Favorite Summer Foods!

[McGoddess09]

So...what's everyone's favorite summer foods?

My absolute favorite is watermelon sprinkled with chili powder. It is so good! However, the watermelon HAS to be bright red, otherwise, it's not as sweet or juicy.

I also like any type of berry that I can go pick wild.

[Magpie]

I like yellow watermelons, I've never found them less sweet.

This is the time of year for green salad, and for hummus. Oh, and Baba Ganouj. I love having in-season veggies! (The hummus is because it's too hot to cook).

[TelephoneAngel]

heard of watermelon sprinkled with ginger, but not chili

I like celery with soft cheese, vine tomatoes and feta cheese, olives and mushrooms in vinaigrette, prawns in rose sauce.

[NorthernZel]

My fave's got to be my home-made pasta salad.

Sauce made by "sour cream" (actually it's based on skimmed milk, not cream), mustard, lemon, garlic and then a lot of crispy fresh veggies (red onions, bell peppers, bean sprouts, corn). If I want to go overboard with it I'll throw a can of tuna in there as well.

[pssorens]

Really fresh sweet corn, just off the stalk, lightly boiled and dripping with butter and Salt.

[BookstoreEscapee]

Jersey sweet corn on the cob!!!

Cantaloupe, cherries, berries...

Orange Creamsicles, cherry Italian ice...

[Mishi]

Home-made German potato salad
Home-made Mango ice cream
Fresh cherries, just in time for Christmas *drools*

[Plaidman]

Most fruits.

Ice Cream.

BBQ Hot Dog made on grill.

Hamburgers made on grill.

Fruit Punch I drink alot of in summer.

[BookstoreEscapee]

My mom's potato salad...

how could I forget!? I just had some over the weekend, too!

[Greenday]

Windmill Hot Dog & Fries

Ice Cold Beer

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

Corn on the Cob (and you better believe I'll be hitting up the New Berlin Lions' Club Corn Stand at the Wisconsin State Fair )

Watermelon. Just plain. A few days ago I squashed some and put it in a glass with some lemonade. A little chunky, but good.

[phantasy]

The idea of squashing watermelon makes me giggle a bit.


I love fresh veggies (mushrooms, zucchini, onion, garlic and potatoes) grilled in a foil wrap with pepper, salt and olive oil. Mmmm.

[McGoddess09]

Corn on the Cob (and you better believe I'll be hitting up the New Berlin Lions' Club Corn Stand at the Wisconsin State Fair ).

OOO! I'll hit it up with you! Veggies on the grill in general is just freaken amazing!

The chili powder on watermelon thing stemmed from my childhood. My first best friend was Mexican and her family would have giant get togethers and showed me the goodness of chili candy and chili powder on watermelon at these get togethers.

[Plaidman]

The chili powder on watermelon thing stemmed from my childhood. My first best friend was Mexican and her family would have giant get togethers and showed me the goodness of chili candy and chili powder on watermelon at these get togethers.

How does that work exactly? How much chili powder do you have to put on watermelon to work?

[AdminAssistant]

hrmmm.....

watermelon, field corn (much better than sweet corn IMO, if you can find it), fried okra and fried yellow squash (Momma specialties), purple hull peas, although black eye peas will do. Also, Dad will occasionally cook pork steaks out on the grill and they're yummy.