Hold my calls, summer has arrived!
I cannot blog. It’s roasting in England!
(CCC does not recommend roasting anything at 30°C. Unless you like listeria.)
You never know how long nice weather will last on this island, so when the clouds retreat and the temperature rises, it’s time to get out of the sewing room and carp the diem. Just don’t try to go to the beach.
Sea, sand, sun AND LOTS AND LOTS OF XANAX.
During this spell of nice weather, I have moved away from the medium of fabric temporarily and am now working chiefly in lime, chilis, booze and ice. Here, try this:
Micheladas
- cheap lager, chilled (I like Red Stripe)
- small shot of freshly squeezed lime juice
- 2 dashes Tabasco
- 2 dashes soy sauce
- coarsely ground sea salt or Maldon salt
- big, robust, American-size ice cubes and plenty of ‘em
- a pint glass
Run a lime wedge around the rim of the pint glass and dip lightly in a saucer of salt, margarita-style. Add lime juice, soy sauce and Tabasco to glass. Fill three-quarters of the way up with lager. Add lots of ice. Quaff. Repeat. Wrong in so many ways, but it feels so right.
I’ll be back when the weather turns crap again!
I have to say it makes me laugh to see you over there sweltering in 30 degrees….try to imagine what it’s like when it hits 40 – like it does here in Melbourne Australia in summer. And you wonder why we drink ice cold beer!!!
duh – I came here to the site to copy off your recipe for the micheladas so my husband can make us some! they look great.
what kind of ice do you have in England??
I guess I sympathize, but it’s still 91 degrees here at 9:30pm and not going to get too much cooler, so you know, I’m HOT. (and this is our personal Summer of No Air Conditioning). I’m wearing a caftan I made from a sheet which looks as unflattering as it sounds but dang it’s cool (ish).
Ice cubes are smaller here, and used much more sparingly. Finding ice cube trays that made nice big cubes took some looking, and they cost a shocking £5 each!!
I just love your blog. Exactly the right amount of smartarsery that appeals to me.
However, sitting in Melbourne with my mouse hand (right) frozen, I can’t sympathise with you right now…
Maybe I should do some sewing TO warm up… nah… blog reading it is.
you know that’s a problem here in the USA in winter too. I wonder why? maybe because of the relative immobility of that mouse hand. go run it under warm/hot water. that’ll warm it up for another ten or fifteen minutes. Or knit yourself a pair of fingerless gloves. LOL Kitty
You jinxed it! It’s rained non stop up here in Cumbria since the hosepipe ban was introduced. Is it still sunny in the Smoke? I’ve been making linen maternity trousers for a week now and I probably won’t be able to wear them until the weather fines up again…which will probably be next summer. I’ll have to get pregnant again to justify all that hard work…
I love the sound of the Micheladas though – do you think they’ll taste as good with non-alcoholic lager?
Oh, absolutely! The taste of the beer is practically immaterial. It’s all about the salty, spicy lime.
I seem to have jinxed the weather, though — the day after I wrote that post the temp plummeted back to 55 with lashing rain.
Am rather partial to caipirinhas myself, and they can be had at several places around London.
Ummmm, I’m here in Southern California. Was talking to a London- based client yesterday and I say to you the same thing I said to her – “What a whiner!”
If my little converter thingy is correct, it’s not even 90 Farenheit there – much less 100. When it’s 100 during the day, and gets down to 75 or so at night (or more!), then you can say it’s roasting. Until then, it’s just a very nice day. (Which is what we’ve been having here – just the mid-80′s – wonderful! Although it’s supposed to be over 100 where I live this by the weekend.)
So enjoy!
R.
You wouldn’t think there was a lack of beaches on an island…
Yum! Sounds refreshing.
Very!! my favorite cold drink. LOL
OH PLEASE!!! make the brits gasp and order a cup of tea, and a tall glass of ice. Pour tea over the ice asap so everyone is still engaged in the hot tea and giggle a bit. LOL