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@Diancecht I don't have the specialty ingredients on hand, but my sister brought me a lot of home grown tomatoes this weekend, so I may need to fake it. Those look/sound delicious. Last night I had a pre-baked potato to use up and little bits of taco leftovers, so I topped the potato with taco beef, fresh salsa and shredded cheddar. It was filling and delicious.

Same again, rainbow trout, salmon caviar, aioli. I could keep doing this.

Cold dinner for a hot day: --Salad with mixed lettuces, radishes, Persian cucumber, and tinned blue mussels I got in Copenhagen --The last of the Nordic rye bread with Portuguese smoked trout spread (bought in Oakland) and fresh dill --Ice cream

tomato sarada shoyu-fumi (tomato salad with soy sauce dressing). these are sliced tomatoes that have been coated with a very light dressing consisting of one tablespoon sunflower oil, 1 teaspoon usukuchi soy sauce, 1 teaspoon rice vinegar and 1 teaspoon shinko pear vinegar. the latter is a local product from a producer based in oakland. quick-pickled zucchini with ginger and garlic - thinly slice zucchini, then place in a bowl and add 2.5% salt by weight (so for example, for 167 g sliced zucchini, that meant 3/4 teaspoon/4.1 g salt), a pinch of sugar, and some dried kombu. mix well, then cover and store in the fridge for 30 minutes. after 30 minutes, discard liquid. squeeze the vegetables and discard the liquid. add seasonings, then marinate in the fridge until you’re ready to eat. asari no sakamushi (clams simmered in sake with scallions). miso shiru with fresh corn and early girl tomatoes. toumorokoshi gohan (corn rice) - this is japanese rice that had been cooked with pieces of corn cob. once the rice is done, remove and discard the corn cob. stir in fresh corn that you’ve stir-fried in unsalted butter and seasoned with usukuchi soy sauce. macedonia di frutta for dessert - sliced peaches, apricots, strawberries, meyer lemon juice, a tiny amount of splenda. the clams and tomato salad are from this cookbook; the corn rice from this book; and the zucchini quick pickle was adapted from just one cookbook. individually, none of these are very filling, but served as a part of a complete japanese meal, you’ll be stuffed.

An all time record high temperature today in Las Vegas--120. Good news for me is I live at one of the higher elevations. We only hit 118 🥵 Bad news for travelers though. 140 flight delays. 13 cancellations. Most due to weights and balance issues due to the heat.