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1. What are your favorite summer recipes? Looking for some new ones

   1. I’m simple.

      Pesto
      BLTs
      Corn on the cob
      Lots of blueberries

      1. Same same

   2. Cowboy caviar
      Watermelon with tajin
      Corn on the cob
      Strawberry shortcake
      Rhubarb pie
      Good burgers on the grill
      Homemade ice cream

   3. Panzanella. Ice cream with fresh berries.

   4. Caprese salad, white gazpacho, ceviche, Niçoise salad

   5. Once the cherry tomatoes start ripening, orzo salad with fresh cherry tomatoes, cucumbers, basil, and feta or mozarella. Make the orzo, toss everything in there with dressing of your choice (I usually use a greek dressing)

   6. Zucchini and tomato ‘bake”

      Slice two baby zucchini in a microwaveable dish. Slice a medium tomato and layer with the zucchini. Sprinkle with salt and an herb mixture. Microwave until the squash becomes tender. Sprinkle with shredded cheese and microwave just until the cheese starts to melt. Serve hot or room temperature.

      The tomato usually has enough liquid to keep the zucchini moist without adding any extra liquid.

   7. Ali Slagle’s crispy gnocchi with burst tomatoes and mozzarella
      Smitten kitchen strawberry cake
      Grilled Caesar salad
      All the pesto
      All the salmon

   8. German potato salad

   9. Take perfect summer tomatoes. Cut in half cross wise and push the seeds out. Chop to about 1/2 inch dice. Put in a large bowl with garlic, torn basil leaves, a glug of good olive oil, and salt and a little bit of fresh ground pepper. Let this sit while you bring a big pot of salted water to a boil (or let it sit up to an hour). Cook pasta – bow tie is nice for this. Drain pasta and dump drained, hot pasta into your tomato bowl and mix.

      Even my highly carnivorous exH thought this was wonderful.

   10. Joy of Cooking has a one-pot shrimp and corn with basil dish that is easy.

       Watermelon salad with mint, lime and feta.

       Gazpacho, sometimes dressed up with a sprinkle of Old Bay (or similar seasoning) topped with steamed shrimp or fancied-up hard boiled eggs as a less-expensive protein.

2. Anyone have favorite summer camping meals to recommend? We are going in a few weeks and need some fresh ideas. We are not backpacking, although it is a short hike from parking to our tent location so we prefer to keep the perishables to a minimum.

   1. I like making pad thai while camping. If you do all your chopping beforehand and just soak the noodles instead of boiling them, it’s a one pot meal. It is a lot of perishables though. Campfire pizzas are a lot of fun (naan/pita + pizza toppings)

   2. I like making pad thai while camping. If you do all your chopping beforehand and just soak the noodles instead of boiling them, it’s a one pot meal. It is a lot of perishables though. Campfire pizzas are a lot of fun (naan/pita + pizza toppings), and I also will do soup + crusty bread. You can freeze the soup and then you just need to heat it up, and since it’s frozen it functions as its own ice pack in a cooler for a day or two, maybe longer depending on the cooler situation.

   3. Peanut butter and honey sandwiches, with banana slices if you are fancy.

   4. We do boxed macaroni and cheese with baby carrots or other ready-to-go vegetables. Not the most satisfying thing on earth but we really don’t like spending a lot of time cooking while camping.

   5. None of these are fresh ideas I’m sure, but we’ll often do a chili made ahead of time and frozen, or tacos. Italian-ish foil packet dinners are great too – precook a protein or two, take along cheese, sauce, a variety of veggies. We usually do something like hot dogs and beans on setup day, maybe with a coleslaw if we want to be fancy.

   6. I have done tamales cooked directly in the fire. You wrap them individually in foil and take them out.

   7. Our Girl Scout troop was big on ramen for dinner, which was fun and pretty easy. Not the most filling, but lots of fun and you bring extra stuff like hardboiled eggs, chives, etc. to add to the bowls.

      The other thing we really like is sausage egg and cheese sandwiches for breakfast. It’s easier to pack the liquid egg beaters-type stuff than bring a carton of eggs.

3. We’re moving to a new condo and have discovered that the next door neighbor (shared wall) has been smoking on his patio, which isn’t permitted in our city in multi-dwelling buildings (including patios). There’s a mechanism for reporting secondhand smoke violations through the city’s code enforcement website for just this kind of scenario. I’m torn on whether to go that route or to address it directly when I don’t know this neighbor yet or have any idea if he will be vindictive. WWYD?

   1. I might leave a note asking him politely to stop but reference the fact that you figured it was better to ask directly instead of reporting it on ___ site and list the URL.

   2. Report! Don’t risk dealing with crazy.

      1. Reporting will pour gas on a problem you dont have yet. Think of a better approach.

         1. This.

         2. No it won’t, the average person is not the brightest bulb and wont be able to make any mental connections. I’ve reported tones of neighbors, sure it was a slog but eventually the city took care of them. Never knew it was me, I always played dumb.

            1. Code enforcement complaints are often matters of public record. So please, bear this in mind when making complaints.

            2. Not where I live! Although sometimes enforcement officers have been known to break the law and disclose who made a complaint that’s technically illegal.

            3. Also, where I live you have to give your name to a code enforcement complaint but it’s kept confidential.

         3. Disagree. I say report to management first.

   3. Are either of you tenants? I’d take a different approach to not salt the earth if you both have mortgages.

      1. We have a mortgage and we think he is a renter, but not 100% sure. We haven’t taken residence yet and haven’t formally met.

   4. I would assume that, even if you say something, he will not desist. Then if you report it, he will suspect you did and that you escalated. That increases the risk of vindictive behavior. So I would just report it immediately–that’s what the reporting mechanism is there for! Later, once you’ve developed some rapport, you could try appealing to his goodwill.

      1. The new report may get acted on with some delay so he will always think it is you, which would be correct. Just go in with some fans for patio to blow it away. Once he sees it is not wanted, he may be adjust so it’s when you aren’t also outside. But he won’t start by going to war with new neighbors who started off by calling the city vs talking.

      2. Agree; report now even if you are not in the unit yet (assuming that’s possible).

         1. Don’t report! He will know the new change originates with the new people. Think of your plan for when the war starts. Watch Pacific Heights.

            This is not a viable strategy if you have a 30-year mortgage. If he is just a renter, you have more to lose than he does.

            1. Not necessarily – if it’s a condo complex, that means other neighbors could also report. Maybe there’s already complaints.

            2. I don’t negotiate with terrorists. This is an adult knowingly wafting toxic smoke into shared airspace. No one old enough to buy cigarettes has an excuse for being ignorant on this topic. I DGAF if he finds the consequences of his own actions unpleasant.

            3. 8:39, the people who lived there previously may have been smokers too for all either of us know, right?

   5. I personally would not care. It is outside. If it bothered me, I’d just go say something.

      1. Lots of people don’t care (other smokers, for one), but there are reasons why patio isn’t considered far away enough from the building when other spaces are. There’s outside and then there’s outside.

   6. Thanks all. There’s mixed opinions here but we decided to report since the city starts with a simple warning (fines would only come for repeated violations). We have a strict secondhand smoke law in this city and this mechanism for reporting and we do want to protect our legal rights to a smoke-free multi-dwelling residence. We’ll do our best to be a friendly neighbor when we move in and hopefully not encounter issues – but that’s a risk everywhere.

      1. Your HOA might also be helpful here?

      2. Pls report back on how this goes over

      3. Best wishes, OP! As someone with a medical condition that is triggered by smoke, I really appreciate others helping with enforcement laws providing for some places to be smoke-free.

   7. This is the most Karen post I’ve read in a while.

      1. Nah smoking is disgusting and subjecting your neighbors to your cancer air is revolting.

         1. Even so, this isn’t even about smoking, it’s about smoking outside of permitted areas.

            1. And the permitted areas exist for a reason! (hint: it’s the safety of everyone)

      2. Agree. What a way to start out in the neighborhood! Good luck making friends there.

         1. It’s so much better to expose your neighbors to carcinogens! Plus to have the fun of breaking the law.

      3. If you object to OP asserting her legal right to enjoy her condo free from second-hand smoke, tell us why rather than resorting to gender-based name calling.

         1. +1.

         2. +2

         3. +1,000. Make that ageist gendered name-calling!

         4. +3

         5. Fine I’ll explain to you that it is extremely self defeating to start out a neighborly relationship by making an official complaint instead of just talking to the person. Talk about unnecessary escalation, which is exactly what Karens do.

            1. Amen.

         6. +100.

      4. Not at all

4. I got a contact stuck in my eye on Saturday night (I’m thinking perimenopause/dry eyes was partly to blame) – but my eyeball still hurts from swiping my eye for over an hour trying to get the f## out. (Finally did.) would you use a warm bruder mask or cool mask to help your eye feel better? Or none? I’m already lubricating it with preservative free drops. And yes wearing glasses until I get new contacts.

   1. Hi! Not to alarm, but you may want to see an eye doctor. I have gotten eye ulcers from similar situations, and needed to use prescription medicated eye drops and abstain from contacts until it’s fully resolved. If you’re 48 hrs later and it’s still bothering you, I would consider having a doctor take a look at it.

   2. I would go to my eye doctor and make sure I didn’t damage something.

   3. Check with your eye doctor, but best might be to tape your eye closed. Your tears are the best lubricant until your cornea heals. You basically have a corneal abrasion, which should heal but will take time.

   4. I have spent an hour trying to get a contact out with zero pain afterwards. Unfortunately I also think you hurt yourself and need medical advice.

   5. Check with your eye doctor because you may need antibiotic eye drops

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