Summer is a moment to entertain with salads.

My two friends are nuts about reading history books and they know every small detail about the world wars. One of them told us about a trip he had made to Stalingrad ( in Russia) so as to imagine better how it had all been. I remember that when I went to Europe the first time I understood history in quite another way. We are so acostumed here in America to great areas that we cannot imagine well other ways of living.

Hiya margi, Nuts about History books? Yes they can be very entertaining and Documentaries as well. We quite often watch something with History in it instead of the usual Junk Films they put on here. Yesterday was watching "Pearl Harbour" for a while and thinking about all the History of that so sad and so cruel that I had to stop watching it as I was not in the mood for sad Films although I know they are true in that sense. Russia is so full of enigmas margi I would not know the truth from the other I suppose only the People who actually live there know whatever goes on. I find Russia to be very interesting and I love watching their Ice Skaters above all as they are really fantastic above all Irina Slutskaya who turned her adversity into personal power and won Medal after Medal wonderful stuff margi just wonderful.xxx

Hiya margi, You only have to know a little bit about Spain to and to realize what went on here not so long back to understand that it was not all Sunshine and Flowers far from it. A lot of People from South America have returned to their own Country as they felt really let down by Spain and all its promises. I know of some who were given the Keys to their Flats and a Job but the Mortgage was nearly as high as their meagre Wages and they had to give back the Keys and leave their Job such a terrible shame this should never happen but us the ordinary People here have no control about what goes on at that level. Why they treat them so is another enigma for me. Guess I will never work that one out.xxx

I love salads too. And now that I have my own arugule to add to lettuce, it´s even better. I have been eating a lot of raw zuchinni salad too. It´s awesome!

Soups are the best for me when it´s cold. And I love salads on warm weather. I specially like minestrones and potato soup when it´s cold. But I also have broth around and bring a mug near my computer to heat my hands. During Summer I cook a lot of chicken for cold cuts and freeze the broth for cold weather

I don´t put dressing on salads beforehand. I let everyone to put whatever they want on their plates. That way, if there´s some left, I can save it for the next day. I usually just make a dressing for my salad with oil, salt, pepper and lemon or vinegar. But some slads ask for other things. When there are lots of people I make some dressings to put on saucers. I never buy salad dressing though.