How hot is it?

[damont]

97.5 (degrees Fahrenheit) at the weather station in our development that reports to wunderground.com ...
101 degrees at KIAD -- Dulles Airport, tying the record for this date (1988) ...
100 degrees at KDCA -- Reagan National Airport; the high for the day was 102, breaking the record of 99 (1991).
Ick.

How hot was it in New York City yesterday? Not quite hot enough to fry an egg on the sidewalk, as Andy Newman and hit cohorts at the NY Times City Room found out... but hot enough to cook a tuna steak!

That report alone is enough to send me running for a cold-n-frosty beverage. Maybe one of these ancient recipes being released by Dogfish Head this summer. As one commenter on the blog pointed out: "Here's to the human race, getting wasted on whatever's handy since time immemorial!"

Comments

[luscious-purple.livejournal.com]

Heh heh heh.

I wonder whether they'd have had better luck using a shiny stainless steel frying pan instead of a black one. Granted, black absorbs heat, but the steel would reflect heat right back up into the egg.

My Dad used to say that the Army Air Corps guys used to fry eggs on the airplane wings when they were stationed in India during WWII. Honestly, the last couple of days, it's probably been as hot as India around here. And I think the planes flying The Hump had shiny wings.

[iestynapmwg.livejournal.com]

Mentioning odd brews... Yards (Philadelphia) has a line out now, called "Ales of The Revolution", supposedly historic recipes. One of them isn't called a beer (probably due to legal reasons involving ingredients), but a "malt beverage with natural flavors". It's apparently based on a recipe by Ben Franklin. It doesn't have any hops in it... instead they use spruce tips and sprigs. They could have left the molasses out (it's a little too sweet for me), but it's quite tasty :)

[sskipstress.livejournal.com]

In the spirit of historical hooch, Mount Vernon did a tasting of rye whiskey last week.

[cheryllm.livejournal.com]

I freaking LOVE Dogfish Head. I gotta go back there sometime!

[vnend.livejournal.com]

Cheryllm: You know they have an alehouse over in Gaithersburg, yes?

Chateau Jiahu was ok; not great, but solid. Theobroma was a disappointment when I had it last year. Of their historical stuff, my favorite is still Midas Touch.

But nothing, short of Hertzwesten Dark, can match the second year of World Wide Stout. Though other years of WWS come close enough, most of the time. :-)

That's right! I haven't had the bottle I put away for my birthday yet...

[cheryllm.livejournal.com]

I didn't know about the Gaithersburg one, just the Rehoboth Beach one. Thanks!! :)

[cheryllm.livejournal.com]

It was 100 degrees here on Sunday. Tried & failed to fry an egg on the driveway.