Certain people I know are posting countdowns until Halloween, then “crisp air,” then Christmas.

Could you all please stop planning your trick-or-treat costumes and your flavors of hot chocolate? Just put on a tank top and enjoy our few remaining days hot enough to eat salad for dinner. Might I suggest Chinese Turkey Pasta Salad, paired with a bread such as Sour Cream Chive Bread?

Your crisp air will be along soon enough, followed by howling winds, icy sidewalks, flu symptoms, etc., etc., etc. (I notice you posted no countdown to these delights.)

But I digress. Please, just enjoy this tasty salad.