Do you still choose hot food and drinks when it's hot outside?

Rosie_Scope
Rosie_Scope Posts: 9,741 Online Community Team
in Coffee lounge

Having just sweated through a bowl of steaming hot pasta while it's 33 degrees outside, it struck me that maybe I'd made a mistake with my lunchtime choices. So I think I'll be pootling off to Tesco tomorrow to grab some salad. Probably just in time for the rain to come back ๐Ÿ˜‚

But I'm just interested to know what everyone else is doing:

Do you stick to the same hot meals when it's hot or do you swap out to something lighter and cooler?

What about things like tea and coffee? Some people say it cools them down but I'm not sure I'm convinced on that! Do you still go for a hot drink when it's warm outside?

ยซ1

Comments

  • Legwax
    Legwax Community Member Posts: 198 Empowering

    @Rosie_Scope that made me laugh! People living in hot countries eat hot food all the time. I have eaten ice pops, frozen sliced bananas, a honeydew melon, a (cold) pain au chocolat and drunk water. I couldn't boil an egg let alone cook pasta! I did walk through and around Tesco yesterday just to keep cool. Bought a bag of ice.

  • Ross1975
    Ross1975 Community Member Posts: 1,660 Championing

    I eat the same food but usually when drinking something it'll be cold with ice cubes in it.

    On the rare occasion I'll still have a hot coffee, tea, or Bovril.

  • Rosie_Scope
    Rosie_Scope Posts: 9,741 Online Community Team

    How do you get on with Wiltshire Farm Foods @Ranald, are they tasty?

    @Legwax that's the thing isn't it! Places like India often eat hot curries and other spicy dishes all the time and here's me complaining about my pasta ๐Ÿ˜‚

    Do you just eat the frozen banana in the shape it comes or do you cut it up? I've made 'ice cream' out of frozen bananas before but I haven't ever tried it just straight up in the natural banana shape.

    @Ross1975, that's a good way to do it. A cool drink makes all the difference I think!

  • michael57
    michael57 Community Member Posts: 3,418 Championing

    Copious amounts of hot tea come rain sun or cold take the weather as it comes all seasons have there benifits

  • Zipz
    Zipz Community Member Posts: 4,348 Championing

    I can't cook. I depend on ready meals. Knowing it was going to be very hot this week, I bought in cold meat and fish and loads of salad stuff. I'll have chilled potato salad this evening. I still drink green tea, hot or cold, all day long.

  • trouble5316
    trouble5316 Community Member Posts: 158 Contributor

    I love my coffee even when it's hot rosie

  • Rosie_Scope
    Rosie_Scope Posts: 9,741 Online Community Team

    Very true @michael57, I'm sure I'll be complaining that it's too cold in a few months time!

    That sounds tasty @Zipz, I love those kinds of salady meals.

    Do you always drink it hot @trouble5316? I'm not very good with caffeine but I've been exploring decaf ice coffee lately, it's a nice change.

  • Legwax
    Legwax Community Member Posts: 198 Empowering

    @Rosie_Scope Exactly, banana ice cream! I'm low maintenance so open, cut, chuck in a container, freeze. Eat like that! Slices freeze fast. I am also not sure about drinking hot drinks to cool down.

    I hope everyone is managing if not enjoying the weather. Cooler outside so I will be going out in a bit. I love it but I know it can be uncomfortable.

  • Rosie_Scope
    Rosie_Scope Posts: 9,741 Online Community Team
    edited June 2025

    Ooh yes that sounds refreshing @Legwax. I've whizzed it up with a bit of cocoa powder or even chocolate chips, that can be nice too. Think I'll have to be picking up some bananas tomorrow ๐Ÿ˜

    Sounds like you're staying hydrated year round @Catherine21!

  • michael57
    michael57 Community Member Posts: 3,418 Championing
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1043743#Comment_1043743

    rather a lot haha and its tea leaves in a pot with a tea cosy that dawnie crocheted tea bags are mainly sweepings and dust just my opinion i must add

  • michael57
    michael57 Community Member Posts: 3,418 Championing
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1043756#Comment_1043756

    my good deed for the day done then haha

  • Zipz
    Zipz Community Member Posts: 4,348 Championing
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1043742#Comment_1043742

    Never, never bit WFF cocktail sausages or stuffing ball. It's enough to damage your jaws.. and one of mine is dodgy anyway. Imagine writing on a DWP form that you'd met with an accident when eating a ready meal.

  • worried33
    worried33 Community Member Posts: 1,113 Championing

    I have much less of an appetite in hot weather although sadly doesnt help my weight.
    I find a I have a much higher desire for chilled drinks as well.
    Doesnt seem to affect cold food vs hot food on my intake.

  • Biblioklept
    Biblioklept Community Member Posts: 673 Trailblazing

    I lose my appetite in hot weather too @worried33, end up not fancying stuff!!

    I'd eat a hot meal in hot weather but making it and having an even hotter kitchen is awful so I tend to pick and graze if I get hungry ๐Ÿ˜†

    Although being real, I do that in winter too, cooking is a lot of effort!!

  • Amberpearl
    Amberpearl Community Member Posts: 4,283 Championing

    Only cold drjnks

    But still eat hot food

  • Albus_Alumni
    Albus_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 11,373 Championing

    I'm still drinking my hot coffee. Helps to balance inside body heat and outside body heat, supposedly it stops the heat from being quite so uncomfortable. It may be an old wives tale, but at least I'm awake. ๐Ÿ˜†

    I do have some Calypos in the freezer for later though.

  • Jonta
    Jonta Community Member Posts: 2 Listener
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/136178/do-you-still-choose-hot-food-and-drinks-when-its-hot-outside

    I was told once that tea refreshes you even on a hot day until the temp rises to 75 degrees farenheit.

  • durhamjaide2001
    durhamjaide2001 Scope Member Posts: 15,450 Championing

    I still eat and drink hot and cold food however I have been drinking more iced coffee I'm on my 3rd can of Diet Coke today that's bad isn't it.


    I rely on ready meals as well I get the M&S ready meals or sometimes Sainsbury's because I find Wiltshire farm food and oak house farm foods bland and the portion sizes are too small for me.

  • Amaya_Ringo
    Amaya_Ringo Community Member Posts: 408 Championing

    My logistical skills are bad so I can't cook - I'm at the mercy of whoever is cooking :) So yes, mostly hot food when at home. I buy cold food for lunch at work, though, and rarely have hot lunch at home, even in the winter.

    Even in the summer months, soup is not uncommon in this house. Though this weekend there is no soup, thankfully. That would be a bit much!

    All that said, in the winter I never drink hot drinks - most of them I don't like, and those I do, there's always the rush to drink them before they go cold. So everything I drink in the summer is also cold. I don't really like drinks from the fridge, but in this temperature I make exceptions.

  • rubin16
    rubin16 Scope Member Posts: 1,620 Championing

    I always prefer everything cold, even if its winter outside. I don't like hot drinks and prefer colder food. If I go greggs for example I always make sure to leave my pasty for it to cool and then eat, same with all food. I think I have a sensativity to hot things.

    Although in this heat its even worst, so just been living off sandwiches and salads till it cools down. I have less of an appitite when its this hot too, just makes me not want to eat.

Categories