A Thought Question

[gnomi]

Is 46 degree weather too warm to serve cholent with Shabbat lunch?

Comments

[asciikitty.livejournal.com]

No. Any temperature under 70 is perfectly fine for that kind of meal. Hm. Maybe 60. 46 is plenty cold enough.

[mabfan.livejournal.com]

I want cholent.

[xiphias.livejournal.com]

No.

I think the cutoff for cholent is somewhere around 80 degrees, myself.

[thespisgeoff.livejournal.com]

Folks in my native Houston would serve cholent year-round; it wasn't unheard of to have it in 90-degree weather. Ridiculous to me when the idea of "hot meal" is a punishment rather than a treat, but it's amazing how much Southern folks hold on to traditions that only make sense in a less temperate climate.

[tsuki-no-bara.livejournal.com]

not at all! and now i'm hungry.

[dhole.livejournal.com]

Way too hot!

Of course, 46 here is about 115 in the US.

[elul-3.livejournal.com]

Yes. This. I had no idea we were expected to have a midsummer heat wave this Shabbat.

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

And I repeat: Pbbbththththhtht!

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

Pbbbththththhtht!

[sdelmonte]

It's good in any weather under 60.

And even over 60 if it's at the shul kiddush.

[vettecat.livejournal.com]

It's never too hot for cholent!

(We actually tend to do it as a summer thing, b/c the crockpot throws less heat than leaving the oven on.)

[batyatoon]

We're making it this week. :)

[tapuz.livejournal.com]

Anytime that shabbat starts before 6 is not too warm to serve cholent.

That said, why *with* lunch and not *as* or *at* lunch?

[rivkaesque.livejournal.com]

nope! anything where you're not wishing that tzneus didn't require long sleeves is cool enough for cholent.

[cellio]

If it's going to be 46 degrees inside your house, you'll need the cholent to warm up. If your heat is on, then why does the outside temperature matter? :-) (I figure any time the furnace is on is a fine time to have cholent.)