# 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")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2009, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-eat-for-the-4th-of-july/501962/21 "2009-07-05T18:14:25Z")
Pizza & iced tea.
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### Author:  [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2009, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-eat-for-the-4th-of-july/501962/22 "2009-07-05T18:14:59Z")
We used a smoker bag on the grill to smoke some maple glazed salmon. I made a fruit salad and we had some baked beans. My daughter and I made an icebox cake to round out a simple Fourth.
The salmon was really good!
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### Author:  [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2009, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-eat-for-the-4th-of-july/501962/23 "2009-07-05T19:18:50Z")
> [@JohnT](#):
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> For breakfast we had English muffins.
Just so long as you declared “I’m going to eat you up like Washington ate the lobster backs at Saratoga!”
I would also accept the following: “I’m going to tear you a new Cornwallis”
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### Author:  [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2009, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-eat-for-the-4th-of-july/501962/24 "2009-07-05T19:45:38Z")
Pizza for breakfast. Bacon on toasted french bread for lunch and later some cheese. I didn’t go anywhere.
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### Author:  [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2009, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-eat-for-the-4th-of-july/501962/25 "2009-07-05T21:14:09Z")
We did a BBQ at casa Aru’sMom
Hackbraten, weisswurst, bratwurst, bauernwurst … american style potato salad, sourkraut, blaukraut was available but nobody had any room, and apfelkuchen for dessert. Sweet bavarian mustard, basic yellow mustard [frenches] and some other yellow american mustard was available as was catsup, onion and assorted other fixings for the burgers/wursts.
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### Author:  [@Mehitabel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mehitabel)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2009, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-eat-for-the-4th-of-july/501962/26 "2009-07-06T03:21:38Z")
Burgers!! Granted, they should have been made on a backyard grill surrounded by kids and dogs by one of our nation’s soldiers, but that was last week (my brother the AF Master Sergeant and his two boys and Bella and Lester the wonder mutts), but instead they were made on a grill in the backroom of [a place](http://nymag.com/listings/restaurant/better-burger02/) in Chelsea. Boy that sounds dirty. Anyway, it made sense since we were going to see the best damn fireworks show in America over the Hudson a few blocks away.
Even better, I had a buffalo burger. It doesn’t get more American than gobbling up some bison.
Fireworks were awesome, BTW.
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### Author:  [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2009, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-eat-for-the-4th-of-july/501962/27 "2009-07-06T03:28:16Z")
Bowl of oatmeal for breakfast.
Captian D’s fish & shrimp for lunch. With leftovers in the late afternoon.
Salad for PM snack.
A blondie w/ice cream for dessert.
We, obviously, didn’t do the cookout thing either. 🙂
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### Author:  [@RedWood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedWood)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2009, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-eat-for-the-4th-of-july/501962/28 "2009-07-06T03:49:11Z")
90-weight\* minestrone soup, chicken cacciatore, garlic bread, green salad
\*insert ordinary wooden spoon into soup pot. Watch it stand there \>^.^\< ~
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### Author:  [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2009, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-eat-for-the-4th-of-july/501962/29 "2009-07-06T03:53:53Z")
Coffee all day until about 4, then I had an eggroll I bought in a store which I somehow ate in the car while driving home. Dinner? About 1/4 cup burrito filling (made burritos for the family and ran out of tortillas for my own), and half a bag of Doritos. Hungry later, a stale chocolate chip cookie and half a pint of ice cream.
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### Author:  [@Atomic\_Mama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Mama)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2009, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-eat-for-the-4th-of-july/501962/30 "2009-07-06T04:19:48Z")
Nothing. I was diagnosed with gastroenteritis, acidosis, a bladder infection, and extreme dehydration. :eek:
Got sent to the emergency room to counteract severe nausea & vomiting. Got put on a drip of 6 1/2 liters of saline solution & whatever-else is in it.
Today I drank some apple juice, an orange pop, some cranapple juice and ate some saltines.
Gonna be some bland times for me, for a while. ☹
Any thoughts if I could at least eat wome watermelon?
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### Author:  [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2009, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-eat-for-the-4th-of-july/501962/31 "2009-07-06T04:26:24Z")
Heavens, **Atomic Mama**!
I’m glad to hear you are better.
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### Author:  [@Hedda\_Rosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hedda_Rosa)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2009, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-eat-for-the-4th-of-july/501962/32 "2009-07-06T04:30:21Z")
Grilled chicken in a yogurt/chipotle marinade, 3 bean salad, corn chips, guacamole, salsa, spinach salad, cupcakes and lots and lots of beer.
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### Author:  [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2009, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-eat-for-the-4th-of-july/501962/33 "2009-07-06T06:51:42Z")
A big salad, shrimp cocktail, a screwdriver and a glass of Chardonnay for lunch at Caleco’s.
All of the crab legs, shrimp, oysters on the half shell and mussels I could stand and a crappy Hurricane for supper at Lumiere Casino. How can they not have those tiny little forks or wine?!?!
Didn’t even watch the fireworks; watched “Living Out Loud” and “The Professional,” both of which I’ve seen many, many times.
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### Author:  [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2009, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-eat-for-the-4th-of-july/501962/34 "2009-07-06T13:00:32Z")
Lunch at the pub was a bratwurst on a bun, one BBQ’d rib, and a bite or two of beans. Later on at home I made some BBQ chicken legs and sausage, Ranch Style Beans, homemade coleslaw and corn on the cob. No dessert, but we didn’t need any! 😉
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### Author:  [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2009, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-eat-for-the-4th-of-july/501962/35 "2009-07-06T13:36:42Z")
Bacon & eggs for breakfast.
Skipped lunch.
For dinner, prime rib, smoked salmon, mahi mahi w/ mushrooms, caesar salad, antipasta, various cheeses, deli meat slices, ceviche, beets, asparagus, wild rice pilaf, calamari, scallops, green beans w/ almond slices, sauteed potatoes, pineapple, strawberries, carrot cake & key lime pie. Yeah, it was a buffet.
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### Author:  [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2009, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-eat-for-the-4th-of-july/501962/36 "2009-07-06T13:40:42Z")
A bag of rice cakes and coffee for brunch.
Two broccoli and cheese hot pockets an some mango ice/vanilla ice cream for supper.
I gotta celebrate more.
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### Author:  [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2009, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-eat-for-the-4th-of-july/501962/37 "2009-07-06T13:46:30Z")
Everyone was busy on the 4th, but for the 5th, I made [real\* barbecued ribs and roasted corn on the cob](http://www.giraffeboards.com/showthread.php?t=3769) (photos in the link)
\*Slow cooked over a low fire, not grilled ribs which are also good but not the same thing.
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### Author:  [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2009, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-eat-for-the-4th-of-july/501962/38 "2009-07-06T13:54:42Z")
Breakfast: Mom fried up bacon and eggs - nom. Also had toast, bananas, and grapes.
Lunch: Sandwiches and salads (tuna, chicken, past, garden)
Dinner: Hobo potatoes, brats, and hot dogs off the grill, more garden salad. NO ONE thought to get baked beans. So wrong.
Desert: Peppermint bon bon ice cream at the carnival. I also snitched some cotton candy from my grand-niece.
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### Author:  [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2009, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-eat-for-the-4th-of-july/501962/39 "2009-07-06T13:59:11Z")
I was at work. We ordered a pizza.
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### Author:  [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2009, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-eat-for-the-4th-of-july/501962/40 "2009-07-06T14:21:09Z")
I made teriyaki chicken kebabs and rice.
Regards,
Shodan
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