Gimme A Sammich Instead
By PLETHOS
@Plethos (13560)
United States
July 10, 2017 5:22pm CST
I don't get as to why people like to eat a hot meal during the middle of a hot sweltering summer day. They come in complaining that it's really terrible outside. It's humid, it's hot, it's muggy, it's hell like weather.
Then the first thing they do is put their meal in the microwave and nuke the heck out of it! It comes out of the microwave steaming hot with the heat visible around it like a mirage in the desert. And if that wasn't hot enough, they add on some really hot mouth blistering and tongue annihilating chili or salsa with some jalapenos or peppercinis on the side.
I'm not that type of person. Why would I want to torture myself by making my body temperature hotter? For me, cold meals are easier for me to eat than a hot meal on a summer day. I'd rather have me a cold sandwich with some cold lettuce in it. MMM turkey is a good light summer meal favorite of mine. Or perhaps just a cold salad of some sort, pasta or tuna.
Well, that's the way I see it.
Photograph- Taken and Owned by me, Plethos
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18 responses
@1creekgirl (40515)
• United States
11 Jul 17
It makes sense, but I would miss a hot meal after a few days!
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@1creekgirl (40515)
• United States
11 Jul 17
@Plethos I like my hot foods extra hot and my cold foods really cold. And I'm one of those who adds hot sauce or peppers whenever possible!
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@Plethos (13560)
• United States
12 Jul 17
@1creekgirl - i have nothing against hot peppers or chili, but for me thats more of a winter thing or a nachos with cheese with some jalapenos sprinkled on top, by the handfuls type of thing.
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
10 Jul 17
I wish I did not have to cook at all. I am burned out, I can live on cold foods too.
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@scarlet_woman (23465)
• United States
4 Jan 18
if it's all hot n humid,9 times out of 10 i don't even feel like eating at all..but yea,cold sammich works for me too.especially tuna.
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@vandana7 (98826)
• India
11 Jul 17
We warm food only when the temperature is really down. :) Generally, we don't like hot beverages both dad and me wait up for it to cool down some before starting to sip. We are rice eaters, so rice is almost always steaming hot, and that with cold food, makes it the right temperature to get into our mouth. Then in the nights, we make chapatis and keep in hot box. Hot chapati with cold vegetable has the same effect. Only in winters, do I warm food.
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rice is a main side dish out here, beans a close second.
@tammys85 (29951)
• Baltimore, Maryland
12 Aug 17
I definitely see your point. I think for me, if I'm craving something that needs to be warmed up, I'll just deal with it and drink something cold with it lol. However, that's the microwave... not heating the house up with the oven if the a/c isn't in.
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@infatuatedbby (95001)
• United States
18 Jul 17
I like to eat out when its hot and take advantage of the a/c there 
That looks like a tasty juicy burger!
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@infatuatedbby (95001)
• United States
18 Jul 17
@Plethos I haven't ate at Chili's in a long time, they must have changed their plates to like toaster tins :) I do order Chili's to go. Do you sign up for their reward system???
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@Plethos (13560)
• United States
18 Jul 17
@infatuatedbby - nope on the rewards thing. The tin plates are a recent thing ffrom the past year. I like the 2 for $20 menu.
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@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
11 Jul 17
I agree with you. I had tuna sandwich tonight and that's a cool dinner on a warm evening.
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@thislittlepennyearns (58134)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
10 Jul 17
I don't see why people think microwaving is cooking
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@TiarasOceanView (70035)
• United States
20 Jul 17
I stick to salads and sandwiches when its hot.
Not on the whole but in general.
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@Poppylicious (11133)
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11 Jul 17
I know that a cup of tea on a hot day can have the effect of cooling the body down - maybe hot food does the same for some people?!
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