4th Of July

Alrighty, time for some Boston style 4th of July cookout family traditions.

When I was a kid, the 4th was a pretty big deal for my family. The night before, my town would throw a giant block party with fireworks, live music (usually men dressed up as giant raisins, known as The California Raisins) dancing, tons of food and games. Then the actual 4th of july there would be a big parade. My family and I would walk from my Nana's house to the parade that was at the end of her street. After the parade we would have a cookout with the whole family (there are alot of us!) and family friends. We would swim for hours and after swimming we would play games like spud, dodgeball, volleyball and badminton. Sometimes we would have a huge water balloon fight. Then at the end of the day we would go watch fireworks and get bit by millions of misquitos. (Fireworks are both illegal to buy and to use in all of New England).

But anyways, on with the food. You can't beat my families ability to create amazing food on special occasions. These recipes have been passed on for generations. So this year I decided to try out my Great Nana's Boston Beans. These are the most amazing beans in the whole world and I didn't think I was going to be able to produce heaven on a plate, but I did! And they were fantastic!!

You can not have a 4th Of July without a little help from your local Friendlys!!! And their amazing watermelon roll and orange roll. (The Watermelon Roll is my favorite) Friendlys aren't too popular in Florida or anywhere that's not New England, but when we moved to Port Saint Lucie we found out that we had one just a few miles from us! So you better believe we had to pick up a Watermelon Roll for the 4th.

Mmmmmm cotton candy.....

So, because we had way too much food and not as many guests that we thought we were going to have haha. We decided to put off the smores for another day, but they were pretty good when we did get to have them!!!!

Ohhh and Russle The Love Mussle LOVES The 4th Of July!!!!