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Most of us have certain traditions that we observe on Independence day.
Family picnics...fireworks....hotdogs and potato salad.....what could be more American than that.
I paricularly like the eating part of it all.....a wiener cooked over charcoal, slathered with mustard and chopped onions...ummmmmm-um!
Over the years I have discovered that when I say hot dog here in Detroit....it isnt the same hot dog that people in other parts of the country enjoy.
Down south they put coleslow on thier wieners....In Chicago, they do all kinds of other things with thier sausages. (Pickles and sliced tomatoes????) Deep fried hotdogs in Philly?
My point is....I would like too hear what other folks enjoy for thier 4th of July feasts. Different strokes....from different folks.
My wife and I like too start our holiday with a breakfast treat.
It's real easy too make.....just a banana and a cantalope.

Emmo wrote:
Depends on how its prepared....sour kraut kind of speaks for itself although I am sure it tastes fine on hot dogs....but then there is sweet kraut...sweet yet tangy on the tongue and much tastier with brats...

Carrots are a good choice. Good for the eyes I've heard.

If you slice some apples up and put them in the kraut, the kraut tends to be more mild.

Paula,
You have too remember that the Potato famine wasnt just about the potatoes....
It also had a devestating effect on many of thier other crops.....thier cukes in particular.
(A relative comparison of crop growth effects.)

Rob,
That's a good tip. A little apple mixed in with saurkraut really takes the edge off.  (Brown sugar is another good addition.)
You really should check your soil before you plant carrots....They like a sandy soil, with no obstruction too thier growth...it a appears that you might be planting them in an area that is quite rocky.

Paula wrote:

Thats funny. They call me shorty until I drop trow.

Kevin,
You are further proof of what a healthy diet can do for a guy.

Good tips for the sour kraut.  I'll eat what they make for me.  I like my wieners deep in with some mustard and onions.   I also like the firmness of the fleshy watermelon. 

A Fourth of July without Melons just isn't American. Yea, I have noticed that women really like melons.
It seems I am always seeing women with big melons.


This woman is carrying two melons...........




This woman is carrying two melons under her shirt. I presume to keep them dry.




This woman just loves plump juicy melons, she even wears a shirt pointing that out.........





This woman like carrying her two melons in her hands........and if ones a little bigger than the other, what the heck.
As long as they are succulant, who cares?




Now these ladies have come up with a different melon......one more suited for their taste.

buttlint wrote:
Isn't that the way life always seems to go?  Feast or famine.......