early fourth of july bbq

Growing up in the middle of nowhere, my town used to put on a fireworks show a week or so before July 4th (due to fearing the residents would go to a larger fireworks show in neighboring towns instead of ours). In honor of this ritual, we celebrated with a BBQ.

The evening began with some Pimms and cheeses. We continued with hot dogs, cheeseburgers, veggie burgers, potato salad, cole slaw, and garlic basil corn... the usual June 23nd pseudo-July-4th-BBQ spread. We wrapped up the evening with strawberry shortcake and called it a night after relaxing under the lanterns. Looking forward to the real July 4th filled with sparklers and a quiet night in.

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the liquor store

Last night I went to the liquor store, a normal trip with nothing too out of the ordinary...until I slowed down and started to look at all of the different offerings. Have you ever slowly looked up and down all of the aisles before? There are some weird bottles there!!

 Bacon-flavored vodka? What do you mix this with??

Old-school moonshine in a ball jar? Really?

I ended up leaving with 2 bottles of 90+ cellars (which is an AMAZING company that basically un-brands wines that are ranked over 90 points and puts their own mystery brand on them for a reasonable price) and 1 bottle of white rum for mojitos with our home-grown peppermint. Mojitos are super simple to make and there are so many different recipes but I always go for the easiest low-effort recipe when it comes to cocktails: 12 mint leaves, 1 lime for juicing, 1 tsp sugar (muddle), add equal amounts of white rum and club soda (shake), garnish with mint sprig and serve!

 

Get ready to enjoy some chilly cocktails in the upcoming toasty summer months!

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