I remember, as a kid, trying really hard to like watermelon. We started the summer out with grilled steaks, baked potatoes, homemade ice cream and watermelon on the 4th of July. Ditto on my birthday, July 13. And my sister's birthday, July 20, then my brothers' birthdays on August 5 and 23. So in six weeks we did this five times. And I just didn't like watermelon, but I thought I should. I bet I was thirty years old before I finally said, No thanks, I just don't like it!
However, I do LOVE homemade icecream. I will always remember my brothers with the rock salt, ice and ice pick and a big blue quilt for insulation, cranking on the ice cream maker .. again, five times in six weeks. It was my job to sit on it and hold it down so they could turn the handle harder. LOL
I like homemade hamburgers with chips and dip and potato/macaroni salad. Always reminds me of summer evenings with friends and family. And root beer floats (although I hate root beer alone) reminds me of going to the A&W drive-in with my teenage brothers when I was a little girl. I thought I was all that!
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