Dr. John Guzlowski reflects on freedom in Bob Dylan’s Subterranean Homesick Blues and tries to find the best cover in “Subterranean Homesick Blues” Covers.

His hot weather experience as seen through the eyes of old Polish wisdom is found in Shchav Soup: Recipe for a Hot Day

Back in the old days before anybody had air-conditioning, my mother, a Polish woman from the old country, felt that the surest cure for hot weather was szczawiowa zupa, shchav, swiss chard soup.

She’d get up early on a day that promised to be in the high 90s, and she’d fix schav. It wouldn’t take long and it didn’t require a lot of cooking, so it didn’t heat up our apartment. When she had it prepared, she’d stick it into the refrigerator to cool off. In the evening, she’d serve it for dinner when it was in the 90s both outside and inside.

Believe me, it always took the temperature down 10 degrees.

Here’s my recipe…

Here’s another take on sorrel soup, with a recipe, from the Straight from the Farm blog.

I received the same bits of wisdom from my Busha… Hot day? Hot drinks and hot soup… and yes, it does work.

From Kotlet TV: Jak zrobić zupę szczawiową (preparing sorrel soup)

Smacznego!