Jim's Cafe July 3

[cymbele]

Good morning All,

No one has opened a cafe so I thought I would give it a try.

It's a rainy day here in the Northeast USA. We will have a record "lowest high temp" of 60F for the day and rainy. I have a "cook-in" today as my cookout is scheduled for today. 20 people in my tiny house. We will have sandwiches (subs) and wraps for the main course as we can't use the grill due to the rain.



A couple of questions since everyone likes questions

1) If you are in the USA what are you doing for the 4th of July? Is it special in your family?
2) do you like cookouts?
3) What is your favorite foods for a cookout (getting ideas for next year )

tags: @KM76710 @Lane @JMG @Sunspots @1964dodge @Kira @Angie @SillyOldBear @FlamingoWrangler @Baywasp

I think that's 10 tags. Please tag for me

 

[SillyOldBear]

If you are in the USA what are you doing for the 4th of July? Is it special in your family?
Not all that special for me anymore. Fireworks were fun as a kid, but are a hazard now. I stay home on the 4th to keep an eye on my house and yard. Always find spent fireworks on them the following day.

2) do you like cookouts?
Sure!
3) What is your favorite foods for a cookout (getting ideas for next year
hotdogs, burgers, chicken, ribs

@Sassy the Wonderful Cat @arbitrarybarry @Nick

 

[Lane]

Good morning and thanks for opening & the tag @cymbele .

1. No plans yet

2. I do like cookouts

3. Potatoe salad, three bean salad, 🌽, veggie 🍔, baked beans.

Hope your party is a hit.

Tagging @Livelife @Witty⭐️Sarcasm ⭐️ @Kiwi2016 @MosesY @DrownedFishOnFire @LOSTINSIGHT @johnDoen @MisterBGone

 

[MisterBGone]

1. Come on over, @Lane :^) / (lane's coming over!) . . . .Hope She knows how to cook (grill): as I most certainly^ DON'T_.(^;
Of course~ We might need a Grill! And I don't know, if they do--same day delivery? Oh, the stores are at least, a good 5 min's away!!
Might have to settle for, PapaBGon'es. . ;D*

2. I think I just answered that: Yes!

3. Steak / Prime Rib / I forget, the other one, off~hand, so let's just go w/Venison!!! (pass it through the flame)
> also invited-(=
@johnDoen @Champagne @RCee @JMG @A_J_R @Astrid78 @JDot @Dante

 

[Witty_Sarcasm]

1) If you are in the USA what are you doing for the 4th of July? Is it special in your family?
We usually just watch the fireworks display and have a good meal. The parade was today so that was fun to watch.

2) do you like cookouts?
Yes, I love them.

3) What is your favorite foods for a cookout (getting ideas for next year )
Burgers, brats, corn on the cob, sliced potatoes with onion and butter, chicken, steak.

 

[Livelife]

USA
I hope everyone BBQing inside or out has a great time and meal. There's rainstorms here all weekend so the fireworks on tv will be fun.

 

[Baywasp]

Thanks for the tag @cymbele !

1) If you are in the USA what are you doing for the 4th of July? Is it special in your family? Probably nothing this year. A few nights ago I saw some cool fireworks in the distance out my window, so maybe I'll be able to see more tomorrow night. It wasn't huge with my family, but when I was growing up we always tended to go out to the concert of the local symphony orchestra in a park that had fireworks after. They tended to play Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture (the famous piece with the cannons) at the end of the concert.
2) do you like cookouts? Yes
3) What is your favorite foods for a cookout (getting ideas for next year ) Pretty much everything, but I love potato salad and steak especially.

 

[Holding my breath]

Hi all, salmon on a bbq is nice, I use a fish shaped cage which holds the salmon and you can just place it onto the grill. Baked potatoes wrapped in tin foil placed into the coals also works well. Perhaps start them off in the microwave first. Not had the weather here for a bbq yet. Perhaps soon. Xx

 

[A_J_R]

1) If you are in the USA what are you doing for the 4th of July? Is it special in your family?

Not a special day for me, and unlike a lot of others, my job did not give us a three day weekend because the fourth falls on a Sunday. Just plan on working. But that's OK.

2) do you like cookouts?

I'm a vegetarian, so I don't really participate in cookouts, but they can be fun gatherings.

3) What is your favorite foods for a cookout (getting ideas for next year )

Veggie dogs are so good when they are grilled!

 

[Astrid78]

Hey thanks for the cafe! And thanks @MisterBGone for the tag.
1. We celebrate by staying home! Which is what I'm doing this weekend, too much crazy drivers on the road.
2. Yes, I like cookouts and cooking on the grill in general.

 

[KM76710]

1) If you are in the USA what are you doing for the 4th of July? Is it special in your family?

Stay home and relax. It used to be when younger for me but getting older I remember the day but not much else.

2) do you like cookouts?

Absolutely. I have one of the small family of four grills and actually grill a lot of meats and vegetables. It is a mix on food for me very healthy or horrible. LOL. Tomorrow will be a cheeseburger cooked on flames and home made onion rings.

3) What is your favorite foods for a cookout (getting ideas for next year )

Burgers, steaks, deer, hog as well as brisket and other barbecue. Chicken and fish come out quite good also.

 

[Road to Nowhere]

A couple of questions since everyone likes questions

1) If you are in the USA what are you doing for the 4th of July? Is it special in your family?

I have to work only half a shift until noon, after that keeping it open no plans.

2) do you like cookouts?

Cookouts are the best!

3) What is your favorite foods for a cookout (getting ideas for next year )

Steak and shrimp skewers, burgers, ribs, macaroni, potato salad.

 

[JMG]

Tysm for the tags @cymbele & @MisterBGone I tag @foreverforgotten @Blue Star @The Tigress ♡ @Innocent Forever @Bbear82

Cookouts are cool, any kind of celebration that involves food is good for me really lol. I like most foods but especially any kind of fish, love hot dogs and hamburgers too. Basically anything that isn't spicy.

 

[johnDoen]

Good morning All,

No one has opened a cafe so I thought I would give it a try.

It's a rainy day here in the Northeast USA. We will have a record "lowest high temp" of 60F for the day and rainy. I have a "cook-in" today as my cookout is scheduled for today. 20 people in my tiny house. We will have sandwiches (subs) and wraps for the main course as we can't use the grill due to the rain.

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A couple of questions since everyone likes questions

1) If you are in the USA what are you doing for the 4th of July? Is it special in your family?
2) do you like cookouts?
3) What is your favorite foods for a cookout (getting ideas for next year )

tags: @KM76710 @Lane @JMG @Sunspots @1964dodge @Kira @Angie @SillyOldBear @FlamingoWrangler @Baywasp

I think that's 10 tags. Please tag for me

I'm not American so 4th of July is just a normal Sunday for me, my family and my country.

Before the pandemic, cookout is the norm in my country for holidays, welcoming guests, or family meetings, especially in the countryside, where there is more space and the food is fresher. Everyone gather around in a yard near a kitchen for preparation, cooking, then a feast. It's fun, but my eyes are often hurt by the smoke when grilling.

For cookout, I think of ribs, steaks, sausages, maybe sweet potatoes and corns. Some people enjoy shrimps and eggplants, but I don't like them much. Does it have to be grilled food?

 

[Lane]

1. Come on over, @Lane :^) / (lane's coming over!) . . . .Hope She knows how to cook (grill): as I most certainly^ DON'T_.(^;
Of course~ We might need a Grill! And I don't know, if they do--same day delivery? Oh, the stores are at least, a good 5 min's away!!
Might have to settle for, PapaBGon'es. . ;D*

2. I think I just answered that: Yes!

3. Steak / Prime Rib / I forget, the other one, off~hand, so let's just go w/Venison!!! (pass it through the flame)
> also invited-(=
@johnDoen @Champagne @RCee @JMG @A_J_R @Astrid78 @JDot @Dante

Let's do this @MisterBGone . I brought an old fashioned charcoal grill too, yum yum. Hope you like to grill.

 

[Kiwi2016]

Thanks for opening @cymbele and the tag @Lane...a day late (per usual)


1) If you are in the USA what are you doing for the 4th of July? Is it special in your family?
Not really when younger always made a point of seeing the fireworks but not living in southwest not so much...

2) do you like cookouts?
Absolutely...but my husband who is the cook takes some motivation to use our grill...just not his thing...but may inspire him...

3) What is your favorite foods for a cookout (getting ideas for next year )
Love all things grilled...chicken--corn--veggie skewers - burgers-hot dogs- ribs....

wishing all a safe and happy 4th!

 

[MisterBGone]

Hi all, salmon on a bbq is nice, I use a fish shaped cage which holds the salmon and you can just place it onto the grill. Baked potatoes wrapped in tin foil placed into the coals also works well. Perhaps start them off in the microwave first. Not had the weather here for a bbq yet. Perhaps soon. Xx

mMMMm...~*_.!(=

 

[MisterBGone]

Let's do this @MisterBGone . I brought an old fashioned charcoal grill too, yum yum. Hope you like to grill. View attachment 46320

That's my favorite kind! And, I'll have what he's having..

 

[MisterBGone]

It's Mahi mahi, for me - today! . . (Just as soon as, "My private jet~") gets back, from Hawaii~*>

 

[MosesY]

Thank you @Lane for opening the cafe and inviting me.

A couple of questions since everyone likes questions

1) If you are in the USA what are you doing for the 4th of July? Is it special in your family?
Independence day was not a special remembrance celebration when I was growing up even though we used the holiday as an excuse for family get togethers. It just didn't have anything to do with America's freedom. It means a lot to me now, I don't know about my siblings. I was very busy the last two days after leaving work at 12:24 pm on Friday and I just don't feel like doing anything today. I slept later than usual, woke up at 4:30 this morning, and I think I might just be lazy today. I washed some dishes and am going to put my laundry away and take out my garbage, that takes about a half hour and then I will probably do absolutely nothing until this evening. This evening I am hanging out at my sister and her husband's place, plant my butt in a very comfortable chair and smoke a cigar. I drank my last alcohol last Sunday afternoon, this afternoon will be one week freedom, two reasons to celebrate (I start AA Tuesday evening). We had a family get together Friday night, this is the campfire I sat around until 2 am Saturday morning with some great friends.

2) do you like cookouts?
Love cookouts with family and friends, great times.

3) What is your favorite foods for a cookout (getting ideas for next year )
My absolute favorite food for a cookout is bratwurst. I never once had bratwurst until I began dating the woman I married when I was around 19, I started attending her church and at the first church cookout they were grilling some bratwurst and I tasted one for the first time. I boil them before hand so they are cooked and then grill them enough to leave good burn marks from the grill, a nice crisp outside, and heated to the center.