not hot enough for pho
I asked the server at the new neighborhood Vietnamese restaurant which she recommends - the pho or the lemongrass rice noodle bowl. She thought for a moment and said that since it’s not hot outside today, I shouldn’t have the soup. It’s funny how many people think the opposite - that pho is for cool weather.
3 Migrated Comments
Karen Hemmerle
2019-05-18T15:14:33-06:00
For some reason, Americans in general have never embraced the concept of eating hot and spicy foods when the weather is hot in order to sweat and cool off. I suspect our fear of sweat is at the root of it, as is the fact that my (and many others’) English and Scottish ancestors had little concept of too-hot weather or spicy food.
Kevin
2019-05-18T16:34:36-06:00
If by cool you mean “when hell freezes over” then I would agree with them.
Betty Bradley
2019-05-18T19:19:54-06:00
It’s cold here (4″ wet snow this morning) and we had soup for supper.
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