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

[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.