Beat the heat...cookiegal's imaginary igloo

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cookiegal
cookiegal Member Posts: 3,296
edited June 2014 in Lymphedema

I used to really like the campfire thread where we pretended we were on the wagon train.

So in honor of this hideously hot humid summer...welcome to my igloo where chocolate is always on the house. Brrrrrrr!!!!

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited July 2013

    LOL my igloo is real cookie.  Winter here.

    Howz your arm? would you like to fire some of that yummy chocolate over my way?

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  • carol57
    carol57 Member Posts: 3,567
    edited July 2013

    Super fun, cookie!  Don't forget your scarf and gloves when you go inside your igloo!

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  • cookiegal
    cookiegal Member Posts: 3,296
    edited July 2013

    Musical....you have an igloo for real?

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited July 2013

    No sooorry was just joking, but its been Coooold ...so brrrrrrr. I much prefer this cold weather to hot summers as peripheral neuropathy and summer arn't a good combination. I feel sorry for you gals enduring this horrible heat. UGH!!

    In the South Island they very well might or should I say could have igloos as recently theres been the heaviest snow dumps in decades. We'll have snow in the NI today....not where I am though. The fires all stoked up.... and Im waiting for some chocolate to come my way...lol

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  • Binney4
    Binney4 Member Posts: 8,609
    edited July 2013

    Ohh, s'mores! With the fire all stoked up you can make s'mores, Musical! Please use a square of dark chocolate for mine. Thanks! I do have an ulu that I use for all kinds of cutting chores, and I always think about how it's used to scrape polar bear hides. So, as soon as I get this hide scraped we can all wrap up in it.

    Brrrr!
    Binney

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited July 2013

    S'mores Binney?  OK youv'e got me there Undecided  but I would like some soyfree choccy please Laughing and not too sweet. Yummm. ..and yu gals need to exercise those LE arms so a good throw over the pond might be in order ... just one caveat...get the angle right so it doesnt land in Oz.

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  • Binney4
    Binney4 Member Posts: 8,609
    edited July 2013

    Musical, you put a marshmellow on a stick over that fire, turn it slowly until it's really nice and melty (careful! don't burn it!), and then you put it onto a graham cracker square that's been covered with a thin square of chocolate. You top it with another graham cracker square, squishing the marshmellow into the chocolate so it melts it, and you've got yourself a rich, luscious...uh...meal.

    The reason they're called S'mores is because everybody says, "Can I have s'more?!"

    Enjoy!
    Binney

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited July 2013

    LOL LOL Binney,  I've heard hubby talk about these toasted marshmellows, but Ive never done it. I don't have a sweet tooth but I do love choccy.

    Heres a goer ...summer winter autumn spring lol...We have a brand of icecream  in NZ which is creamy and utterly delectable and NOT TOO SWEET! Their chocoalte icecream is "something else", but Ive ditched it because it all has soy in it. Frown .  The ONLY way it is safe in my house is to not have it at all (soy or not)  Anyway I've recently heard theyve taken a lot of the "additives" out of it. Im thinking ....Should I check it out?  Ignorance might very well be bliss in this case LOL.

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  • carol57
    carol57 Member Posts: 3,567
    edited July 2013

    Seriously, we had smores at my house today.  I did not partake, but visiting family including five children ate the treat with great relish.  Never mind the 86 degrees part of the story!  No igloo here...

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited July 2013

    Well 30Degr Celc(86F) is too hot for me even though thats nothing like what some places get, even here in NZ ... what 45 and up HUH?? Pass. I'll keep my "igloo temps" thx.

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  • Moderators
    Moderators Member Posts: 25,912
    edited July 2013

    Popping in to the igloo for the air conditioned effect and a s'more. Yum! Thanks cookiegal.  Smile

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  • Estel
    Estel Member Posts: 3,353
    edited July 2013

    Mmmmm. I have some Ecuadorian soy-free dark chocolate! Enough for everyone.



    Have my fleece hat on. Can't wait to see some penguins!

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  • cookiegal
    cookiegal Member Posts: 3,296
    edited July 2013

    Even the mods want into my igloo....I like s'mores with banana not chocolate...they taste like amazing banana cream pie and really don't have that many calories. I love snowshoes too. And maybe a nice beef frank over the fire. I love how when it's really cold the sky is clear.

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  • Estel
    Estel Member Posts: 3,353
    edited July 2013

    Yes, the stars look like crystals in the sky!



    Love seeing my breath when it's that cold.

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited July 2013

    You gals all outa migrate down here for now. Snow on our desert road tonight. Dawn I'll be after you now with that great supply of soy free Choccy....please don't leave it behind.  OF course if our icecream is out of the question, lets not forget theres always chocolate cake as well ... yummm.

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  • chef127
    chef127 Member Posts: 891
    edited July 2013

    Brrrrrrr...................where are my earmuffs?

    I heard a news atricle the other day about a bar in NYC made completely with ice. Cookies igloo?? The walls, ceiling, floors, the bar, chairs, sofas, glasses for cocktails, artistic ice carvings. 95$ gets you 1 cocktail, gloves and scarves, fur coats (faux), and I'm assuming you can stay as long as you can stand the 23 degee F air. I'll buy the second round of brandy. Who's in?

    Lets stay cool............................brrrr......Maureen

    It's called Minus5 and is located at the Manhattan Hilton

    All heat emitting devises must be left at the door ie cellphones, etc. Do we fall into that catagory because of hot flashes?

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  • Estel
    Estel Member Posts: 3,353
    edited July 2013

    chef127 - I'd pay to eat in that igloo!  Smile  And no, you don't have to be left at the door!  Come on in!

    Musical - I'd be there if I could.  I would love to visit sometime.  I must go visit the hobbits and the elves!  Smile  Here is a link to some soy free chocolate I've found.  My favorite is the Ecuador Dark.  http://equalexchange.coop/products/chocolate

    Fourth straight day of heat indexes over 100. Only thing good about it is that last year we were like 30th consecutive day of over 105.  Tongue Out  Thanks, cookiegal for this igloo.  Kiss

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  • carol57
    carol57 Member Posts: 3,567
    edited July 2013

    Dawne-Hope, you can toast your marshmallow without a fire. And that's about the only good thing I can think of for a heat index over 100!

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  • Binney4
    Binney4 Member Posts: 8,609
    edited July 2013

    Actually, you can also make sun tea and dry figs. But I'd trade all that free-for-the-taking solar energy right now for a day in Cookie's igloo!
    Binney

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited July 2013

    OK out with my conversion tool again...

    Dawn...Awwww a month 0f over 40.55556 degrees Yell ...Im NOT envious. You guys need all the icecream and igloos you can get! Cold as here today today... you guys make me appreciate it THX! . LOL the good thing about living in the country is you just dont go into town and get all those yummies.

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  • cookiegal
    cookiegal Member Posts: 3,296
    edited July 2013

    I watch Buying Alaska on Destination America ....there is a rain forest part of Alaska with no snow....how disappointing. So what are we going to do inside this igloo? We can have Hawaii style shave ice.

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