July 4th Menu

The Menu

What was on your menu for the Fourth of July?

The usual cookout menu was on the list for us. 

Handsome Man grilled the hamburgers,

On the side~(condiments, lettuce, pickles, onions, and my friend's home grown tomatoes sliced)

Mom B made the baked beans,

Mom C made the chocolate sheet cake, (she's got this down, Yum!)

Handsome Man's brother brought homegrown slice tomatoes, cherry tomatoes and his famous yummy apple crisp,

My friend also brought the yummiest black bean salad,

   ~if you like tomatoes, avocados, corn, black beans, & fresh cilantro

                                                             You'll love this!

(available recipe & picture taken from Pinterest)

If you're not Pinning,

you should be...

check it out.

And last, but certainly not the least!

Home Made Ice Cream

Oh, Baby!

The process begins with cooking the custard,

6 eggs

3 cups sugar

1 Tblsp flour

1 pt milk

dash salt

cook till slightly thick and bubbly

(the secret is medium heat & stirring constantly)

No Scorching allowed!

After it cools,

Hand it over to your ice cream maker

(mine is Handsome Man)

they pour it into the freezer tin, 

mix in:  

2 pts cream, milk, 2 Tblsp vanilla and a drop or two of lemon juice.

He then freezes it into the yummiest of yummies,

Vanilla Ice Cream!

Please note:  Handsome Man has been training for years with

this White Mountain freezer, 

  & ... John Deere Man, my Dad.

He would be so proud.

Summer lovin'

MFSD