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Welcome back to the grazing podcast for
Robertson and Cheated and Farmers coop and the
happy fourth of July. Now let's just pause
for, say, 30, 35 seconds and listen.
To the soothing,
sweet sound of Ray charles singing
America the beautiful.
Was.
In
more
Oh, I don't get no better than that
dead gum that's good.
Oh, it's good.
I you if if you don't feel patriotic.
After hearing that.
I
I guess You're wrong with you Y. Who
something bad wrong. Hello. Oh, hi. How are
you doing? I'm back. Wait. Another crazy
guess. You are. You are. You know, I...
I didn't know if I should bring you
back or not, but
Let's see, last time we did this was
Memorial day. And I thought fort july, that'd
be a good opportunity. I brought you back.
I think you are...
Good at doing this.
It's not like pulling teeth talking to you.
Should I hope not. But you listen to
a lot of podcast don't. I do. I'm
a big podcast.
I I appreciate that. Do you... Almost like
I'm your most special guest.
Oh, you are the most special. Mh. Thank
you. Absolutely.
Do you think listening the podcast has made
you good at at doing a podcast?
I think it's probably made me a little
bit better?
I just... I like conversation.
I think that probably aids
the most. You think you have the gift
of the gap in general. I don't like
to
brag on myself, but
I think I'm decent at holding a conversation.
Yeah. I think you're I think you're good
at it. What do you think about Ray
Charles? You know anything about him? I know
really not much at all besides his sweet
voice and patriotic tune. You know what he's
blind.
Yeah. That sounds familiar. Yeah. He lost his
side around the... He started losing around the
age of 4, and I think he was
completely bland
by the age of 7.
And he learned to read music
to braille, which they say is very, very
difficult to do.
But
had a god given gift. Obviously, I mean
the man's voice is just imma. Is it
not? Heavenly.
But, you know, he
he had an very interesting life. I think
he passed away in 2004. So he'd been
dead 20 years, but if you read up
about,
He said he had an addiction to women
and heroin. Wow. Yeah.
Spicy. Oh, yeah. No. He... I'm sure led
to his creativity and making it his music,
but he was a...
Interesting kinda cat.
But that that that's how America beautiful seeing
that. It's just, oh, it
I don't know. It's humbling and it kinda
it gets me in the frame of mine
of
the country we live in for July. It's
the...
I'm America's birthday. I guess you could say
it that's 17 76. So what doing the
math on that, how old are we? I...
Use some light math. Okay. See how fast
you can do this car? Yes. Okay. So
the year's 20... 24. 01:24 or minus 17
76.
We're 248
years old. Wow. We're getting up 02:52
more years.
You know, in the grand scheme of time,
it's very young. It is. For a country.
That is not that old at all. No.
It's not. When you go to... Which I've
never been, but Europe,
some of those civilizations over there, you're talking
about thousands boom thousands of years old,
So in the grand scheme of time, we
are still relatively young,
but we've been very fortunate and very blessed
and we get to celebrate another fourth of
July. And that's what we're gonna be talking.
Don't hear the coop
fourth of July
episode edition. Perfect episode.
So I I'm curious
before July. Mh.
What brings
What comes up in your mind? What does
your mind bring up when you think of
the fourth july?
For you personally? Me, personally. Oh, I have
such great fourth of July member race.
I think
first and foremost,
especially being a nineties kid,
old navy t shirts.
Race with the flag on the front.
You can see little kids in them,
ice cream dripping down their mouth
a sparkle in their hand.
Yeah. That's what I see. I feel like
hot hot days, cool nights,
I mean, growing up outside of Chicago,
that was kind of more of our summer
was, you know, it... It got cool in
the evening. So
Really hot fun summer days right around the
fourth of July and then sweatshirt at night
and bon fires and some s and
cousins and, yeah. That's what I think about.
It's interesting to think about being cool at
Night because that... You know, that's not the...
Experience down here at least.
Did y'all do anything in particular growing up.
As far as just a tradition that you
look forward to every year. Yeah. When I...
You know? Did y'all buy fireworks works or
were y'all all the kind of people just
to go and enjoy them.
We did a little bit of both. We
were never, like, big, big fireworks people. My
uncle Todd was a really big... Was really
big in the fireworks. And he would always
bring some. We had to lake House, and
that's where we'd always spend the fourth of
July. And my cousins would come out, and
it was just really fun.
Sweet time with everybody together, but he'd always
do it, and he didn't have any boys,
so my brothers would always get really involved,
and they'd set them off in know, they
go flying everywhere, and people would run and
duck and hide. But no. We we also
usually got to see fireworks on the lake,
you So most of my experience watching fireworks
we're on from a boat, which is kinda
sweet. A little bit more of a a
different unique experience.
Yeah. The thing that's shooting your own file.
I mean, you can shell out some money
and get some nice ones, but they're not
those.
I don't know the kinda you gotta have
a permit
Yeah.
Be in possession those
great bank ones that are just huge, you
know, that you see in
parks and cities, that kind of thing. Be
I always love even more than just shooting
the fireworks.
I loved going to the 10.
And looking
at the packaging of the fireworks.
Because the... You got... You talking about some
creative minds that came up with some of
the stuff, and that's what
So looking at best firewall names. If they
come up with some creative names in the
packaging is just... It's a cartoon issue, and
I used to love
walking and just looking at them. Sounds fuck
you. There's 1 called
global Warmer,
and it's got, like, in the the illustration,
I'll just show it you.
So it's got, like, a poll pollution got.
So you got big boss,
Par city.
Oh, went away.
Let's see.
The punish
grounds for divorce.
Oh, it's it's a tub. Good stuff. Good
stuff.
Man's best friend,
anxiety attack, waking the gate,
ladies night.
Clusters last stand. Who comes up with these?
I don't know. You know, I think
I think
I would be good at coming up with
some of these,
I think. But I used to it would
be good at that. I used to love
looking at them music. Yeah like, Did your
dad like looking about It was... Probably. Yeah.
I'm sure he did. I looks like something
of your dad like? Here's the 1 with
the... It's called the mummy. It's gotta a...
When coming out sharp teeth with his with
his
crawling out of the grave, it looks like.
And... I feel there's not much.
That could get a little boy more excited
than some fireworks. Always you some really
sweet cool names on it. Oh, yeah. Yeah.
It's... It's In the anticipation. It's big medicine.
It's not quite like Christmas, but it's still...
It's an exciting time when you're little and
it's Did you have... Do you remember the
name of 1 of your favorites?
I told you this story the other day
about the 1 had of it. Yeah. I
wouldn't hear that 1. That was good. Great
a great white shark on it, and it
was orange. It was really beautiful packaging.
I was really excited to shoot get to
shoot it off and, you know, my brother,
he shot it off instead before he shot
it off. He made sure to make sure
that I knew that he was 1 shooting.
At all. Mh. Never forgot. I was probably
8 years old. Oh, uncle on. Really really
disappointing.
But, like, you you know the... At
The black cat
symbol in file. I know you... Well yeah.
Mh.
Yes.
Looks at Chicago Illinois,
I love that simple. Like, that's that's what
it reminds me because we used to go
down to the shale station then there Bethel
Road.
And they had some fireworks. Saying they had
fire crackers and the packaging was that black
cat. And It seem like they had a
big sign out on the parking lot with
that, black cat I it. And it's just
it's nostalgic.
You know, before July, it's a very nostalgic
holiday
behind Christmas and Halloween,
and whatnot, But it... When I think about,
it reminds me a baseball.
I played baseball lot when I was little
and by that point,
if you made the All star team, which
I normally did.
By that point, I didn't wanna play anymore.
I can feel.
My parents have if if the coach would
contact you gonna they'd be like, we want
so and so to play. And there a
couple times, I didn't wanna play. But my
parents plan all you need to.
But we would be playing Baseball around before
July.
And I remember,
you know there was 1 particular instance I
was batting, and someone was shooting off. It
wasn't own the 4 July was random. Somebody
but shooting off fireworks in the background. Be
like, oh, this is the perfect time to
hit it over the fence. You know, it'll
be magical story book like. I think I
struck out. Oh, yeah. I was scared. To
hear the of that story. Yeah. Pretty. That
is sweet though. That's nice. Pretty typical. Good
memories.
Yeah. Yeah. But we... You know, we never
did
There wasn't a tradition. Mh. That I can...
Besides shooting off fireworks.
Like, you're during the day wasn't it... No
Said oh no. No. No. We... Well,
Tasty season.
Well, no. Typically, we're done by. We're done
right. Now, this is the first Tae season
I'm...
That I've been a part of,
that
went
past the fortune july. Normally, we're done, you
know, middle to June
That's true. So this is an unusual year,
But we... Normally we eat hot dogs like,
you know, everybody else and we eat watermelon.
Yeah.
Some water. Did you ever go the creek
for the fourth, or was that just kind
of a new thing?
I don't
recall specifically making a habit out of it
for the fourth. Okay.
I we just stayed at home, and I
always remember because I don't know if Well,
you've probably never noticed is, you know, the
racetrack over there close to the highland Rim.
Yep. During this time of year, you always
hear the racetrack. You can hear from their
house.
And that reminds me of the fortune. I
just been outside and here in the cars.
And that that that reminds me my childhood
quite a bit.
But you know, no
massive
traditions. Weren't you saying somebody
tell about the the tent?
The lieutenant. Yes guys had had a family
friend then. Oh, we had a... Yeah. We
had a
my mom and dad had a
they were friends with a couple who...
And I don't know how that works specific,
you know, you see a lot of these
fireworks dance all over pile Up. Yeah. How
does that work?
Again a seasonal deal. I think you probably
have to get some sort of permit from
the city and then pop up and sell
your stuff and Yeah. Wiggle on
on something like that is, like, just sell
high volume
anyway, this guy he had 1 of those
tenants at there Walt.
And the way it worked... Whatever he didn't
sell,
I guess you're stuck with it. I'm assuming
you, you know, you purchased it and whatever
you don't sell it it's your. So
you would have quite a bit left over,
so we would...
I don't think it was on the fourth.
I think it was at the fourth. We
go over there, and they didn't buy a
bunch of people over, and he would set
off all these fireworks.
And I all he he he made sure,
you know, he'd have, like, 5 or 6
teenage
teenage boy setting off the firewall responsible but
I was always
younger, so I never got to got the
opportunity to do it.
And I was always hoping
1 of these days, I'll be big enough.
I'll be big enough, and then he, you
know, he stopped doing the fireworks dan.
So I never got to do it.
But
maybe we can open our own fireworks. Collect
goodness, new opportunity.
There's always
now. But that was that was that was
fun.
1 for July, my dad set off a
stick dynamite.
What?
Used to... No. This seems bizarre.
You never mentioned. You to you could buy
Dynamite. Long time ago. Long time ago. Where
here.
I maybe be
Just making this up. I wanna say at
1 point in time.
You could buy something at c op. Now,
this would have been I'm sure. Yeah. That
makes 60 set. I mean, a long, long
time ago.
But he had some from his job. They
were doing some blasting down there and he
he brought some home.
And I don't really. I remember he went
down the woods. He said he tied it
to a tree
and
ignited it, and I remember just being a
big boom.
Great big old boo. Because that's really what
it... That's all it is. Right? You didn't
see any lights or anything. No, I don't
work... I mean, I probably 3 4 years
old.
My sister had a bore for any at
the times.
The different time, he somehow knew how to
create this explosion with helium.
Helium balloon.
And I'm... He set 1 of those off
1 time and it. It was spooky.
I'm sure. That that sounds bad.
But coming up with kind of some of
these homemade con for that kind of thing
would always fun or, you know, but
usually have people use, like, loose hands and
fingers and stuff.
Yeah. We...
That was a big thing.
You know, my mom was always concerned and
went over... Get hurt. And I'm sure they
still have there's this old
newspaper cut out. And or may may been
out of a magazine. It was color. Get
And I mean, Golly, this would have probably
been from a seventies or 80. It was
old,
but she would show it it was a
hand.
That
the fire
had gone off in somebody's hands.
And it just took the top layer of
skin just pretty much removed it and blew
blew some of the fingers. I it. I
mean, it was pretty graphic.
She show it to you every year. Oh,
yeah. That's so funny. I don't wanna look
like morning. Pretty
but
I'm at... For me, it sounds like you
had more of a family type of admin.
Sphere.
Oh, where extended family family came and y'all
got together yeah that kind of thing. So
a lot of sweet We had a more
traditional.
Yeah. It was, like, every year, we did
a very similar thing until we were older.
Did you ever watch the Nathan hotdog dog
eating contest.
I've seen it. Tony island. But those... Yeah.
I mean, I've seen it, but I... It
wasn't it wasn't part of the tradition, but
I'm I'm into it. I think it's interesting.
Well, they have it ever... It's every before
july,
and I'm trying to
I don't know if you could do it.
Let me talk about this her? I tried
it, but I wouldn't I wouldn't do it
the way they did because them.
Guys.
The professionals... The record,
it's a guy... The the guy's name is
Joey Jaws Chestnut.
And the record for hot dogs eaten in...
Is it 10 minutes or somewhere in 10
minutes
76 hot dog. Oh, my goodness.
Now if you watch them, he's not putting
the dog on the bun and just
m. Eating it like you normally
envision your mind that he'll grab 2 at
a time without the bun and beating him
and then he dumped dips the bun and
water and eats it. I mean, it
It it can make turn offs. Yeah. It's
not visually appealing. Yeah. Appealing. Yeah. But he
8 76 hot dogs.
That's insane. It's hard to imagine. And
is it is it
on Tv?
Yep.
Yeah. Should do that this year. I think
the tide is called the mustard yellow belt.
Oh You in a big rest kind of
title belt. Yeah. Like a title belt kind
of thing.
I wondered what happens to his body after
that. Does he just go and shove his
finger dennis throat and just throw up? That's
a great question. I know that they're... Stomachs
get, like, permanently stretched
because they do it so often. Yeah. I
think it would Think it would have to.
I've read something on here what happens
after you consume that many at many
hot dogs and It says Oh, no. Let's
see.
Man who ate 62 hot dogs and 10
minute shares.
What happened after the competition.
And
said
it said, The first thing that he... He
starts to sweat,
and it smells like hot dogs.
And he said it's kinda like a sweet
yet musk. Yeah.
So
it's someone to sweat.
But it's kinda got a sweet
aroma to it.
And he said he I think you fast
for 2 days before. He just drinks water
and lemon juice.
But out I... He doesn't say anything about
throwing up. I think he's not it it...
You're about. I mean, I feel like, obviously,
the first time I'd be really scary, but
you work yourself up to that. And then
Your body's gotta have some sort of, like,
memory. You know what I mean? The okay
if I do this is what I...
He says
Usually take a nap as soon as I
can afterwards,
then the sweating begins, and then I guess
it just runs its course and... It's like
the meat sweats.
What's the meat? You never heard of the
meat all. Oh, no. People eat like a
bunch of meat and then they start to
sweat.
Like a bunch of barbecue?
I've
I've heard half. You for sure I've had
the meat sweats.
I feel like A sweat after.
It's like a very common phrase like the
meat sweats. Like, people definitely get the meat
sweats on the fourth of July. I've never
heard of them for. Yeah. Well, the meat
sweats.
You like the way it sounds. So. Something
about it being 1 syllable. Makes it sound
good. The meat sweats.
But... Have you ever done eating contest or
sure?
No.
You know what? It's just coming to my
mind now. I think I remember
1 of my like.
When people say, you know, you go to
college or you have all these things where
you have to, like,
introduce yourself. And I think 1 of my...
You
like, about me things used to be like,
hey, if I was gonna die in a
tragic accident. I'd rather... I'd like to die
in like a hotdog eating contest or, like,
a pancake eating contest or something like that.
You know, just to be a little. Was
that your yourself? The wall? Was that your
go to? And the little obscure. Was that
you know how
in social situations when you don't know... They'll...
Whoever is
administering the the
their the hosting or the they're they're
trying to bring everybody together. Like, okay Stand
up and say your name and say well.
What was your go to fact?
I would... I I had a lot of
weird ones.
I'd be like, oh, I like to wake
board or
I've
I power lift or I used to say
I really want a catfish noodle, which is
funny since you've done it. Mh. He still
won't take me.
It's still on my bucket list.
We'll go down in the Creek 1 see
if we can't
pull 1 out. Okay.
You know, as far as
there's a lot of interesting facts about the
for July. When you start studying it, did
you know...
The fourth of July,
the declaration of independence, it wasn't signed on
the fourth, it was signed on the second.
But, you know, newspapers back then, people didn't
get wind of until the fourth. And just
called it on. That's when they started celebrating.
That makes sense. Interesting. And,
John Adams, it was 1 of the president
presidency Nancy believed that the American independent should
be celebrated on July second,
and it annoyed him when people,
celebrated on the floor so much that he
repeatedly
turned down invitations to July 4 celebrations throughout
his life.
Wow. He's staunch.
At least he, you know, he he convicted
man. Yeah. He he committed to it.
3 presidents have died on before July.
Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, mh.
Ironically and James Monroe.
And president Zachary Taylor died in 18 50,
after eating spoiled fruit at a fort july
celebration. Oh, that's a hard way to go.
Yeah. For a president sad. Yeah. Ironic. Yeah.
It it it that the irony is overwhelming
there.
But back to hot dogs, it says,
Americans typically eat a hundred and 50000000
hot dogs on independence day.
Enough to just to make it more tangible
enough to stretch from
Washington Dc to Los Angeles more than 5
times.
Oh, wow.
Now, our hot dogs
actually meet.
There's a lot of controversy around hot dogs.
I've I've always thought they were...
There's a saying on on the movie sling
blade. I can't repeat it on here.
The parts that can't be used from animal.
They turn into hot dogs. I don't know
if that's true or not. I've never seen
1 made. It's not high quality.
Meat. Let's just put it... It's not a
rib eye. Right. Into a hot dog Well,
it's always odd when you get a hotdog
dog because, like, they're usually fully cooked. Right?
So anything that you do on top is
just... You know, you could throw them in
the microwave and just look floppy and
you could... Jerry 1.
On
raw,
not being the microwave?
No.
No. Do you ever put 1 on a
fishing hook?
You're fish with them.
You know, I don't think I did.
I don't think I did. I've got some
memories efficient with them.
If I went catfish,
I would either use
first catfish I recall was on bacon, Raw
bacon.
Yeah.
Or chicken livers. And... But I have heard
of people using hot dogs. Yeah. I can
see the hotdog dog on the hook.
I mean, it's... Know, the the the cylinder
like circular shape at the hotdog dogs stay.
It it I mean, it should stay on
the hook very stern. Yeah Yeah still the
fish consumed. Yeah. The the
texture of a hotdog dog is great for
a hook.
Oh, yes. Yes. I... I absolutely.
If you you choose a hotdog dog or
a burger? Would you choose... I mean, I
know you probably choose a burger.
Do you ever just get hank for a
hotdog dog?
It's been a long time.
It's been a long time. I I know
what you're talking about.
So Jones for a hotdog dog. I just
I hadn't recently.
Well, you know where I'm from. The hot
dogs are a big deal in Chicago. Mh.
I think, man,
thankfully, not a single person from Chicago will
listen to this. But I think there's a
pretty big taboo that in Chicago you'd never
put. Ketchup on your hotdog dog. Ever. It's
mustard and re.
And if you put ketchup on at your.
Knicks.
But they have really good hot dogs. Like
porto pillows, which you've had before who that's
up north. Mh. Really good hot dogs. They
put
peppers on and stuff. Oh. I remember sonic.
A golly, this would have been like,
I don't know high school or even... Even
further back than that. They had... You know
how different restaurants they come up with... Oh,
yeah. For specialties. Yeah. Yes. But they had
hot dogs or Chicago dog. You know I
remember on the commercial, it had like a...
What the tomato with the dog? Yeah. Yeah.
Or Yeah. That sounds right. It was like
a slice of tomato there in there. Like,
almost like orange slices. Like, they're, like, little
chunks. Yeah.
Well, this 1 was like a, not a
not not like a it wasn't diced.
It was just like a perfect slice
On there. Or maybe it was a pam.
I think it was a pepper probably.
You read a chili dog?
Yeah. Like good chili dough.
You at a corn dog?
It's been a long time.
Do you like a chili dog or corn
dog? I don't think I've ever had a
chili dog, but I was thinking the other
day. When I went through the drive thru
for something. I was like, I don't think
our kids have ever had a corn dog,
and they probably should eat 1. Yeah. It's
that's what I associate with childhood.
Is a corn dog.
But a chili dog. Go back to chili
dogs. Yeah. You never had a chili dog.
I think so. I mean, maybe a bite.
Well, it's kinda like for me, it's kinda
like a
a texture thing. So when the bun
when the chili
see into the bun. Yep. And it becomes
kind of
moist. Liquid moist,
liquidy,
and and you mix it in with the
dog, it's a really, really great experience. So
it has to sit for a couple. I
want to the marinade. Yeah for a good
minute. Kinda like, I always like soggy cereal.
Yeah. Me too. No. I... Both texture people.
Yeah. Yeah. Texture means a lot, but a
good chili doll. Maybe I'll make you 1
sometime. Oh my goodness.
That would be incredible.
Well First time my cooking dough.
That would be epic. What about a sloppy,
Joe? You're gonna say Sloppy Joe. I grew
up on Sloppy, Joe's. You made some. I
should make more. I haven't done that. It's
been wow, but they're pretty good. Yeah.
Now they're great. We used to do open
face ones. You open... It up, and then
you have the sloppy on both.
You eat it with a fork. Oh yeah.
Yeah. Yeah. That's way to do it. Bring
why they call sloppy joe, r to you
with your hands.
A lot of this is all the same
kind of...
Moisture seeping into a
very average button.
You know? Yeah. No. It can be a
mediocre bun. The the buns are usually very
mediocre. The bread is crappy. So you have
to have a lot of the other stuff.
The bread is just the vehicle.
Oh, yes.
Yes. The bread is
Excuse me. The bread is just a means
to an end.
You know? Yep. That's that's really all it
is, but you gotta have it it it's
it's paramount to the
Yeah.
Chili dog. I feel like... Yeah. I don't
turn my nose up, at any of these
what child.
It's A. Like I don't... I'm just thinking
about Sonic. They always had a. Something call
an extra long cheat. I think it's just
a lot big o hot though. I because...
I I went to Sonic a third because
I do enjoy a
very, very large dietary lime.
A root 44?
You know what? I'd never even heard of
that and that I got it the other
day. You never heard of it? No. Because
this the thing too. Is what you're not
understanding.
You grew up on Sonic.
Sonic. It's the only restaurant we had Green
bar. And I can see it, but Sonic
did not come to the outskirts.
Of the Chicago suburbs
until my senior year of high school. And
it was a big deal. Like, really big
deal. People would drive counties over go Sonic.
So when I came down here, I was
like, what is a sonic? How do I
do this? Oh it fun. We all... I
mean, that we had Sonic and Green.
Go Sonic and Green. We had a sonic
and a a subway in Green.
Okay. 2 classics. But we everybody ate Sonic
for the most part. And you could get
a root 44 drink. Big old. And I've
always wondered. I've never tried it.
Can you get a root 44 milkshake?
I mean, I'm sure. Because you can get
a roof 44 drink.
Like right. Carrie lamb. It's be honest. It's
a lot of ice. I brought you home
on the other day. That was the first
time ever had a root 44.
I looked It was roof 40... That was
a roof word. It's was a massive.
Seem it seemed bigger when I was a
kid. That seemed that cups seen that big.
Well, you're large man. Yeah. The, what about
happy how they still have that? Oh, yeah.
That that drink I brought you home was,
like, a dollar
50.
Is was that all? Yes. Is that every
everyday? Yes.
A dollar fee. What a gift? What a
treat? Was it? Was it a... It was
made? Yeah. Was it diet It was it
I... Yeah.
I know. It was really fun. I used,
you know, my favorite drink when I get
there when I killed me? What
it was either a blue coconut s
or something called ocean water.
Ocean blue. Okay. I don't know what went
into it, but it was kind of this
really beautiful blue color.
And it... Felt like you were drinking water
out of the ocean if you could. It
was very refreshing, very.
Yeah. I was in like giving probably just
sprite with food cover it if you know
through. Just a bunch of
artificial dies. Okay. But on that note, since
we're just on fun childhood foods.
The blue reminded me of... So if you
guys were gonna get ice cream I when
I think of the fourth of July, and
when I think of these, like, summer are
really fun holidays. There's a lot of ice
cream.
There's a lot of pops.
Because
Around here, where did you go to Ice
cream? That would you go to Sonic? Or
was there, like a, like, a classic ice,
like, kind of mom mom pop ice cream
shop? Everybody's
answer will probably be different on this. I...
There's not 1 that really comes to mind
for me. We never arrived. I don't remember
you're getting dairy Queen. You were not Dairy
queen family.
Not because didn't like it. I just don't
really ever recall. You don't think it was
here. Maybe be?
No. It was here. This 1 goes for.
What 1 a Springfield.
Would've have been kind far for you guys.
I probably sonic, like, the milkshake I Yeah.
I mean, they have all the ice cream.
I just don't think of, like, I grew
up.
Where we were in our little subdivision, probably
like 2 miles down the road.
There was a dairy queen,
and, like,
probably... I don't... I can't even guess me
how many nights out of the week. But
I can vividly remember summer hours for D
q,
My mom and dad be like, okay. What
I was run at D q, and then
we were when we were old enough, 1
of us to drive. They'd be like, hey,
we'll get D q if 1 of you
goes and drives and picks it up. So
I was remember getting blizzard in the summer.
But what I was gonna say is is
that sometimes if I was feeling a little
off,
spicy. I would get something called, like, a
blue s,
and it had
a strip of vanilla ice cream in it
and then blue s.
And it was great.
A blue s. Yeah. Blue. I think it
was called that. Or, like, a raspberry, like
a blue raspberry,
s. Did you ever have a mc blurry
from Mcdonald's?
Yeah.
But there was Mcdonald's right there next to
the Dairy Queen. So we were gonna get
ice cream. It was gonna be from Dairy
Queen.
Yeah. That makes sense. Is you?
Did That what?
K.
Make flu. I did every every once in
a while. Not, You know, It wasn't a
massive Mc flurry.
Have you seen the
Mcdonald's
conspiracy about the fact that they... Whenever you
go through the drive through, majority of the
time they'll tell you that the blizzard machine
isn't working.
But they just don't wanna do it, and
there's people that will just walk behind the
counter. And, like, the spoon is the stir,
and they'll just put it in there and
make it work.
Conspiracy.
They don't wanna make us blizzard. They don't
wanna make us... Where are they called con
concrete, makes sense?
What used to call them, make mcdonald's ones?
Mc. Mc flores. They don't wanna make them.
I'm not surprised at all. And
I never 1 those in a long time.
I honestly, with without most of the time
ice cream, which just got from the store.
And I'm trying to remember the brand. Was
it purity?
Yeah. Purity.
There was 10I
hadn't about this in a long time, it
was chocolate marshmallow.
And it was purity, and it came in,
you know, not... And it wasn't like they
were square. Square containers and the lid had
a flap on it. Oh, I can see
it. Yeah. Not like these blue bell, you
take it off.
But when whenever you'd open it, there was
a little message
across the phone and said, hello pretty lover
her.
Pretty lover her. Yeah. Because purity
Hello,
purity lover.
BURTY.
Okay. Okay. It was always kind of a
little comforting thing that like you. I know,
it's it's saying hi to me, it's acknowledging
that it's okay for me to eat it.
And I feel okay Like... You being the
youngest? Did you ever feel scared you weren't
gonna get any or get enough?
Like, was there, like, a, kind of, like,
everybody's getting this ice cream, but I need
to make sure I need to get... Or
you just always got. So...
I was so much younger.
Then
A brother and sister. I don't remember there
being an ice cream competition that I recall.
There was no, like, food war. Oh, we
never sat this No. No. No. It was
just kind of a free for all. I
think in the way of...
I don't remember anybody getting a bow
and putting it into a bowl eat. I
remember everybody's just eat water. Wow carton. Does
the communal ice cream? Pretty much. It's funny.
Yeah.
That's cute. I a come communal milk, you
know, everybody drank it out of the
out of the jug. People are people are
healthier back then, You know? Yeah. I think
so I think there's something too bad. Do
you think we're gonna... Well, like, what are
we gonna do with the kids fireworks?
Think everybody will be okay with them this
year. Wonder if Sis,
Larkin won't need some some headphone or probably.
Yeah Yeah. It wouldn't be a bad idea.
I think they're gonna like it a lot.
Smoke bombs. I did that last year. I
think they like the smoke bombs a lot.
It's easy and
pretty safe for the most part. Yeah.
There's 1. I don't know what you called.
It's got
propellers on it, and you set it on
the ground, and you light it, and it's...
It takes off spinning really fast and goes
up there and then pops. Oh, they'll like
those. Yeah. Other ones that send little little
army men up in the air? No. But
I'd like we need to get some of
those. Yeah. That would be. They down with
the parachute and then you catch them. Remember
those. And 1 of the ones you throw
on the ground pop or the... What are
they called?
I don't crack or something, and I know
what you're talking. Well, and the nice thing
is in our In Robe County, there's a
lot of great free things going on. Right?
There's the White House... All the stuff that
White House says they're carnival right now, and
they're gonna do
fireworks and their big night, I think on
the sixth,
and then
tomorrow night, just freedom.
Freedom fast. Springfield. Springfield, concert and fireworks, and
oh, in the parade.
Green briar. Yep. Lots of great stuff going
on. Yeah. Yep. Robert's County is very accommodating
to the fourth july. But several things going
on.
If you choose to attend there's something to
do.
Make sure I need a hot dog.
Eat more 1. If you can help it.
Eat the hotdog dog, like a hotdog dog,
eat
a
corn dog? Eat a chili dog. About Vienna
sauce you like those? I've never really had
them unless it's like an appetizer and they're
wrapped up. What best spam?
I've never had spam. Actually, that's not probably
not true. I had a roommate ones who
like to make spam sandwiches, and I think
I bite to that, but I don't have
any memory.
Pardon me no
Is with pot. My closest thing to kinda
if meat is like tuna. That baloney.
Just think of my baloney has a first
name.
To?
No. I think the
I think the those big packages a bo
baloney at the at the grocery store, not
the slices, but the big
hog jaw bo baloney. Oh, yeah. I can
see it, like, kind of a pink ish.
Yeah. Kind of a pink ish or a
red. They call them. It's fun to pick
it up just ph love and found dense.
Heavy meat. Oh, yeah. Yeah. It's fun to
just kinda hold like a baby in your
arms.
Well,
I think this has been productive what about
you. I think so too. I think we
should just have episodes going forward just talking
about a specific kind of food because we
could we could do 35 minutes on it.
37.
This... 35 Ray Charles knee took up... Took
up... Took up 1 or 2. It's been
a blast.
I love the fourth of July.
Love
become robbery,
love the patriot. His a
grateful for America,
or we can freely do
what we wanna do
and worship the Lord any of as many
hot dogs as we want. Yeah. No. We
are we are very fortunate and blessed to
be where we are, and
To what I say, 248 years.
Yeah. It's just, you know? 2 years from
now, Big year.
We'll have to do something big.
250 hot dogs.
Clint cr.
You have eat 250 hot dogs on the
fourth of July.
What would happen... Would you finally bust, Like
if you weren't trained to do it?
I just... I don't think you could do
it. I think you would just start going
up. Yeah.
Probably.
People say you can't drink a gallon. Like,
maybe, gallon of milk or water. I mean
you can drown yourself. Well, you no, it's
impossible to drink a gallon of milk in
under 1 hour?
I think you could do it if somebody
could. We'll you've gotten close. That's for sure.
I've known people that have tried it. Like
in high school, and they said we we
all flew Was it past tries?
That's what it is.
The pasteur accusation that causes it. There you
go. We're royal Milk doing 2 gallons.
Conspiracy.
Well, you know. What what we... What do
we say before the milk?
250
hot dogs. But then there was something else.
I had something I was gonna say.
It was between hot dogs in the meal.
Would you get sick? Oh, if you ever
threw up a hot dog before?
I don't think I would be able to
eat them.
Enjoyable if I had. I got sick when
I was a kid.
I think it was around Memorial bay,
and I remember throwing up hot dogs and
It was like a Mountain Dew variation of
a drink. It what regular mountain. It was
like Mountain Dew
orange. Oh. No, maybe it was yellow mellow
yellow lab.
I can picture it. Yes. And that sounds
horrible. Screw up upstairs and
my
in my room on the carpet and the
carpet,
the stain never went away. And there was
a orange stain.
Oh, goodness. Did you did you go without
for about a year or did it turn
you off Or you back? It kinda turns
me off when I think about it. Can't.
You have to turn your brain off and
be a patriot and eat your hot dogs.
Be quiet eat your hot dogs. Yeah. In
a pot Work Okay. You
Can you get a hotdog dog and booth
with theater
I don't hope I don't think that's not
a thing you. Probably unlikely. Yeah. For some
Have a stadium deal.
Yeah.
Yeah. If you go to Sport event, they're
gonna have hot dogs. We're gonna have hot
dogs are cheap. They're easy.
Ketchup up, re, mustard.
Sounded like you were
Sorry to wrap. Yeah. Yeah. But hot build.
That'll be the next podcast you'd invite me
back on.
Well, What do you say we
wrap it on ups. Does that work for
you. It sounds good. Fireworks works and Unfortunately
july. I mean, we've covered just about everything
associated with the Fort that I can think
of. Truly. Yep. Alright. Hope everybody has a
fun and safe fourth of July.
Have a happy fun and safe fourth of
July and
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