Slog - Comments on It's Hot Out! http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/its_hot_out And I couldn't be happier about that. In anticipation of today's predicted 91-degree high, please go read food nerd extraordinaire Harold McGee's NYT treatise on/celebration of cold food, where you'll learn how to make ice cream using nothing but sweetened cream and milk, ice cubes, salt, and a freezer bag. (Photo by Darren Hester, licensed under Creative Commons license).... Copyright 2008 Wed, 06 Aug 2008 11:29:27 -0800 Wed, 06 Aug 2008 17:48:40 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Fnarf Harold McGee is a God among men.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/its_hot_out#c1094053 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/its_hot_out#c1094053 Chow Wed, 06 Aug 2008 11:58:05 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle Ice cubes in multiple trays - check.

Margarita mix in bottle - check.

Blender ready and cleaned - check.

Salt - check.

Wee Haa!

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/its_hot_out#c1094071 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/its_hot_out#c1094071 Chow Wed, 06 Aug 2008 12:12:41 -0800 Comment by kid icarus I think you forgot a key ingredient there, Will.

]]> kid icarus http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/its_hot_out#c1094096 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/its_hot_out#c1094096 Chow Wed, 06 Aug 2008 12:26:53 -0800 Comment by Fnarf No, Will buys the premixed Margaritas with the "tequila" already in it from the liquor store. If they sold it at Costco he'd have a ten gallon drum of the stuff.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/its_hot_out#c1094097 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/its_hot_out#c1094097 Chow Wed, 06 Aug 2008 12:28:32 -0800 Comment by Emily A preposterous forecast like 91 degrees is why I only read the National Weather Service's forecast. Y'know, from the actual scientists who know what they're doing. (And it's always right.)

]]> Emily http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/its_hot_out#c1094116 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/its_hot_out#c1094116 Chow Wed, 06 Aug 2008 12:45:03 -0800 Comment by Matt from Denver I think they do sell that stuff at Costco, at least at the one that sells liquor is suburban Denver. Perhaps a trip to Portland is in order for someone...

]]> Matt from Denver http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/its_hot_out#c1094124 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/its_hot_out#c1094124 Chow Wed, 06 Aug 2008 12:49:37 -0800 Comment by PopTart (sarcasm on)
@6 Oh sure rub in your "I can buy liquor anywhere" Denver superiority. And now you can even buy your frickin liquor on Sundays in Denver. Well, WE get to frequent our unfriendly neighborhood state liquor stores and get breathed on by pervs and leered at by the store clerks all while paying way too much for our shitty fake margarita mix.
(sarcasm off)

]]> PopTart http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/its_hot_out#c1094139 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/its_hot_out#c1094139 Chow Wed, 06 Aug 2008 13:08:02 -0800 Comment by Fnarf What PopTart said.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/its_hot_out#c1094160 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/its_hot_out#c1094160 Chow Wed, 06 Aug 2008 13:21:09 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle @4 - normally I don't, but they had a special where it was 1/3 the price of normal margarita (tequila) ingredients, so I figured what the hey. So, yeah, it's pre-mixed.

Sometimes I make virgin margaritas, though. It depends on what I'm doing that evening and the next day.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/its_hot_out#c1094165 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/its_hot_out#c1094165 Chow Wed, 06 Aug 2008 13:24:03 -0800 Comment by Matt from Denver @ 7 & 8, don't feel too bad. In Colorado they can only sell 3.2% beer in the grocery stores - real beer, plus any wine and anything else alcoholic is available only in liquor stores (plus only one chain grocery in the entire state because a business can only hold one liquor license). So until the Sunday closure law was repealed last month, you were SOL unless extra-weak Budweiser was all you wanted.

]]> Matt from Denver http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/its_hot_out#c1094281 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/its_hot_out#c1094281 Chow Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:01:58 -0800 Comment by Irena 3.2% beer is an oxymoron. Ridiculous.

]]> Irena http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/its_hot_out#c1094321 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/its_hot_out#c1094321 Chow Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:47:45 -0800 Comment by GK high 80's is not hot.

]]> GK http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/its_hot_out#c1094327 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/its_hot_out#c1094327 Chow Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:53:16 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle Damned straight, it's not beer unless it's 6 percent or more.

But GK is right, wake me when it's 110 in the shade.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/its_hot_out#c1094384 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/its_hot_out#c1094384 Chow Wed, 06 Aug 2008 16:57:37 -0800 Comment by Fnarf What Will likes to drink is High Fructose Corn Syrup mixed with malt alcohol and emulsifiers, apparently. Really takes the edge off, huh?

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/its_hot_out#c1094429 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/its_hot_out#c1094429 Chow Wed, 06 Aug 2008 17:44:58 -0800 Comment by The Insatiable Sulk Well, you know what I like to drink when the weather gets hot?

C'mon, take a guess.

And no, I don't feel like letting it go.

]]> The Insatiable Sulk http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/its_hot_out#c1094430 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/its_hot_out#c1094430 Chow Wed, 06 Aug 2008 17:48:40 -0800