Tuesday, July 28, 2015

This is what you eat when it's stupid hot

It was ssooo hot here today. And when I say that I am aware that I may have become a spoiled Californian because the high today was 89 degrees. That's a cool breeze in late July where I come from. To be fair, I don't have air conditioning (because I live in the Bay Area so why?) and the terrible wind of last week went out to sea or something. So, up in my third-story sunny nook it was warmish and the air was completely still so I was a little miserable. And I needed sustenance before bed.
If you too are a little miserable and cooking is the very last thing you can consider doing but you must eat, treat your taste buds to the best of what summer has to offer in utter simplicity and celerity.

Best dinner when it's nearly too hot to even eat

ripe avocado
excellent fresh summer tomatoes
sour dough toast
chopped fresh garlic
salt
black pepper

Mash that soft avocado into the toast. Add chopped garlic to taste. Slice sweet summer tomatoes and press into avocado. Grind salt and black pepper over. You could add salad greens on top (frisee would be great) but I wanted to fall into the other flavors without any '"watering down." I could also imagine adding a few drops of balsamic vinegar.
Eat this toast as an open-faced sandwich in front of an open window once the sun drops and there's a blessedly cool breeze again. This was the part where I said out loud to no one: God Bless the Earth!
This taste of summer will make all the sweating and stickiness worth it.

You're welcome.

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