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Here, please enjoy my not-actually-an-entry, past the deadline as it is, to ICSA: Summer. Thanks to Liquid Communism for mastering ceremonies! Just sharing for fun  Seasonal cooking is wonderful, in exactly the way all cooking is wonderful but more-so. Cooking allows us to make a dish which is greater than the sum of its parts, which nourishes and brings people together to enjoy it. The actual cooking is either a shared experience, or a gift of one person's efforts for others' labor-free enjoyment. Seasonal cooking gives you excuses and contexts for these gatherings, as well as direction for the ingredients and dishes. Specifically, summer cooking to me and my family means:
 Ham and cheese sliders from Once Upon a Chef Make some poppy-mustard butter. This step is probably the most important, takes them from "oh sandwiches nice" to "ooh recipe please!"  Halve and slather with more mustard some sweet Hawaiian rolls:  Top with a layer of cheese, a layer of ham, and another layer of cheese:   Do some topping and slathering:   Bake it all at 350°F for around 20 minutes. Serve warm, though cold leftovers can hit the spot too!  Broccoli slaw from Smitten Kitchen Broccoli choppoli  Take non-toasted sliced almonds and transmogrify into the other kind   Marinate red onion in an acid (cider vinegar here) and some sugar  Mix with buttermilk and mayonnaise, then toss all of the above plus cranberries together-like. Use a silvery bowl so the reflection looks neat.   Orange sorbet, with banana for the kids but leaving it very tart for adults. Kids get it on an orange half (from the juiced oranges), adults get it in a bowl floating on rum if desired! 750 ml orange juice 150 ml sugar Heat ~250g juice with the sugar to dissolve, then add the rest. Add zest of 2 oranges if the spirit guides you.     Cherries as your fresh fruit, and Bob's your uncle!
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