We are in the middle of our Culture Chapter, so I thought it appropriate to discuss food. You don’t have to be a sociologist to know that regardless of culture, life happens around food. We celebrate, we mourn, we bond and we share precious moments around meals. Summer time is no exception. In the United States it seems as though we have foods specifically enjoyed at this time of the year. However, they may differ across regions of the U.S. and among cultural practices within the same state.
In your comment list your favorite summer activity and the food that goes along with it.
Tom
Samantha Morris - Online -
ReplyDeleteGrilling out is a great past time for my family and I. We love making burgers, hot dogs, and bbq chicken. Anytime we grill out we love to have pasta salad. Pasta salad to my husband and I equals summer. I never make it in the winter because…well I don’t know why, it’s just a summer food in our house. Even if we grill out in winter I don’t make it. I will make potato salad or beans. I don’t think I have ever thought as to why I make the pasta salad only in summer but it’s just something my family has been doing since I was young.
All I have to say is corn and peaches. In my home i have a tendency to make my family a little tired at the summers end of these things. We also grill out mostly during the summer which gives me a handful of other ways to make these. I come from a very large family and when i married my husband he also has a huge family so holidays during the summers are tremendous. This gives me joy to cook some of my favorite meals that are impossible to make, because fresh peaches are rare in the winter.
ReplyDeleteLaura Mills(online)
ReplyDeleteWhen the sun rises my family loads up in the truck with the boat in tow headed to the lake. When we are on the water we ride for a while. Then beach the boat the on an island of our choosing away from everyone. We have a little weber we always take with us. Hot dogs and hamburgers chips and gatorade is the menu everytime we go out to the lake.It is like the water and the grill go hand in hand in my family. All winter my hubby and i fight and bicker but once we are on the lake we are in love agian. Not sure how it happens must be good food and great friends.
Ashley Hansen (ONLINE)
ReplyDeleteTypically I do not have big celebrations for the summer. I do not really have any family except for my 3 year old daughter and my husband. Usually for the summer time we just eat lighter meals such as a lot more fruits and salads. I do not like to eat a bunch of hot meals because the mixture of the extreme heat and hot meals does not really set well with my stomach. Don't get me wrong we still eat hot meals such as hot dogs, hamburgers, soups, and those type things, there just ususally reseved for dinner. The only time we really have any summer time celebrations are on my daughters birthday ( which is this Friday!!!) and on my birthday which was on the 6th, and usually we go to one of my favorite restaurants which is scalini's and cook out or get pizza for hers. Other than that, unless we go to a friends cook out, we do not really eat differently in the summer time. However, the fall/winter season is a different story!!!
Like most of you guys, we love to grill during the summer months. Some of our favorite items to grill are usually salmon, chicken, kabobs hamburgers and of course hotdogs!! My personal favorite is to put a good old sweet potato on the grill. I love color so our sides are usually pastas or baked beans. The best part of grilling is the easy cleanup and thats usually my excuse to use paper products.
ReplyDeleteI hate to sound so cliched, but my favorite summer past time would also have to be cooking out with the family. My mother lives in Cartersville, GA which is around an hour from where I live, but everytime we go down there we always end up grilling out. This past grill out that we had my stepdad had just bought a Weber grill, and was super excited about it. Honestly, I wouldn't know the difference but apparently it is some great grill. Also, at least once a summer we try to all get together and have some sort of family vacation to Florida. A couple of summers we were going to my uncle's beach house, and then this summer we planned on going to Disneyland, but some job shifts put that on hold for awhile. Hopefully, next summer we will get back to the vacation part of our summers though because I think it is great to spend sometime with your family since you don't really get to see them as much as you would like.
ReplyDeleteNovella Noble "Online" said.....Culturally my family is light eaters in the Summer time. We mostly do a lot of bakes goods like cakes, pastries, salads, fish dishes, etc we use the summer time to go to the beach, fishing, and the lake. We are a very outdoor's family and enjoy traveling and sight seeing during this season however the temperature have been sort of a downer this summer because GA’s weather has definitely been hot. We try to take advantage of the long daylight savings time and enjoy the outdoors.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite summer activity is vacationing. I love traveling. Specifically I love road trips. Food and road trips are peacefully compatible. If you're trying to save money then you are forced to eat snacks which isn't terribly bad at all. However, if your not saving money you have a plethora of restaurants to explore on your road trip.
ReplyDeleteJudith Miller (online) says...
ReplyDeleteGrilling out for sure!! When I think of Summer I think of grilling some hot dogs, burgers, ribs, whatever, and having corn on the cob, sliced watermelon, pasta or potato salad, baked beans, etc. Getting together with family and friends, doing fireworks, visiting the beach, or just hanging out on the deck or the porch. Call it your normal southern picnic outing, but I call it pure family fun and it brings everyone together. I love Summer...is it really almost over?? :(
I don't really have any summer activities because I am always working, especially on the holidays. I also don't have any foods that I just eat in the summer. I eat the same kinds of foods in the winter. I am not one of these people that just eat salads or just BBQ or even light foods. I do like to grill out even in the winter. I like eating foods like pizza, soups, and other hot foods in the summer. I know some people think that I am crazy for eating ice cream in the winter. I usually don't turn foods away except maybe liver. All this food talk is making me hungry. I need to make something to eat right now.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite summer activity is the 4th of July, I know that is the day we celebrate our Independence. In my culture it's also the time when family and friends celebrate with one another. During that time my family usually barbeques we eat our grilled chicken, salad, bake beans, shish kabos , and of course my favorite grilled corn on the cob. It tastes so authentic just like I picked it myself. Unfortunately, my sister-n-law is the best cook among us so she usually prepares all the food. Once we have eaten we all sit around watch the fireworks then after we watch movies and enjoy family.
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ReplyDeleteWell I'm going to be the first one to say this, but the activity is fishing and the food is ice cold beer and whatever else is around. The fishing favorite by far is north Georgia trout stream fishing (which was restricted by season only until recent years). I don't prefer to fly fish - too much to tangle. The Department of Natural Resources is still in the habit of stocking some mountainous trout streams yearly, so if you know what you're doing you can usually catch your limit before breakfast (which will of course include bacon and beer).
At first when I read Ashley Hansen comment I thought WOW! It's hard not to have alot of family in GA. I dont have family here besides my husbands family. And when we are not celebrating with them. We usually celebrate with our church friends. It's also a good thing to celebrate with just friends who becomes your family. Like a home away from home. So on those special holidays like birthdays or 4th of July you could establish a birthday or holiday club where you all celebrate at one another house. you can take turns. If they have children set up a small kickball game and let the kids participate also. Although I commented on that aspect of your celebration I also so that for Christmas you make up for all of the summer things you didnt do .
ReplyDeleteMotunrayo Akerejola (online)
ReplyDeleteMy family and I do not have a particular activity associated with summer as i was raised in Nigeria where it's summer all year round, but we do take advantage of the warm weather to spend as much time outdoors. Of course, my husband and kids love food but we do not have particular preferences. Over time, we have developed a practice where all members of the family come up with recipes which they would prefer we cook. The food may not come out perfect but the time we spend deciding on the food for the evening has become an activity which everybody looks forward to.
Terri, my favorite summer activity, is 1 week before school starts I give my kids a back to school party. I have games for the kids to play, we have a volleyball game kids against the adults. we have a cakewalk.we have a water ballon fight called (think fast).you ask a question,if they don't answer fast you hit them with it. for food we have hot dogs, burgers,BBQ,chips,drinks,water, ice cream,cookies, popcicles,. And when night falls I pull out the projector in the yard and let them watch a movie, and give them popcorn,candy, and a drink. when the movie is over I say good bye I will see you again next summer.
ReplyDeleteAshley Logan (online)
ReplyDeleteMy family like to cookout. Throwing some hotdogs or hamburgers and the favorite ribs on the grill and soak them in that sweet sauce just makes their mouths water. The meats are left up to the men the women make the coleslaw or potatoe salad, baked beans and especially those garden grown vegetables. I think that their favorite is desert is that homemade strawberry shortcake or baked apple pies. The kids usually have some type of ice cream. When we go to the lake we sometimes cook some fish. While the food is cooking the kids are playing in the pool the men are playing horseshoes or whatever keeps them occupied until the food is done.
Summer has always been a time for my family and I to get together and do all kinds of activities. From vacations to White Water, or Stone Mountain and making homemade icecream. We usually spend alot of time outside enjoying the weather and letting the kids play. My favorite activity for Summer time is just getting that time to spend with my family. We take my son to swing, or to ride 4-wheelers, or play around the lake. Homemade icecream is a must because we can all take part in doing something, and have a good conversation while enjoying our favorite summer dessert.
ReplyDeleteJason Mccleary(online)
ReplyDeleteWell i have a lot of things i like to do during the summer but, mainly its cooking out on the grill and going to the lake to stay the day or camp out. It always seems that hamburgers and hot dogs are there then you might have steaks or ribs and chicken around sometimes and got all the fixing like baked potatoes, corn, potato salad, chili, slaw, tomatoes, onions, lettuce, baked beans and other things of that nature. Also you always need a good dessert to go with everything.
My family favorite activity is to gather the entire family and go to Wisconsin Dell( Just moved to GA from WI), Six Flags or Mall of America for the week and once we get back home we grill out and have Beer Bratwurst,Ribs,Steak,Chicken and Corn on the corn with lots of Honey Butter and a Watermelon fruit mix YUM!!! My favorite time of the year
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ReplyDeleteI think that having a back to school party for the kids is a great idea and helps the kids get into the mode of going back to school again and I wish more people in the community would make that a bigger thing because the kids are the Future Great Job
Definitely grilling! I love spending time by the pool or lake in summer (anything that has cool water, considering high temperatures we have in Atlanta). And it is a perfect place to cook out. Hamburgers, hot dogs, grilled chicken, ribs with fresh vegetables and fruits etc. I really want to try fishing one day, so grilled fish can be added to the list. My other favorite place to cook out is Piedmont Park. It’s one of my favorite areas in Atlanta, and it’s just so peaceful and clean, and perfect. I love spending evenings there when it’s not too hot.
ReplyDeleteJason Mccleary(online)
ReplyDeleteresponding to Yelena Kanayeva's comment i really think you should try fishing its a great way to relax and have fun at the same time even though you need a lot of patience with it. Fish is great grilled fried and baked and is also healthy.
Ashley online
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I think that most of us have the same things at a cook out. I think that you would really like fishing and that way you could also try the fish. It is yummy. I also like going to the lake and spending time camping and also beign with the ones you love.
I enjoy going home to Mississippi and having a good ole fashion "Fish Fry". Yes, I know it's bad for you, but the catfish in Mississippi is very good! Also served are hush puppies, coleslaw, and for dessert, homemade ice cream! I guess that is why Mississippi ranks number one in the United States for obesity. Not something I'm proud of, but the food is so good!
ReplyDeleteNowhere makes fried catfish like Mississippi.Oh and let's not forget the sweet tea. Add your family, and let the good times roll!
Reply to Yelena Kanayeva....As a child my father used to take me fishing with him all the time and I actually enjoyed it. However as a adult I absolutely hate it. I am not a fan on sitting in the hot sun nor do I like bugs. But many say it is peaceful, relaxing and plain old fun. Try it, you may just like it but it is definately no walk in the park.
ReplyDeleteReply to Yelena Kanayeva and Diamond Darden..I absolutely love fishing. But, the key is not to go during mid hot summer days. Instead go late in the afternoon. That is, if you have a nearby place to go. There is nothing better than drinking a cold beer and catching some fish.
ReplyDeletesummer used to be the best time of the year. but this year Georgia has been very very hot.during summer we take short vacations to different beaches,rent a boat at allatoona and if we are in town someone is always grilling.goat meat,chicken,humburgers and ribs are always on the grill.and you can never go wrong with a cold alcohol drink.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite activity during the summer is swimming, but eating in the pool is not the best idea. I usually take a pizza to the pool and eat between swimming.
ReplyDeleteT. Lewis; I enjoy cooking on the grill for my family during the wonderful summer days. My favorite food item always include one surpeise that i have beforehand researched and i really enjoy sharing this great treat with them. i,e, corn on the cobb, sweet potatoes, asprigus, peaches and of course my secret weapon. I butterfly a couple of whole chickens and slow cook w/ in-direct heat...the best in the world.
ReplyDeletewhen i think of summer i think of camping, caving, rock climbing, fishing,bbqing, i think about my smoked samon i grill and grilled corn on the cob and a corndog and flat beer at a base ball game
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ReplyDeleteI must say that grilling is the thing to do, although it is hot as I don't know what. The fourth of july, as with most people, is the time that people show most of their grilling skills, but me I grill whenever I get the urge.I agree with future pres.colton holt, grill some corn on the cob, chicken, hamburgers, hotdogs... you name it, that is the thing to do throughout the summer.
My favorite summer activity is cooking out.We have Memorial Day, Fourth of July, and Labor Day and we also celebrate family birthdays with cookouts. I come from a large family and we have such a good time when we come together.From the youngest to the oldest, we have fun.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite foods at the cookouts are barbeque chicken,potato salad, baked beans and fruit. These foods are available all the time but it has become a tradition in my family that the above mentioned foods are on the menu. Maybe it's the grilling of the chicken that makes it a favorite of mine. Fruit is nutritious and I love it. Good food and quality family time makes the cookout my favorite summer activity.
To Cassie Williams
ReplyDeleteI agree with you about family time. It is important to spend quality family time together. Just having fun and sharing good food with each other make great memories. We should cherish these times together and be thankful for each family member. Family matters.
Responding to Yelena,
ReplyDeleteI completely agree that Piedmont Park is one of the best places to go hang out during the summer. Along with it being very clean and pretty big it also has a lot of different summer activities that go on there, and most are free. I am not sure if they did it this year but I know last year they were doing movies in the park with a projector. Pretty cool idea, and anything free is always awesome.
Whenever summer comes around in Atlanta, you can almost smell it for sure, with people getting their grill on. The taste of summer is the taste of nicely, mean ribs with chipotle sauce, after all it is the sauce that makes the grill. To go along with the meat, we make some homemade onion rings. And I am not talking about tasteless white onions, but the saucy, juicy red onions, top it with sweet corn salad and several glasses of sweet tea and pink lemonade.
ReplyDeleteI don't really have great plans for summer but like most people during this time of year, my family enjoys grilled food and whatever the situation, as sometimes we may be time constrained, we do some cook out at least two or three times during summer. My family loves burgers, ribs, steak with good sauces and corn (also grilled) along with sweet tea with a taste of lemon!
ReplyDeleteUNIQUE SUMMEROUR ONLINE
ReplyDeleteIn the summer my family and i love to grill we grill hamburgers,hotdogs,chicken wings, and what we love to grill the most are barbuque ribs. I can taste them now as i am typing i thank i will fix them tonight. We also love to fix salids, bake beans, macoroni, and fresh greens, and for desert we love to have any kind of cake. We do not really grill in the winter and if anyone would ask me why i could not anwser that question all i could say is cold air does not make us want to stand outside cooking and grilling hot food. Summer makes me think of just those foods i just name i know that is kind of crazy but i cant help it
RESPONDING TO T LEWIS
ReplyDeleteI thank we have alot in commen as far as the grilling i wandering about the fact that you love to have peaches do you eat them with the food or by itself? i love to have peaches to i would say for desert though
UNIQUE SUMMEROUR ONLINE
ReplyDeleteRESPONDING TO T LEWIS
I thank we have alot in commen as far as the grilling i wandering about the fact that you love to have peaches do you eat them with the food or by itself? i love to have peaches to i would say for desert though
sorry about postiing it twice it was a computer erra
Samantha Morris - Online-
ReplyDeleteResponding to: Yelena Kanayeva
I too enjoy grilling. Grilling out to me, tells me summer has arrived. I love the way food cooked on the grill makes me feel happy and full all at the same time!
Kennie west online
ReplyDeleteMe and my 3 Girls enjoy fishing at coopers creek for trout. the enjoyment of sitting around the camp fire after fishing all day,cleaning the days catch ,dressing the fresh trout with a little butter some salt and pepper and cooking them over an open fire.
The tradition started with my dad and my 3 other brothers
Kennie west online
ReplyDeleteI have read through all the blogs and have to concure with everyone grilling always seems to be a summer tradition whether at the lake at home by the pool or just for family gatherings
(I do enjoy a good horse shoe tournament though)
Alonzo Jordan (Online)said..
ReplyDeleteWell I must say we(my family)do things a little different from a lot of what I've read so far. Although we all do get together and meet up for summertime fun at a park or the beach and even somtimes at the home of a choosen family member. Our food of choice is seafood, seafood and sea food. lol!!! My uncle Tony cooks a mean steam crab pot with potatoes, corn, crab meat, sausages and king crab legs. Man it's good. My grandmother has seven children, five girls and two boys. Everyone cooks,so we get all kinds of cakes and pies to come along with the pot as well. We throw on some music and laugh,dance and play card games. While the childen run, play and act silly. It is the most fun.
Alonzo Jordan(Online)response to Yelena Kanayeva
ReplyDeleteI agree gilled fish does sound like a tasty choice to add to the menue. Definitely, being in or around cool water when it's hot outside is very good as well, because I do not like hot,hot weather. It sometimes take the life right out of you.lol!!! Thanks for sharing.
Stephanie L (ONLINE)
ReplyDeleteresponding to T.Lewis. my family loves grilling out during warm weather! we have hotdogs and hamburgers,grilled corn and veggies. our favorite thing to do is swim by the pool and layout while having a bar-b-q.
I am sorry I forgot to put "online" in my previous post:) But thank you guys for all your responses. I think we all here agree on grilling. And yes I am definitely going to try fishing one day! It does sound like a lot of fun.
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ReplyDeleteI would have to say that I enjoy grilling out. Like most of everyone here, it's a ritural that a lot do every summer. The best thing to do is grill hamburgers and hotdogs. Now I actually do something else. I grill onions on the actual grill. Yes, I do this BEFORE I grill the hotdogs and hamburgers. I am a huge onion person and really can't have hamburgers or hotdogs without them. This will also season the grill grates and make the hotdogs and hamburgers taste really good. A fruit salad is always in the plans as well. (Cold of course) As well as a nice glass of Peach Tea. I have done this every summer with friends, and usually I spend a lot of my summertime in NC, but lately, I have just gone to the lake and grilled out with friends.
Mabel Ibuoffor (Online)
ReplyDeleteIn my family the summer time has always been the best time for our family get together, we visit about two of our relatives or they visit us with their children, during this time the children are been taking to diffreent places such as the park, six flags and the movies ,we also do some grilling outside which the children love the most, then we prepare our traditional food food the to eat , the summer tme is the most fun time for my famlily.
Mabel Ibuoffor (Online)
ReplyDeleterespounce to Titilola, I agree with you that when summer time is around a lot of people can smell it ,and you see people geting their grills out ready for the summer.
Well, I should begin by saying that my favorite holiday is the 4th of July. My family usually all gets together and grills out. We usually grill the usual (hot dogs & burgers) but also BBQ chicken and ribs. Add some homemade sides and sweet tea and you've got the perfect summer meal. :-)
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ReplyDeleteMy favorite summer tiem activity would definetly have to be swimming. whether at the lake, pool, or even an amusment park i enjoy nothing more on a scorchign hot day tehn being able to submerge myself in water. It is refreshing and exciteing. The food that i think goes best with water activities in the hot afternoon would definetley involve hotdogs, hamburgers, and sub sandwiches.
In response to Yelena Kanayeva:
ReplyDeleteGrilling is so much fun! There is nothing better than grilling out some burgers by the lake with the family. Its Summer tradition. Fishing is fun too. My boyfriend loves to fish, but he hasn't gotten many bites around here lately. Its too bad I don't like to eat fish though. I am not a seafood fan. I've never been to Piedmont Park. I've heard great things about it, but never made it there yet. We'll have to check it out before summer ends. I bet my son will love it there.
Nathanial Hornsby (online)
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I would definitely have to agree with that Fourth of July is an excellent day in the summer. Wonderful grilled food, family, and I feel the fireworks really just top off the entire day.
Alonzo Jordan(Online)response to Angela LaMotte (TR Class)
ReplyDeleteI do like the sound of onions on the grill and on the burgers and dogs(Hotdogs). What even better, onions on the a nice juicy steak. That just does somthing for me right there. I agree with that fact that the onions season the grill racks as well. Hope you having a great summer.
My favorite Summer activity is sitting out on a beach. Laying out on the hot sun, the feel of the salt water in the air, warm sand in the toes. A bag of Lay's potato chips alway accompanied us to the beach.
ReplyDeleteThat sounds wonderful!! Nothing like a "REAL" grilled burgers to make it like Summer
ReplyDeleteMollian W Honestly i have been here in the U.S. for four yrs. and what we do mostly during summer holidays we invite our friends mostly on weekends ,grill goat meat eat together have some cool talks regarding our stay over here.We do not have the kind of weather changes in my country but all in all we go by what we have over here . We only have rainy seasons back in my coutry that is Kenya.We always have fun swimming too during this season.
ReplyDelete(Nanci Lamborn - online) responding to Mollian W: I've heard that grilling goat is very popular in some areas but I've never tried it. Is the cooking process kind of the same as a whole-pig roast, or how is it cooked? I'm also curious as to where the meat is purchased, are they at specialty farms or ethnic stores? I haven't recalled seeing goat meat readily available in major grocery stores. It's interesting the different cultural and ethnic influences that affect summer cooking habits!
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ReplyDeleteSummer time means it’s time to bring out the grills and have a cookout! My niece and two nephews all celebrate their birthdays during the summer. Needless to say we celebrate each birthday with huge cookouts. We love the classic burgers and hotdogs but recently we have started smoking ribs. They are the best; although it wouldn’t be summer without homemade strawberry ice cream.
Melanie Jenkins (online) responding to Terri
ReplyDeleteTerri you have to be like the coolest mom! Growing up my friend’s mom did similar things during the summer. She would have cookouts that had random water balloon fights or some other kind of fun activity that was a rare treat like a bounce house, water slide blow up thing or something funny like silly string. Those are the fun memories that definitely stick with kids growing up that make them feel loved.
In response to Yelena Kanayeva, I do agree with you that grilling near the pool would be a great idea! One needs such cool water that will do a lot good in this hot summer.
ReplyDeleteI read Ashley's entry and I agree that there is nothing like a good cookout.
ReplyDeleteOne of my favotite summer activies is our Family Fun day picnic.This picnic is done every year in July and done at the church. Like Ashley's cookout, we to enjoy ribs, except ours are not cooked with sauce,they are cooked on the grill first, for a short period and then they are stewed down,there are many other foods that are "traditional" and on our menu every year. Foods like banana pudding,pasta salad,lots and lots of watermelon and cold pineapple pieces. We typically invite about 300but anyone is welcome. There are many other foods but these foods remain on our menu each year. But I will tell you that the smell of those ribs cooking from start to finish, will make your mouth water.
Our biggest summertime activity would be the Fourth of July Parade. We go to all the events that are held in our town, and then we have a cookout with family, which includes the traditional hamburgers, hotdogs, desserts and of course always watermelon.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you about the lake, nothing like the cool North Georgia Lakes we have here to go to. I live in Ellijay, so we have several lakes around us to go to. Camping and grilling at these lakes are so peaceful and relaxing. If you want to try fishing, try visiting Lake Winfield Scott up in the Chattahoochee National Forest, between Suches and Blairsville. If you are looking for trout the Department of Natual Resources stock this lake continuously through the summer and even hold fish rodeos for children during the summer. Lots of fun.
ReplyDeletePeter Nganga (online)
ReplyDeleteMe and my family our biggest summer activity is to go to savanna, florida, and travel to kenya. my favourite food at this time is barbarcue and some kenyan home made food. Summer time is always interesting.
Janki Patel Online
ReplyDeleteToo hard to name a favorite...I love everything about summer....cookouts with my family/friends....going to the beach, swimming in the pool or ocean, going on a vacation, reading books outside, mowing the lawn, enjoying a beer by the firepit late at night, leaving all the windows open in the house, letting all that fresh air in, etc. I could go on and on.
Laura Mills (online) responding to mollian
ReplyDeleteGoat meat. Yikes.umm doesnt sound very good but i can honasly say i have never had goat meat. Really don't think i every will. Where would you get a goat to eat? I dont know a lot about kenya but maybe it is a common summer food there. hope you are having a wonderful day.Very interesting.
Kara Garner (online)
ReplyDeleteSUMMERTIME!!! Nothings says it better than going swimming and cooking out. The best summer day to me is going to my dads, swimming, eating hamburgers, hotdogs, baked beans and some chips, jumping back in the pool for a bit. Then later on get the watermelon out of the cooler and sit around the pool eating ice cold watermelon. Oh how I love summer days.
brook Hilton online
ReplyDeleteI enjoy summer time. Best time is at the beach, whether it is grilling on the sands or catch the surfs. I do this stuff whenever i'm at parents summer home on the 4th of july weekend. good times
my favorite summer activity has to do with a childhood memory. every summer growing up, my mema had a garden so we would always gather water from the creek and haul it to the garden. afterward, we would have watermelon. so my favorite activity would be anything with water, especially natural water followed by watermelon.
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Well my favorite summer time food is barbeque it’s a summer time tradition to bring out the grill and the charcoals and get the grill hot for some good old smoked flavored ribs or chicken. And I enjoy to be the man on the grill
My favorite summer activity has changed as I have aged. When I was a child, I loved boating and skiing with my parents and sisters; as a teenager and young adult, I did the same with friends. In my late teens, my dad bought a house boat that became "party central" and holds so many funny and wonderful memories. Once I had children, my summers were filled with their activities, baseball, softball, cheerleading camp, dance, gymnastics, and, of course, water sports! Now that my children are grown and have children of their own, our summer activities seem to revolve around whatever the grandchildren are doing! I also LOVE gardening, but have had to put that on the shelf for a few years as we are trying to finish our house before tackling the yard. Favorite summer foods are...homemade ice cream, watermelon (LOVE it!), and anything on the grill.
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