# What did you eat for the 4th of July?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-eat-for-the-4th-of-july/501962
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [July 5, 2009, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-eat-for-the-4th-of-july/501962 "2009-07-05T07:48:54Z")
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### Author:  [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2009, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-eat-for-the-4th-of-july/501962/1 "2009-07-05T07:48:54Z")
Dinner for me was about a third of a rib-eye steak, half a baked potato with butter, three tablespoons of corn in butter, and half a can of Monster energy drink. Which should give you an idea of what I’m having tomorrow! 😛
I guess I shouldn’t have had that 1/3-pound burger for lunch.
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### Author:  [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2009, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-eat-for-the-4th-of-july/501962/2 "2009-07-05T07:54:43Z")
Clam chowder in a sourdough bread bowl plus some salt water taffy (watched fireworks at Pier 39).
Our holiday cookout is tomorrow…
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### Author:  [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2009, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-eat-for-the-4th-of-july/501962/3 "2009-07-05T07:57:32Z")
> [@ArchiveGuy](#):
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> Clam chowder in a sourdough bread bowl plus some salt water taffy (watched fireworks at Pier 39).
I watched fireworks on the bay. Thousands of people brought skyrockets, mortars, and all sorts of things that fly up and go boom. There are still a few explosions going on, but they mostly stopped an hour ago.
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### Author:  [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2009, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-eat-for-the-4th-of-july/501962/4 "2009-07-05T08:02:21Z")
We weren’t planning on staying, but we missed our ferry back to Jack London Square so had to stick around until service resumed. I had family from South America with us anyway, and they never get fireworks shows like a typical July 4th one (though ours is still pretty modest by USA standards) so they enjoyed it a lot.
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### Author:  [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2009, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-eat-for-the-4th-of-july/501962/5 "2009-07-05T08:30:42Z")
Fajitas. It don’t get more American than that.
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### Author:  [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2009, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-eat-for-the-4th-of-july/501962/6 "2009-07-05T08:51:55Z")
> [@Odesio](#):
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> Fajitas. It don’t get more American than that.
Just so long as you pronounced them “Fa-Jee-Tas”.
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### Author:  [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2009, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-eat-for-the-4th-of-july/501962/7 "2009-07-05T10:46:44Z")
I had nothing out of the ordinary. At some point yesterday I fried some eggs and at another point I has some shrimp.
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### Author:  [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2009, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-eat-for-the-4th-of-july/501962/8 "2009-07-05T12:21:10Z")
> [@Odesio](#):
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> Fajitas. It don’t get more American than that.
Last night was Taco night in the JT household.
For breakfast we had English muffins.
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### Author:  [@Nightingale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightingale)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2009, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-eat-for-the-4th-of-july/501962/9 "2009-07-05T12:29:34Z")
Our cookout was Friday, and we had hamburgers, hot dogs, ribs, pork chops, potato salad, pasta salad, cole slaw, and fruit salad. Yesterday I was home alone so I sauteed some shrimp and scallops and topped them with lemon dill sauce.
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### Author:  [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2009, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-eat-for-the-4th-of-july/501962/10 "2009-07-05T13:59:53Z")
Bone in Rib-eye. Baker. Home made cole slaw. Nothing to do with the 4th of July stuff. Just whats for dinner. My Wife and I are working on a new fence for the dogs. It had been a long day. I picked up the Rib-eyes on Saturday. For some reason they where half off.
Tonight is Pasta Primavera.
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### Author:  [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2009, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-eat-for-the-4th-of-july/501962/11 "2009-07-05T14:12:55Z")
Black Angus filet mignon with sauteed mushrooms and green onion, and a bodacious baked potato. Corn, green beans and a crisp chardonnay made it a most perfect meal.
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### Author:  [@fruitbat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fruitbat)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2009, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-eat-for-the-4th-of-july/501962/12 "2009-07-05T14:42:45Z")
I had hamburgers, corn on the cob and mushrooms sauteed in butter and wine with pine nuts and rosemary. The butter was a mistake, I should have used olive oil instead, otherwise it was a near perfect meal. With a ten month old going out wasn’t likely to happen.
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### Author:  [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2009, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-eat-for-the-4th-of-july/501962/13 "2009-07-05T14:43:20Z")
Braised and barbecued beef back ribs (home-made), brown sugar and bacon baked beans (canned), macaroni salad (home-made), and potato chips in both barbecue flavor and sour cream and onion.
Then I went to work and brought leftovers with me for lunch.
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### Author:  [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2009, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-eat-for-the-4th-of-july/501962/14 "2009-07-05T14:44:26Z")
> [@enipla](#):
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> Bone in Rib-eye. Baker. Home made cole slaw. Nothing to do with the 4th of July stuff. Just whats for dinner. My Wife and I are working on a new fence for the dogs. It had been a long day. I picked up the Rib-eyes on Saturday. For some reason they where half off.
So did you have to buy twice as many as usual?
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### Author:  [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2009, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-eat-for-the-4th-of-july/501962/15 "2009-07-05T15:23:42Z")
For lunch I had a corn dog and “fresh squeezed lemonade” at the County Fair. For dinner I had Trader Joe’s BBQ pork rib/baked beans combo (surprisingly mediocre), and KFC coleslaw (tasty as always), washed down with some Lagunitas IPA.
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### Author:  [@katie1341](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/katie1341)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2009, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-eat-for-the-4th-of-july/501962/16 "2009-07-05T15:28:29Z")
Grilled a rib-eye for the hubby and a huge slab of salmon for me. Baked potatoes and green beans on the side, along with bread and homemade butter.
I’ll be having either a salmon omelette or a salmon hoagie for lunch today with the leftovers- I haven’t decided which yet.
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### Author:  [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2009, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-eat-for-the-4th-of-july/501962/17 "2009-07-05T15:44:26Z")
> [@katie1341](#):
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> I’ll be having either a salmon omelette or a salmon hoagie for lunch today with the leftovers- I haven’t decided which yet.
I like omelettes with smoked salmon. I haven’t tried one with leftover salmon. I usually just reheat it, or else make it into a salmon salad.
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### Author:  [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2009, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-eat-for-the-4th-of-july/501962/18 "2009-07-05T16:49:26Z")
lunch: Crab salad, 4 bean salad, fresh fruit, slice of bread, bratwurst, beer.
dinner: iced tea, barbecued chicken in a pita, spinach, fresh fruit.
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### Author:  [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2009, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-eat-for-the-4th-of-july/501962/19 "2009-07-05T17:59:25Z")
Let’s see… Pork chops with some South American sauce I can’t remember the name of, Polish sausage, and corn on the cob, all grilled, plus homemade spinach dip with pitas, cole slaw, and assorted raw veggies.
> [@](#):
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> Fajitas. It don’t get more American than that.
The party I was at, there were two Russians, a Lithuanian, an Argentinian, a Spaniard, and myself the only gringo. It _really_ doesn’t get more American than that.
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### Author:  [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2009, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-eat-for-the-4th-of-july/501962/20 "2009-07-05T18:13:38Z")
For breakfast, I had a couple of eggs (over easy, if anyone’s keeping track), grits, a banana and coffee.
For lunch, it was a grilled burger, sweet corn with salt, pepper and butter, a huge slab of Big Boy tomato with cottage cheese and iced tea. Mmmm! Garden stuff in season.
For supper, it was festival food: barbeque, roasted sweet corn on the cob, a few bites of my companion’s funnel cake, Polish sausage with peppers and onions and onion blossom (to be fair, he also sampled mine 🙂 ) and sugar free lemonade.
Watching the fireworks (before they got rained on): some homemade peach ice cream (more festival food).
About as American as you get.
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