32. Gah! I hate iced tea with sugar in it. I drink it straight up.

[OriginalGeek]

36. I LOVE ice* tea with sugar in it

but I drink it straight up anyway because 40something years of drinking sweet tea probably didn't help me much and my doc said I had to quit. Plain tea and black coffee. Ya get used to it.



*I know "iced" is the correct way but we just never say it that way down here. It's always just "ice" or. far more commonly, just "tea". And if we don't specify "plain" or "un-sweet" we will get a pound of delicious but forbidden sugar in each glass.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

38. I tried sweet tea once and thought it was horrible.

I suppose it's an acquired taste, but I'm not going to even try to acquire it because I don't need the sugar. And nobody drinks iced tea that way in my neck of the woods anyhow; if you order iced tea at a restaurant you have to ask for sugar.

[OriginalGeek]

39. I always used to laugh

when they'd bring that sad, tiny rectangular crock of sugar packets. "Sorry but y'all are gonna have to make a lot of trips if that's the most you can bring at one time..."

[NotASurfer]

49. Can I claim the "d" on the end is silent? N/t

[SamKnause]

3. I don't like watermelon.

I don't like beer.

I don't like deviled eggs if they are made with sweet relish.

My families deviled eggs are made with vinegar, yellow mustard, a small amount

of mayo, salt, and pepper.

I don't associate them with a hot summer day.

Ice cream, milk shakes, frozen cream pies, and iced beverages are more to my liking on a hot summer day.

I do associate homemade macaroni salad with hot summer days because my family

uses home grown tomatoes in our macaroni salad.

[jpak]

6. I used local Amish Bacon, local Amish bread, my own lettuce and tomatoes and organic mayo

to make BLTs last night

yum

[SamKnause]

8. Yum indeed !

[NotASurfer]

11. That's straight-up food porn

Excuse me...I need to be alone in the kitchen for a bit...and it could get messy!

[jpak]

14. The Amish bacon was pricey - but well worth it.

There's an Amish community down the road.

A former big city chef in the community opened a Charcuterie - and boy is it good!

http://www.atastyadventure.com/charcuterie/

Talk about yer food porn...

[demigoddess]

31. I like a BLT without the Bacon. It is almost as good.

[TexasBushwhacker]

24. I don't use relish of any kind in my deviled eggs

Mustard, mayo, salt, pepper and a dab of horseradish. Garnish with fresh dill. They disappear at parties.

[SamKnause]

25. Sounds yummy.

My father grew horseradish.

He and my brother use to wear gas masks when they ground it up to make horseradish sauce.

Have you tried it with biscuits and breakfast gravy.

It sounds strange but they compliment each other.

Also, banana peppers and tomatoes are yummy with biscuits and breakfast gravy.

I use bacon drippings or sausage dripping to make my breakfast gravy.

[Binkie The Clown]

5. Yes. Put the watermelon in the blender and make watermelon juice.

Nothing in the world is as refreshing as a tall glass of ice-cold watermelon juice!!!!!

[jpak]

7. I'll try that!

[left-of-center2012]

9. In my experience ...

watermelon 'juice' is too watery.

[Binkie The Clown]

12. That's why I call it "juice" and not "watermelon smoothie". Yes, it's very watery.

But very refreshing.

[left-of-center2012]

13. Watermelon flavored water ...

rather than juice.

[Binkie The Clown]

17. or watermelon melonwater. n/t

[jpak]

18. I deep fried a watermelon once - battered it up and rolled it in cornflakes

yum

[Dave Starsky]

10. Never thought of deviled eggs as a summer food.

We've always had them around the holidays and, of course, Easter.

But damn, that's a great idea! Deviled eggs, everyone!

[Kaleva]

15. Ice cold would mean frozen.

I read posts in the Science Group so I know this stuff.

[jpak]

16. Nope - in chemistry, ice-cold means immersed in ice - not frozen

beer, deviled eggs and watermelon will not freeze in a cooler full of ice.

nope

nope

nope

[Kaleva]

22. In chemistry, you are talking about transfer of energy from the beer to the ice

Beer cools down as it transfers, loses, energy to the ice.

"Ice cold" doesn't really have any meaning in chemistry.


HA!

[jpak]

23. Never followed any protocols calling for ice-cold solutions -eh?

[Kaleva]

42. Searching the Science group for an answer to your statement.

Or I'll google search for something that I can cut and paste .

[jpak]

44. Working with sodium borohydride solutions requires they they be kept ice-cold

it's unstable at room temperature and will decompose to form hydrogen gas.

[OriginalGeek]

37. isn't there enough alcohol in beer to keep it from freezing at 32 degrees F?

so it could still be as cold as ice yet not frozen.

But, depending on the beer, I'm good with anything from 32 to about 60.


I would not like it frozen though - I haaaaaaaaate Slushies, Slurpies, Icees and any other frozen drink...margaritas on the rocks please.

[Kaleva]

40. You are correct.

If one knows the as alcohol content, there is a formula that uou can use to determine of freezing point.

[Runningdawg]

19. Ice cream

as old fashioned as you can get. The kind where you pour ice and salt around the churn and hand crank it under a shade tree until its done, then top it with fresh fruit or berries from the garden.
In the mid '70s my home ec teacher was in her 70's. But the woman knew her stuff. She shared her favorite no-fail recipe for ice cream and it was a complete surprise; a six-pk of soda and a can of Eagle Brand milk. Mix those together well before pouring into the churn. If you want to add other ingredients, mix them in 1/2 way through the churning process. If you use canned fruit be sure and drain the liquid well. This amount will make 1/2 a churn, double for a full one.
I've used this recipe for 40 years now. The possibilities are endless.

[jpak]

20. We have a local home-made ice cream place within walking distance of our Camp

Unbelievably good - and we all take a stroll up there after supper.

[left-of-center2012]

21. Sounds good

I passed it along.
Can you use diet soda, to cut down on calories?

[Runningdawg]

35. I've never tried it

but I don't see why it wouldn't work.

[SamKnause]

26. What flavor of soda ???

Pepsi or Coke doesn't sound very appetizing.

Adding any kind of fruit to that concoction doesn't sound very appetizing.

What does it taste like ???

Orange soda would be delicious.

It would be like a creamsicle.

[jpak]

28. Moxie

[SamKnause]

29. Is it similar to root beer ???

I googled it.

I have never heard of it or tasted it.

The description said it is bitter and not as sweet as other sodas.

It also said it is made from a root extract.

[jpak]

45. It is an acquired taste - but they do make Moxie-flavored everything here in Maine

including ice cream.

[Runningdawg]

34. Possible combos

Coke is actually one of the best, but I don't add fruit when I use it. Good additives for that flavor include nuts, butterscotch chips and caramel. Using orange soda doesn't make it taste like a creamsicle although you could probably tweak the recipe. Orange, 7-up, Pineapple and Mango sodas taste more like sherbets, especially by adding mandarin oranges, pineapple or mangoes.
The only flavor I found disgusting was grape. Cream soda is my favorite.

[left-of-center2012]

48. Orange soda would be delicious. It would be like a creamsicle.

That's what I was thinking.
Sometimes I have seen strawberry soda pop.

Jones makes some interesting flavors, such as:
Huckleberry (blueberry)
Black cherry
Bubblegum
Crushed melon

[UTUSN]

27. Nothing better. Individually. But together - sounds explosive!1

[Bayard]

30. I live on watermelon in the summer

I have 2 different kinds percolating along in the garden. Cantaloupe too.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

33. I hate beer but the other stuff is great summer food.

Give me a nice cold gin and tonic, forget the beer.

[jpak]

41. G&T works for me!

and ice-cold Moscow Mules in a copper mug

[niyad]

43. ice cold sangria. ice cold gazpacho. ice cold citrus granita.

[jpak]

46. All the food groups - yum!

[niyad]

47. one must have a balanced diet!!