The farm, friends, fireworks, food, and Fritos...that's what filled my Fourth.
From 9:00 until 2:00 I worked at the farmers market with non-stop customers buying mainly sweet corn, onions, tomatoes, and bouquets of flowers for their Fourth of July picnics. We had twelve bags of corn, each filled with five dozen ears of corn, and in two hours eight bags of corn had been emptied. Oh, sweet corn...what a taste of summer! Regardless of how you cook your corn, all it needs is butter and salt, and you're off to summertime bliss.
Now for food, friends, fireworks, and Fritos. A dear friend moved into a new home and she invited us over for a picnic and fireworks. She asked me to bring an appetizer. Since I was working, I wanted to make something simple but fun and tasty. The good ole seven layer taco dip that was so popular in the '80s was my contribution. I didn't have time to go to the grocery store so Todd got the list and the task to buy the ingredients: refried beans, sour cream, cream cheese, black olives, shredded cheddar, and tortilla chips.
Todd doesn't go to the grocery store very often but when he does he loves to look around and he finds bargains. Well, he found a bargain. Buy two bags of tortilla chips and get three FREE. Five bags of tortilla chips.
Deep breath. "What are we going to do with five bags of tortilla chips?"
"They're not the big party size bags, they're the smaller ones. We can give some to the kids." (Three of our four kids live out of town. Do you think a bag of chips would be a sufficient bribe to get them to drive 3+ hours for a visit? 🤣).
We took two bags to the gathering and by the end of the evening only a few scoops of dip and a handful of chips remained. Two down, three to go...
They keep well, and it is summer. Make another dip.
ReplyDeleteOh my, that's a lot of chips! The bean dip sounds good. I do miss farm fresh sweet corn. Growing up in Illinois, it was a summer staple along with tomatoes of course.
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