AIBU to say there is more to hot weather food than salads?

[Beon]

It’s going to be hot next few days.
Just to let you know that there are more foods to eat than just salad and BBQs. Do people in hot countries eat salads and BBQs all the time? No they don’t.

Also you don’t need lettuce to have a salad.

Some nice bread, cooked meats, smoked salmon, jars of pickled veg, cheese, those ready made Spanish omelettes etc.

yes, I usually do them on the BBQ or fry in chunks. The dressing is just garlic, chilli, sherry vinegar, olive oil and mint. And salt. You can add mozarrella to it too to make it more substantial. Pine nuts are essential though.

I did see a version of my watermelon salad recently where you bbq the watermelon which I thought was interesting but I'm not sure I can be bothered.

To those who asked about the Spanish omelette here’s an example www.trolley.co.uk/product/specially-selected-potato-onion-tortilla/JDU260

fucking about with a frittata 😂😂

Nope, I am British and this is my hill to die on! Salad must consist of lettuce, stone cold flavourless tomatoes from the fridge, cucumber and if I'm feeling fancy - a few grated carrot bits on the top 🤣

My favourite thing about this thread is how it segued into a discussion about the salads served in a particular pub in Leicestershire.

I hope you heal

Rice salads
Pasta salads
Beans/peas/pulses salads
Lentil salad
Quinoa, bulgar wheat etc

All make fab salads with not a lettuce leaf in sight.
I do love a leafy salad to go with it sometimes though - not just iceberg though!

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This was the "salad" of my childhood, along with a rolled-up piece of ham, a few slices of hard boiled egg, some red Leicester cheese, and a pickled onion or two.

Yes, I know that, but making one is pretty basic cooking

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I prefer to make my own Spanish omelette thanks.

But I can barely be arsed to cook at the best of times, let alone in heatwaves. I’m very happy to live on salads in hot weather. For me salad is not iceberg lettuce + cucumber. There will be many different leaves, tomatoes, avocados, beetroot, onions, peppers, some grains, lots of protein. Something with big flavour like cornichons or pickled ginger. Some seeds sprinkled on top. Mmmmmm. I love salad.

Thank you Oh Knowledgeable One.
Did anyone say they needed your advice thinking of something other than salad and BBQ?

I had salmon, rice, black sesame, tomato, cucumber, celery and a hardboiled egg earlier.

Seemed like a meal to me, just as the one I had yesterday with lemon chilli prawns was.

Peach, walnuts and feta mixed into your standard boring salad make a world of difference.

I'm not sure "too much garlic" is a thing, Dad

Lidl spanish ommelette is very tasty and authentic actually!

Air fryer is your friend for not slaving over a stove or bbq

Oh I don’t know my dh made some garlic onions for his hot dog last week and well you could smell him coming.

Our entire house was definitely marked save from vampires 🧛 from his breath alone.

We eat exactly the same foods as we do in the winter/spring/autumn - neither of us like salads or cold food.

We have many different options for the summer to be fair. Tonight is chicken burritos with coleslaw. Tomorrow is pesto chicken flatbreads with onion rings and a Mediterranean salad. Saturday will be whatever takeaway I order after too much lazing in the sun with a glass or 2 of wine and friends to chat with.

not sure why you care about what other people eat?

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Homemade Gazpacho with sourdough bread, fruit kebabs

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Remains of last Sunday's roast?! It's Thursday! That chicken is over 3 days old! You will poison people!