Summertime

 Welcome to Toni Taddeo's Tuesday 4...

Summer time is upon us. 

1. What special memories do you have about summer when you were younger?

Riding my bike endlessly. Hiking in the Watchung mountains with my Dad.   Swimming and surfing .  Painting the back porch each year. My Dad barbequing in the yard. 

2. What is the highest temperature you've experienced in summer?  What about so far this summer? How do you weather the heat or humidity?  

The highest was about 109°F.  So far this summer was 100°F a few weeks ago for a day or two. But, it's been mostly very nice out.   I weather the heat with fans and air conditioning and am very thankful for both.

3. What's been on your menu so far this summer?  In summer I like to make tuna salad and lemon spaghetti.

To make lemon spaghetti.. cook some spaghetti in a not too large pot.  The smaller the pot the higher the starch in the water and you want some of that water for the sauce.

To a small ladle full of the water you cooked the spaghetti in, add the juice of a big lemon. Add in some pepper, salt if you want to, chopped parsley and ten tons of fresh grated parmesan cheese.   Cook til the sauce is rich and pour on the spaghetti. Top with another 10 tons of paresane or romano cheese.  That's how I make it any way.

4.  What is on your reading list this summer... anything to recoomend to us?  What's on your TV this summer. Any music you're liking this summer?

I want to watch Landman on Paramount with Billy Bob Thornton... I like his acting.

I might re-read Early Autumn by Robert Parker (part of the Spenser for Hire series of books).

As far as music goes, I have not been listening to anything really.