# What are you cooking on the 4th?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-cooking-on-the-4th/363175>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [July 4, 2006, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-cooking-on-the-4th/363175 "2006-07-04T16:59:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2006, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-cooking-on-the-4th/363175/21 "2006-07-05T20:14:18Z")

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Actually, I made my family a homemade picnic, complete with skillet-fried chicken, watermelon, potato salad, biscuits, etc.

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**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2006, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-cooking-on-the-4th/363175/22 "2006-07-05T20:20:18Z")

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BBQ’d some pork ribs to go with the homemade cole slaw, fresh peaches and watermelon.

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**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2006, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-cooking-on-the-4th/363175/23 "2006-07-06T14:46:07Z")

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Sausage burgers (sausage removed from the casing and formed into burgers).  
Grilled portabellos for the vegetarians.  
Cole slaw made with half cabbage/half fennel. (try it. Delicious. Just slice the bulb up like you would cabbage)  
Southwest-style black beans.  
Home-made cherry pie with about 2.5 pounds of actual cherries.  
[Cheverè](http://laurelglen.ibgcheckout.com/laurelglen/catalog/view_product.jsp?product_id=1013&cat_id=1001) wine. (yup, they put Che Guevera on a wine label) Hey, it’s Independance day!

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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2006, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-cooking-on-the-4th/363175/24 "2006-07-06T16:06:00Z")

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My entire 4th of July intake was a cup of tea, a large cup of coffee, a supersize fries and diet soda, and some strawberries and blueberries on top of meringue shells covered with Cool Whip (red, white & blue, get it?) washed down with more ice tea.

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**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2006, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-cooking-on-the-4th/363175/25 "2006-07-06T20:43:45Z")

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I fixed country ribs ( The boneless ones) baked in the oven, covered in BBQ sauce, a baked potato and an ear of corn. Ate it alone. Shared a rib with the dogs.

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