memorial day... the food

[katsie]

The other reason for Memorial Day is, of course, the official kick-off of summertime activities - most notably the first real barbequeing/grilling day of the year. Everyone either fires up one of those nice gas grills or (for the rest of us without money) pulls one of those $29.99 blue light special charcoal grills out of storage, dusts it off, and

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[blade_and_roses]

I'm with you on the dog, love Bush's beans, would like to boot the dog out the window.

The meal sounded great -- for me, though, the official start of the cookout season has to involve hamburgers, potato salad, watermelon and corn. And in a miraculous turn of events, we did not set the corn husks on fire this year when we grilled them. Finally, someone remembered to soak them in water before grilling.

[katsie]

Hamburgers and corn were originally scheduled to make an appearance, as was potato salad, but some of our guests dropped out unepectedly as did their contributions to the feast *g*

I'm, personally, a hot dog fanatic. My mother claims I only survived to that age of ten on hot dogs and pb&j. I won't turn down a good cheeseburger though.

Must remember the corn tip, I've never grilled them before and I believe they'll be making an appearance on the 4th of July.