Cold noodles and ice cream

Homemade cold noodles

The heatwave is suffocating everyone. The govt has allowed no masks in schools and open spaces because the mask will impede breathing in this 40 degree wether. Now there's no need to enforce a stay-home order ... it's so hot nobody wants to go out. But I pity the poor families who live 8 people to a single room apartment ... it must be dreadful in this heat to be cooped up. Happily there are a few shaded mini-plazas in the arab part of the Old City so children can go out and old people sit under the trees and wait for the fast to end.

Cold noodles DIY

And local scientists say in by the end of this century Israel will turn into a desert because of climate change resulting in frequent heatwaves.  https://www.ynetnews.com/business/article/SyJweZbjI?fbclid=IwAR1MFwV_W5TJLt4RBe0MVIaul2lPg_wq88PYcMcLMRP_-HrG05m2P1I1KN0

Well one good thing about the heat is ... scientists here claim it will slow done the viral contagion. Well I certainly hope so. And just now we learn the govt has allowed all restaurants to open on May 27th ... but you can only go and eat there if you first make a reservation and then declare your medical status. So you need a medical chit from a doctor to eat in a restaurant????   https://www.ynetnews.com/article/rJvUXUbsL?fbclid=IwAR26ad0dHa92BMrHWk_I08m9Xfv9NgzzrfG23Z9YdhxZB75emALLCRBlGz0

Homemade ice cream

Well I had a great lunch today without spending time and money at a restaurant! The chinese sisters made flat rice noodles and cooked up a northern chinese dish of cold noodles: with sesame sauce, fresh cucumbers, garlic vinegar and parsley. Loved it. The sisters wanted to celebrate Matthia's graduation yesterday. And they also made ice-cream with vanilla flown in from Paris. It was wonderful. A great treat after 8 weeks of lockdown eating frozen bread. And in this heatwave which was over 40 degrees today, cold noodles and ice cream were just perfect! And of course, Matthias was feted. So all's well that ends well.