Tomorrow, as everyone knows, here in the States we celebrate our Independence Day. Understanding this is an international forum, it would still be nice to hear from fellow Americans (here and abroad) on what you are planning for the festivities.
We're having my Cousin and his family as well as a couple neighbors over so.......... we're gonna fire-up the smoker tomorrow. Have chicken in the brine right now, wings are dry rubbed and then I have a chipotle maple glaze for sauce, Pork Shoulder will be done NC style pulled (Vinegar, salt and 3 types of pepper for marinade) and I do have some of my apple-jack BBQ Sauce for that. Haven't decided on burgers or not yet, but we are having hotodgs for the kids. Isn't a 4th celebration without hot dogs.
Made some German style potato salad (cousin hates mayo so.....) I may do a twice baked potato salad tomorrow but haven't decided yet. fresh ambrosia salad.......mini marshmallows, fresh Hawaiian Pineapple, Fresh orange segments, coconut and Fresh Dark cherries. I use sour cream sweetened but also added some gelatin for it to set up. The fresh fruit was really juicy, especially the pineapple. Our guests will be bringing stuff as well but not sure what. Ohh yeah, can't forget the watermelon. Finally remembered to pick one of those up today. Still have a good bit of Mich lite in the keggerator so beer is good, may whip up a batch of Hurricanes or Long Island teas as an alternative.
In non-food related festivities.........If the weather holds up we're gonna catch the fireworks display at Ft. Lee. We did the Williamsburg thing last week with the DW's parents. That was a treat. Reenactments of when the British occupied Williamsburg so the town was full of re-enactors the whole day. British, Hessians. Indians, separatists and loyalists The camp near the armory was the highlight. They had a camp kitchen set up and they were doing everything circa 18th century. What a great thing that was.
It was the biggest week of the year we were told.