"Billy" > wrote in message
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> In article >,
> "Julie Bove" > wrote:
>
>> "Jacquie" > wrote in message
>> m...
>> >
>> > "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
>> > ...
>> >>I am soooo uninspired this year. It's still cold here. I would turn
>> >>the
>> >>heat on if I could afford to! I'm still wearing flannel to bed and
>> >>still
>> >>have the flannel sheets on. Had to dig out an extra blanket for
>> >>Angela.
>> >>
>> >> I have some pea beans and that brown sugar Splenda. I plan to make
>> >> some
>> >> kind of low sugar baked beans with that. I'm sure Angela will
>> >> complain
>> >> about the end result. She never likes my beans. She does like the
>> >> canned kind.
>> >>
>> >> I just don't know what else to make. I usually do hamburger patties
>> >> and
>> >> maybe some hot dogs. She and I don't eat the buns. And my husband
>> >> won't
>> >> be here so I don't have to worry about buns for him. If this is what
>> >> I
>> >> will make. I still have a few burger patties in the freezer. I will
>> >> ask
>> >> her about the hot dogs. Once in a while she will want them but
>> >> usually
>> >> not. I do also have some frozen cooked chicken breast.
>> >>
>> >> What other foods are traditionally served on the 4th? I can't really
>> >> make some of the stuff that I used to. I used to make a yummy
>> >> macaroni
>> >> and cheese with tuna salad. But I can't have that. My normal pasta
>> >> salad has beans in it. I guess I could make a small pasta salad of
>> >> some
>> >> kind with just raw veggies and no beans. Because I wouldn't want
>> >> beans
>> >> with the baked beans. OTOH I don't want too many carbs. Grrr...
>> >> Always
>> >> something.
>> >>
>> >> We do normally have things like raw veggies and olives on a regular
>> >> basis.
>> >>
>> >> We don't do desserts. And I don't eat fruit although Angela does. I
>> >> know that watermelon is a typical 4th food.
>> >>
>> >> I just want to make some kind of a special meal because we probably
>> >> won't
>> >> be having any fireworks. With my husband retiring in a few days we
>> >> can't
>> >> afford to buy much. I think I do have a few small things left in the
>> >> garage. But... They are predicting showers on the 4th and a high of
>> >> only 66! We might have to just sit in the house and watch stuff on
>> >> TV.
>> >> Normally our neighbors do those really good, expensive ones so I don't
>> >> buy too many. But even to buy a few smallish things can get me to
>> >> spend
>> >> $100.
>> >>
>> >> So what foods do you normally serve on the 4th? And if you don't
>> >> celebrate the 4th where you are at... What kinds of festive foods
>> >> would
>> >> you serve for a summer party? Oh and we don't own a BBQ nor do I want
>> >> to
>> >> have one. So it would have to be non-grilled stuff. Thanks!
>> >>
>> >>
>> > Since I'm having surgery Friday, I will probably won't be eating
>> > anything
>> > with to much fat. I found that Jennie-O's turkey dogs aren't to bad.
>> > Oscar
>> > Meyer now has white turkey hotdogs...I could try those.I can't eat
>> > Turkey
>> > Burgers they make me gag. The lady that did my heart echo the other day
>> > said she found a Mesquite seasoning that really make Turkey Burgers
>> > taste
>> > good. If I feel up to it I will make Potato Salad and baked beans for
>> > hubby and anyone else that drops by. I'll make a salad for me. I'm
>> > going
>> > to make something with cherries for hubby...he likes cherry pie filling
>> > in
>> > crust ...have to look at my recipes. If I feel like it I will have
>> > watermelon for dessert. If it was a normal 4th for us, we would invite
>> > the
>> > kids over and have ribs, chicken, burgers and hot dogs , Potato Salad,
>> > Baked Beans. Fresh veggies with a dip of some sorts. Some 4ths I have
>> > bbqued a brisket , maybe have baked potatoes and a salad. That is
>> > usually
>> > if it is just going to be hubby and me,
>>
>> Ooooh, I do not like turkey burgers. Angela likes those though.
>>
>> I have never made a brisket. One day I will. I think my husband would
>> like
>> it. Not with BBQ though. We don't like that flavor.
>
> You don't like the taste of smoke, or the BBQ sauce (which I do't care
> for)?

Right. I don't like the taste of either. And I don't think that food that
is cooked on a BBQ is healthy. So we generally won't eat it. Once in a
blue moon we will be invited to a BBQ and then I might eat a hamburger
patty. I figure it can't do too much damage then. But as a general rule, I
won't eat it.