What's everybody's favourite "cooling-off" food/drink?

[baking fool]

I mean stuff like popsicles, snowcones, granitas, ice cream, etc. What does everyone eat to chill out?

 

[middie]

Ben and Jerry's Chubby Hubby Ice Cream
Peanut Butter milkshakes are pretty good too.

 

[Michael in FtW]

EAT: watermelon, ice cream, etc.

DRINK: lemonade or sweet iced tea.

ADULT DRINKS: Rum or Bourbon and coke, or cold beer. And that doesn't even bring into the mix the "virgin" fruit drinks I had grown up on in FL - Pena Callida, etc.

 

[kitchenelf]

I love nothing more than a good glass of water - the sad part my favorite water comes from Tuscany and isn't cheap

The other thing I enjoy is frozen grapes - just pop some seedless grapes off the stem and put them in a baggie. Pull a couple out and enjoy! These are also good to keep a glass of white wine or Champagne cold!!!

 

[Robo410]

brewed iced tea, unsweetened

chilled WATERMELLON, it's the taste of summer

(and it's actually good for you)

 

[babetoo]

shake

i love a good old fashion chocolate malted milk. really really hard to find these days.

fudge bar and really good vanilla ice cream

babe

 

[baking fool]

mmmm.... watermelon.... definitely the taste of summer

The other thing I enjoy is frozen grapes - just pop some seedless grapes off the stem and put them in a baggie. Pull a couple out and enjoy!

that reminds me... i sometimes like frozen blueberries

 

[MexicoKaren]

Ice cold limonada (lemonade made with limes) or jamaica, which is a tea made with hibiscus flowers. It's bright red and tastes a little like cranberry juice. Very refreshing.

 

[redkitty]

Peppermint iced tea is tasty.

As for alcoholic drinks, mojito's obviously!

 

[elaine l]

Water, watermelon, snowcones, rootbeer pops.

My summer alcoholic drink will be vodka tonic or gin and tonic.

 

[GotGarlic]

Food: Cold pasta salads.

Drink: Lemonade, sometimes with a shot of Chambord, and sangria. KE, I love the frozen grapes in wine idea - will definitely start doing that.

 

[TanyaK]

Non alcoholic : Lime and soda
Alcoholic : Gin and tonic

 

[LadyCook61]

food--frozen grapes, chilled watermelon, honeydew, cantaloupe.Drink- iced tea , water, iced coffee and orange julius.

 

[quicksilver]

iced coffee
watermelon
iced water with lime​

 

[Andy M.]

My warm weather coctail is a gin and tonic. Second choice is a cold beer.

Non-alcoholic drink = ice water first. After that, iced tea or a carbonated drink.

 

[suziquzie]

Can I join you for that ice cold Sam Adams, Andy?

Non -alcoholic.... ice water with a wedge of lemon mushed in it. then lemonade.

 

[ironchef]

Gelato and frozen custard

 

[jkath]

Fresh lemonade (as the heat sets on, I'm quickly going thru all the frozen meyer lemon juice I've stocked in my freezer)

Also, I love a super-cold grapefruit, cut up with bits of medjool dates stirred in.

 

[Andy M.]

Can I join you for that ice cold Sam Adams, Andy?...

Do you think we'll both fit?!

 

[Calya]

I love ice cream and watermelon too.