Summer Specialties: What Foods Will You Miss Most This Winter?

Sunday, 20 September 2009

Summer Specialties: What Foods Will You Miss Most This Winter?

As I'm writing this, I can hear the faint jingle of a Mr. Softee ice cream truck wafting down the streets of Queens, and I seem to catch a bittersweet undertone that reminds me it won't be around for too much longer.

If you've ever lived in the New York City area, you know exactly what I'm talking about. The iconic trucks begin popping up around April and stick around until jacket weather hits. The offerings are far from gourmet – we're talking gelatinated psuedo-cream, infused with preservatives, dipped in cookie crumbs or rainbow sprinkles. But for a few months a year, the delightful little cones and the jingle that accompanies them become such a part of the cityscape that you can't imagine summer otherwise.

There are plenty of other foods that fall into the same category: summer specialties that, like a migrating swallow, seem to disappear when the weather turns.

Some you just can't easily find out of season, like snow cone carts, corn-on-the-cob or fresh melons. Others are technically available but seem displaced. You can grill a mahi steak in the dead of winter, but it hardly feels the same.

So as the warm weather finally fades into fall, what foods will you miss the most?

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haha i used to get ice cream from those trucks but now I buy ice cream by the gallon.
I'm going to miss.. watermelons! They are the best summer fruits
- 9/20/2009 9:28 PM
- sweetchocolatecakes@xanga (message)
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I'll miss fresh berries the most D: And watermelon. The ones you get in the winter just aren't the saaaame
- 9/20/2009 9:34 PM
- live_for_love@xanga (message)
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Summer fruits, and carnival food... even though I didn't get any this summer anyway. =/
- 9/20/2009 9:34 PM
- Isolated_Surveys@xanga (message)
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WATERMELON!
- 9/20/2009 9:34 PM
- sparkletone1684@xanga (message)
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I had my last "official" Mr. Softee cone today. =( I will also miss Summer Peach Sangria. But I look forward to Sam Adams Oktoberfest blend ^_^
- 9/20/2009 9:36 PM
- dolcecorazon@dollarish (message)
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Corn on the cob is always a favorite of mine! I will miss that.

But I am looking forward to cookie baking weather and hearty stews that just arent appetizing in the summer!
- 9/20/2009 9:41 PM
- der_lila_Stern@xanga (message)
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The fresh fruit.
- 9/20/2009 9:48 PM
- BebstersBlog2@xanga (message)
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WATERMELON/BERRIES/FRUIT. not ice cream because I have that all year round..
- 9/20/2009 10:24 PM
- fried_ryce@xanga (message)
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@dolcecorazon@dollarish - They're already out there! I bought my first Sam Adams Octoberfest six pack last week. And yet I have to say, I prefer their Summer Ale...
- 9/20/2009 10:26 PM
- zeejay (message)
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Fruits of course.
- 9/20/2009 10:40 PM
- shunny@xanga (message)
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freezer pops!
- 9/20/2009 10:49 PM
- ArtByV@xanga (message)
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@zeejay - Nice! I've never had the Summer Ale. That will be the first thing I do Summer 2010 =) Thanks!
- 9/20/2009 11:05 PM
- dolcecorazon@dollarish (message)
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watermelon and popscicles... if it wasn't for those 2 foods i would have never made it through the first trimester lol
still i'm excited for apple cider and pies and chili and all the fall/winter foods =)
- 9/20/2009 11:30 PM
- pretend2fly@xanga (message)
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Pink Champagne Sno Cones and cheap asparagus.
- 9/21/2009 12:55 AM
- adept_of_chaos@xanga (message)
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@zeejay - You know, I always had a thing for their Cherry Wheat. I look forward to that every year.
- 9/21/2009 1:31 AM
- chow (message)
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One thing to say:
Hawai'i: ENDLESS SUMMER!!!
Though to be honest, I wish we had seasons. =/
- 9/21/2009 1:33 AM
- chow (message)
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Pink champane, electric lemonade, watermelon, snow cones, carnival food.
- 9/21/2009 1:55 AM
- Lifebeginsafter30lbs@xanga (message)
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my mom's cold limeade drink.
- 9/21/2009 3:16 AM
- twistandshoutx@xanga (message)
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Watermelon and BBQ. But i'm pretty hyped for fall foods.
- 9/21/2009 9:23 AM
- LillyVRose@xanga (message)
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@LillyVRose@xanga - i agree with you on watermelon and bbq.
- 9/21/2009 6:12 PM
- mewithoutu77@xanga (message)
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Rainier cherries!
- 9/21/2009 9:32 PM
- ScorpioInBlack@xanga (message)
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def. watermelon and icees
- 9/21/2009 9:53 PM
- mszstef@xanga (message)
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new jersey peaches :) they are so delicious.
- 9/23/2009 12:07 AM
- anorexique_xo@xanga (message)
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yeah...i eat whatever i want all year-round but you're right-some things are best suited to certain seasons.
i'm going to miss the swedish fish and vanilla ice cream gelati from ritas! that's my favorite summer treat!!!
- 10/4/2009 3:15 PM
- shanon12@xanga (message)
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