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4th of July?

Amy Goodgame & Marty Booth Episode 56

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Fourth of July Celebrations

Speaker 1

Welcome to hey Real Quick , happy 4th of July .

Speaker 2

Happy 4th of July . Happy 4th of July . Yes , I hope you're at rooms to go . They have that mattress sale .

Speaker 1

Yeah , or it's truck month and it's 4th of July .

Speaker 2

Yeah , I don't know Wherever you are .

Speaker 1

Right .

Speaker 2

You're sweating .

Speaker 1

Yes , mm-hmm , whoo what you eating the fourth of july . Yeah um , my kids are eating hot dogs I guess grilling out , grilling out , hey , let's grill at the hottest part of the year . What is that ?

Speaker 2

that's what I think . When I think of the fourth of july , I just think of sweating .

Speaker 1

While cooking food .

Speaker 2

While cooking food , yeah , and then be like I'm going to go inside and eat it .

Speaker 1

Yeah , let me cool off so I'm not nauseous , before I start on this hot dog . Yeah , yeah , did you put ?

Speaker 2

those baked beans in the stove ? No , I set them in the sun . They're done .

Speaker 1

They cooked on the driveway .

Speaker 2

And so am I .

Speaker 1

So , yeah , well , your kids are bigger , but you know , used to be like the kiddie pool , or who brought the blow up pool ?

Speaker 2

Oh yeah .

Speaker 1

You know , are we going to have some kind of dessert with blueberries and strawberries ? I used to make a thing like that . Oh yeah , we did that Like flag with like a cookie dough on the bottom blueberries blueberries and strawberries for the stripes , and then a little cool whipped cream middle or something like that .

Speaker 2

Cool whip , something like that .

Speaker 1

Yeah , is it I don't know , sure , I don't know , yeah , so um , but we did that yeah our kids like that .

Speaker 2

They're like oh , can we did that ? Yeah , our kids like that , they're like oh , can we have that ? Yeah , can we ?

Speaker 1

flag . Can we eat that Because it's cold ? Yeah , burgers and dogs .

Speaker 2

That's it , yeah .

Speaker 1

Yeah .

Speaker 2

Pretty much . I don't rank my holidays .

Speaker 1

Yeah .

Speaker 2

But Fourth of July is probably in my top 25 .

Speaker 1

It's just so hot , it's so hot , I mean , and people are outside and you end the day with the fireworks and everybody's done before those start . You know ? Yeah , because we're exhausted and we all need a Gatorade IV .

Speaker 2

Yeah , I mean if Christmas was on July 4th and the tree was in the backyard it wouldn't be high on my list either .

Speaker 1

No , no .

Speaker 2

Man , yeah , it's just hot .

Speaker 1

Yeah .

Speaker 2

But find shade wherever you're at . Yeah , a box fan Drink a water every now and then .

Speaker 1

Yeah .

Speaker 2

Stay hydrated .

Speaker 1

Yeah .

Speaker 2

Take a trip to Alaska .

Speaker 1

I don't know , it's probably hot there . Just go get the bag of ice outside the Mapco .

Speaker 2

Yeah , take it home , go in that . What do they have at gas stations , like that beer cave or whatever , you know , when you like .

Speaker 1

Oh yeah , Some places where you can walk in it , yeah . Yeah , some of the grocery stores have that . I don't buy beer . Yeah , stores have that , I don't buy beer , yeah , but , um , we're just gonna go in here and play a game of dominoes . We're gonna cool off a minute . We've been outside , we're about to go watch fireworks , so I have to recalibrate . Um , yeah , yeah anyway .

Speaker 2

Well , I did find um , let's

50 Facts About Independence Day

Speaker 2

drop some knowledge . Uh , I found a 50 facts about the fourth of july .

Speaker 1

Okay .

Speaker 2

Because I was scrolling . Yeah Well , I guess on the internet , I'm not on the medias , but I was scrolling , I was like oh the 4th is coming up . I want to see if I knew any of these . Yeah , yeah or let me say , did not know any of these . So I'm not going to read out 50 facts , because it's hot .

Speaker 1

Ain't nobody got time for that , and everybody's waiting on fireworks . Yeah , ain't , nobody on a boat going .

Speaker 2

Did you hear number 32 ?

Speaker 1

No , they're like is my hot dog done yet ?

Speaker 2

Yeah , but a couple I thought were interesting .

Speaker 1

One was you're not supposed to wear American flags . That really puts Old Navy in an uncomfortable position remember like forever . It was like family t-shirts , old navy 1997 , 19 and that had the year on them .

Speaker 2

Yeah , they still get the whole collection , tank tops , everything muscle shirts . It's a flag code and it states the flag should never be used as wearing apparel , bedding or drapery . I don't know who's got American flag drapes .

Speaker 1

I don't know , that's next level .

Speaker 2

Or bedding .

Speaker 1

Bedding . Wow , yeah , I don't get that one . Yeah , I don't either .

Speaker 2

But also another fact is every Major League Baseball team will be playing on the 4th of July .

Speaker 1

Really .

Speaker 2

So if you need something to do for eight hours while you're eating your hot dogs , there's a baseball game .

Speaker 1

Right , that's kind of slow and not very stressful .

Speaker 2

Yeah .

Speaker 1

With a steady pace . Yeah , can you tell I'm not a baseball fan .

Speaker 2

This game started in 1776 .

Speaker 1

It's still going , it's in the third inning . The skeletons with uniforms on are the team Wow .

Speaker 2

Well , here's another one . I'm not numbering these because nobody cares . No , no , we're just hitting the highlights this one seemed , I'm going to say , like common sense .

Speaker 1

Yeah .

Speaker 2

Fireworks are a huge business . You think I'm going to say yeah , in case you didn't know .

Speaker 1

Yeah , just come to my house and I live in Nashville proper , but don't nobody care . Yeah , yeah , it's crazy .

Speaker 2

Proper , but don't nobody care . Yeah , yeah , it's crazy . It says 600 million in fireworks imports .

Speaker 1

That seems low . I was going to say that too .

Speaker 2

Which I will say Nashville , the one they do downtown . I looked it up , it seems low here .

Speaker 1

Yeah .

Speaker 2

Half a million .

Speaker 1

Oh , that doesn't seem right . That doesn't seem right .

Speaker 2

Because that thing lasts for 30 . I don't know where they're getting their fireworks .

Speaker 1

Yeah , but it ain't Big Bob's on like I-24 going to Chattanooga or something like that ?

Speaker 2

Yeah , it ain't . What was it ?

Speaker 1

Crazy Bills , or whatever it ain't in that trailer , no , or the side of the road stand , yeah .

Speaker 2

If you shot fireworks for 40 minutes and you bought them at Crazy Bills or Eddie's or whatever it was , yeah . That would cost

Fireworks and Food Spending

Speaker 2

you like $3 billion .

Speaker 1

Yeah , exactly , exactly .

Speaker 2

But yeah , they shoot a lot . Yeah , I don't know they shoot so many fireworks you can't see them , it's just smoke .

Speaker 1

Oh , wow .

Speaker 2

Yeah , like at the end Speaking of hot dogs .

Speaker 1

Yeah .

Speaker 2

And burgers and sweating while cooking them . Another one is it says Americans spend close to $10 billion on Fourth of July food . I believe that that's inflation .

Speaker 1

It's when everybody goes and buys meat . You know what I'm saying .

Speaker 2

That's true . Yeah , Fourth of July is meat , yeah it's just meat .

Speaker 1

It's like barbecue ribs steaks . Y'all want some grilled chicken . Who wants some shrimp kebabs ?

Speaker 2

I mean it's everything , forrest Gump . It's all of it . It's just meat and fruit and a bag of chips . Yeah , you got some Lay's potato chips .

Speaker 1

That's about . All the heat you can take is with meat , and then you got to eat something cold . And a watermelon yeah , ooh , ice cold watermelon .

Speaker 2

Like an ice cold watermelon .

Speaker 1

Ooh , that's good .

Speaker 2

Why are we ?

Speaker 1

Yeah , man , I want some watermelon right now .

Speaker 2

Watermelon always sounds delicious .

Speaker 1

Yeah .

Speaker 2

And then you're like it's refreshing . And you gotta pick it out and it's ginormous , I don't do it .

Speaker 1

And then did you put it in the fridge .

Speaker 2

I forgot . Yeah , just eat an ice cube with each bite . It'll be the same thing .

Speaker 1

But it'll be the same thing . I'm at the age now . I'm like , if I want it , I'm getting a pre-cut .

Speaker 2

I know , oh yeah .

Speaker 1

It's bougie . Yeah , yeah , I don't buy it often . I'm not buying it like all the time , but I'm not hauling a huge watermelon and then , because you want to wash it off before you cut it , you know what I'm saying yeah , and , and . Then you got on the counter and who's got a cutting board that big ? What kind of knife are we using here ?

Speaker 2

You're always trying to put it on a paper plate .

Speaker 1

Can you go get the home light chainsaw ? You know , let's cut it outside . Yeah , there'll be no ants after that . You know what I'm saying ? It's a whole thing .

Speaker 2

I don't know . And to people I know different people put stuff on a watermelon . Well , we do know . And to people I know different people put stuff on a watermelon .

Speaker 1

Well , we did salt , we used to salt a watermelon I still do sometimes my husband that and he was like I'm sorry what I thought everybody did remember the salt shaker . You always put salt on it . I didn't eat a bite without salt till I was probably in high school yeah , we were like cows , just like , was that salt block ? No , remember you kind of cut them like long ways and just have a long boat worth you know like animals .

Speaker 2

Yeah , just sitting around table and people would hunch over .

Speaker 1

Yeah , just eat it just yeah , seeds , and flies everywhere right it ain't coming out of your clothes either .

Speaker 2

Yeah .

Speaker 1

That stain's there to stay .

Speaker 2

That American flag t-shirt is ruined .

Speaker 1

It's really offensive . Now . It's stained , oh my gosh . But I do love a good watermelon .

Speaker 2

Yeah , anyway , yeah Well , I wonder how much of that $10 billion is watermelons .

Speaker 1

I don't know , but now I want a burger .

Speaker 2

I know it also says I'm guessing these are facts . That's what it said .

Speaker 1

It's on the internet . Yeah , it's on the internet .

Speaker 2

It's got to be true , it is true 50 million Americans travel more than 50 miles , which we did when this comes out , because we drove eight hours . Oh good gracious . Seven or eight .

Speaker 1

See , we're not going Down to the Gulf . Yeah , not on the 4th .

Speaker 2

Which gas always goes up ?

Speaker 1

I know

Watermelon Debates

Speaker 1

it's always right before the 4th . They're just waiting . Memorial Day , the 4th Labor Day .

Speaker 2

We dropped some barrels . We didn't mean to .

Speaker 1

We'll have to bump it up a little bit .

Speaker 2

Oh it's cold and nobody's driving anywhere . Guess what Gas is cheaper .

Speaker 1

Right .

Speaker 2

The oldest continuously running 4th of July parade is in Bristol Road Island Are 4th of July parades .

Speaker 1

I guess they are . Are they a ? Thing ?

Speaker 2

I get it , I ain't going to lie . Little neighborhoods do them .

Speaker 1

But you know , like I get a New Year's Eve if you want to bundle up and do that business , whatever . Or Thanksgiving Day parade , Macy's Day , whatever it's called , but Fourth of July parade . I feel like the only reason people are there is because they have young kids .

Speaker 2

It's just little . It's too hot . It's just little . Bikes with red , white and blue streamers , everybody's got a little bitty flag and it's just . We're going to leave here and we're going to meet at the pool .

Speaker 1

Yes .

Speaker 2

And there'll be a the shave ice truck is going to be there .

Speaker 1

Yeah right .

Speaker 2

And then everybody's going to go swimming . I guess , big cities have parades .

Speaker 1

Yeah , big cities , maybe small towns .

Speaker 2

I'll tell you what if I'm in a marching band , I ain't marching in that , uh-uh , they should be in flag tank tops .

Speaker 1

Yeah , there ain't no way like . Phoenix Arizona is having a parade . Oh no , Indoor .

Speaker 2

We're going to start here and we're going to melt three streets over .

Speaker 1

Oh , we're going to melt three streets over . Oh my gosh . Also it's all food related , I know as it should be .

Speaker 2

Americans consume about 150 million hot dogs per year .

Speaker 1

Oh so this has nothing to do with the fourth . Yeah , so I don't know why that's on this . Probably 100 million of them are on the fourth . Do you eat hot dogs ?

Speaker 2

Not anymore . I used to .

Speaker 1

Do you eat beef ones or turkey dogs ?

Speaker 2

I've transitioned to turkey dogs and now I haven't had a hot dog in like two or three years .

Speaker 1

Yeah .

Speaker 2

So it's just a mind thing .

Speaker 1

It's like you can't do it .

Speaker 2

If I haven't eaten in four days and somebody gives me a hot dog , I'm just gonna be like oops . I dropped it . I ain't eating it , no okay I can't do it , it's just a mental block now see , I , I'm , I'm gonna be honest .

Speaker 1

I love a good hot dog I used to love .

Speaker 2

I used to love sauerkraut .

Speaker 1

Some onions I like , some onions , some yellow mustard , I want some relish , I want some wickles relish on that oh yeah , and then maybe a little bit of barbecue sauce yeah not ketchup , I do a tiny bit .

Speaker 2

I do a little ketchup and a little more .

Speaker 1

I do like 70% mustard . We are hungry , by the way .

Speaker 2

Yeah , but I thought it was interesting . This data came from the National Hot Dog and Sausage Council , which I don't know . Who's on that ? Joey Chestnut and two other people I don't know ? The hot dog eating dude yeah , I think . 150 million .

Speaker 1

Hot , the hot dog eating dude yeah .

Speaker 2

I think 150 million hot dogs . He eats 50 million of them .

Speaker 1

Good grief . How does he show up again every year ? I expect him to be dead .

Speaker 2

He does that's . All he does is eating competitions . So he does that like once a year , but then he does , you know , the Joe Schmo barbecue contest . He just goes around and eats .

Speaker 1

Okay , is he cleansing or something after that ? Juice , cleanse Fasting .

Speaker 2

He's slowing , he ain't fasting .

Speaker 1

How is he alive ? How old is that guy ? I don't know . We'll look it up , yeah .

Speaker 2

Also , there have been 27 different official versions of the flag . I thought there was like three or four .

Speaker 1

Yeah , I guess I didn't totally realize that 27? . Well , they kept adding stuff . Make a decision .

Speaker 2

Golly .

Speaker 1

We're going to stop right here . If we add another island , who cares ? We add another island ? Who ?

Speaker 2

cares . And then well , this one , the American flag's traditional triangle fold , was meant to evoke a three-cornered hat , like the kind George Washington wore .

Speaker 1

Okay , I don't think I knew that .

Speaker 2

I did not know that .

Speaker 1

I did not know that .

Speaker 2

I'm trying to oh this one so everybody knows the first person to sign the Declaration of Independence . Give me your John Hancock yeah On this , herbie Hancock , yes , yeah . But what I thought was funny is John Hancock signed it .

Speaker 1

Uh-huh .

Speaker 2

Ginormous .

Speaker 1

Mm-hmm yeah .

Speaker 2

And then everybody . I just it's kind of like when you get your yearbook signed , or anything , yeah , and then everybody .

Speaker 1

I just . It's kind of like when you get your yearbook signed or anything .

Speaker 2

Oh , he's that guy , or anything like oh , the whole team's going to sign this basketball .

Speaker 1

And then the one guy , and then one guy does it huge and it's like dude , yeah , now we got to Turn it sideways .

Speaker 2

I'm surprised nobody did that on the Declaration of Independence , that's funny , like had to turn it sideways .

Speaker 1

Yeah , in the margins . Hope you have a great summer . Yeah right , oh gosh , sorry , oh .

Speaker 2

Also , it says Independence Day should have been celebrated on July 2nd , although the document was dated .

Speaker 1

July 4th , Congress actually voted for independence from Great Britain two days prior .

Speaker 2

It apparently wasn't signed by everyone until a month later , on August 2nd .

Speaker 1

They're like . We sent you this docusign two weeks ago . Can you please log in already ?

Speaker 2

My iPad's not working .

Speaker 1

I'll get to it , I promise .

Speaker 2

Which , the 2nd of July , doesn't sound good , it does not roll off the tongue .

Speaker 1

No , I do not like that . I mean , I think that's why they to it , I promise , which the 2nd of July doesn't sound good . Does not roll off the tongue ? No , I do not like that .

Speaker 2

I mean , I think that's why they did it yeah .

Speaker 1

July 4th , it sounds better .

Speaker 2

What are you ?

Speaker 1

doing on the 4th ? What are you doing on the 2nd ?

Speaker 2

I don't know why are you saying this ? I'm getting ready for the 4th .

Speaker 1

What are ?

Speaker 2

you doing ? Yeah , what else Okay ? Well , three presidents who signed the Declaration of Independence died on July 4th .

Speaker 1

That's interesting , john Adams .

Speaker 2

Thomas Jefferson and then James Monroe .

Speaker 1

Wow . That's kind of creepy .

Speaker 2

That's a bummer and the Liberty Bell rings 13 times every Independence Day to honor the 13 original states . I've never heard that Let freedom ring . I don't know , I've never been there .

Speaker 1

I've never been to Philadelphia , yeah .

Speaker 2

Yeah , I need to go there .

Speaker 1

Yeah .

Speaker 2

All right , it's cool .

Speaker 1

I would like to go Philly .

Speaker 2

Get a cheesesteak . Oh , I know , speaking of food , we're starving hoagies and water . Yeah , let's do it oh , it says okay , no , maybe these facts are wrong because now it says americans spend over a billion on fireworks . That's every year .

Speaker 1

Okay , that's not right . You think it's more , it's gotta be more . Think about the Super Bowl , yeah .

Speaker 2

New Year's Eve .

Speaker 1

Right , my neighborhood yeah .

Speaker 2

Yeah , the guy next door yeah right .

Speaker 1

Seriously , it's crazy , oh yeah .

Speaker 2

Fourth of July sales have been a thing for a while .

Speaker 1

You think yeah .

Speaker 2

According to Live Science I don't know what that is it was seen as unpatriotic if you kept your business open on Independence Day before the Civil War , but after restaurants and stores started having sales on red , white , blue merchandise Yep . And they've continued ever since , I guess mattresses are white Yep depot , lows , car places , furniture places .

Speaker 1

Come on down to handy tv warehouse . We got a fourth . Where was that place ? Which one handy tv warehouse . That same guy did the commercials in alabama forever , I don't know . And

Presidential History Tidbits

Speaker 1

appliance .

Speaker 2

I don't remember that Woo-wee Handy TV .

Speaker 1

Handy TV warehouse .

Speaker 2

I'm going to have to find that out .

Speaker 1

Yeah .

Speaker 2

Also Calvin Coolidge .

Speaker 1

Okay .

Speaker 2

Was the only president born on the 4th of July .

Speaker 1

Birthday and fireworks .

Speaker 2

That's the only thing I know about that dude Yep , me too , calvin Yep .

Speaker 1

Sorry what .

Speaker 2

That's the only thing I know about that dude . Yep , me too , calvin . Yep , sorry , what else ? Oh , the Declaration and the Constitution were signed in Philadelphia .

Speaker 1

I guess I knew that A lot of history . Yeah , we should go there .

Speaker 2

Okay , this one I thought was smart .

Speaker 1

Okay .

Speaker 2

So Thomas Jefferson believed that a new Constitution should be written every 19 years .

Speaker 1

I don't know how he came up with 19 . 19 , that's interesting .

Speaker 2

But he said if and I'm quoting don't get mad at me one generation of men has , he asked ? He said If one generation of men has the right to bind another . The lands would belong to the dead and not to the living , which would be the reverse of our principle , which is one of the smartest things I've ever read .

Speaker 1

That's deep Thomas Thomas .

Speaker 2

What's up , Tom Knowledge bombs .

Speaker 1

I'm saying yeah .

Speaker 2

It makes sense .

Speaker 1

Right , well , things change and progress . Yeah , yeah , it makes sense , right , well , things change and progress . And like yeah , yeah , I mean like nice , great , because we don't want to be like we were . I mean lots of ways .

Speaker 2

19 seems like a lot of rewriting , but it's probably should be more than ever .

Speaker 1

Like to hunt , you know , yeah well , it's the time from a person when they're born to their young adulthood that you know you've . There's been a whole nother crop of adults that are about to go out to the world , college work , whatever we didn't have electricity right I know , and they're just like using quills and yeah , let's keep this the same forever and ever . I don't know , there's some messed up stuff in there . You think we should ? Oh no .

Speaker 2

No , it'll be fine . Yeah , hey , do you think seven-year-olds will ever have smartphones ?

Speaker 1

No , no , no , that's fine . Let's just write this for eternity .

Speaker 2

Let's just keep it the way it is . Nothing will ever change . People are always going to ride horses . There won't be auto taxis . Yeah , yeah , but anyway .

Speaker 1

Life is like hold my beer . Let me give you some of this AI for a minute . Have you heard of AI ?

Speaker 2

Yeah , yeah . But we should do that , yeah , or even just make it a good number , like 20 every 25 . That sounds good .

Speaker 1

Yeah , four times a century yeah .

Speaker 2

Whatever , tweak it , tweaks , tweak it . Small towns spend $8,000 to $15,000 on 4th of July . I believe that totally , and the last one on this list . There was 50 , so we saved y'all . It's a tradition to eat salmon on the 4th of July in New England . You know where I'm to eat salmon on the 4th of July in New England . You know where I'm not going to celebrate the 4th of July , new England Alongside peas . The tradition likely dates back to the fact that peas ripened at the same time as the fish .

Speaker 1

Fish don't ripen . Who wrote ?

Speaker 2

this . This needs to get revised every 19 years . That's making the two a good pairing around the same time .

Speaker 1

No , you're going to be sick as a dog because it's going to sit out in the sun , it's going to grow bacteria and then you're going to eat it and you're going to be in the ER .

Speaker 2

Put that salmon in a windowsill until it ripens .

Speaker 1

I've done grilling the salmon . You and me sit it here in the sun until the hot dogs are done . It's got a good bacteria going on it , yeah .

Speaker 2

Anyway .

Speaker 1

Yeah , I don't want fish .

Speaker 2

Yeah , I ain't doing salmon .

Speaker 1

Not on the 4th of July . No , thank you .

Speaker 2

Yeah , I won't be eating salmon .

Speaker 1

Yeah , or hot dogs , I guess .

Speaker 2

I'll eat a turkey burger .

Speaker 1

Yeah .

Speaker 2

That's my jam and some watermelon

Watermelon Toppings Explored

Speaker 2

. Yeah , and I'm putting salt on it .

Speaker 1

Do you ever ?

Speaker 2

I still do it .

Speaker 1

I never do it .

Speaker 2

It's not as .

Speaker 1

Satisfying .

Speaker 2

It's not as good as I remember .

Speaker 1

But it's good a little bit Sometimes . I just want a couple bites . Are you using regular salt or sea salt ?

Speaker 2

It's fortunate , is it Himalayan ? Are you using ?

Speaker 1

regular salt or sea salt . It's fortunate I ain't using . Is it Himalayan , are you ?

Speaker 2

grinding it with the salt grinder . No , I'm not using pink Himalayan sea salt on a watermelon , I'm just using yeah , cracker Barrel , normal Salt , shaker Salt shaker .

Speaker 1

I can't say that .

Speaker 2

American salt Just chicka , chicka salt .

Speaker 1

Is that salt American ?

Speaker 2

Do you celebrate the Fourth of July in the Himalayas ? Yeah , I think not . I ain't using no pink salt , oh my God . Sorry .

Speaker 1

Give me the Morton's .

Speaker 2

Oh , yeah , yeah . But yeah , I think some people put don't other people put like random stuff on watermelon .

Speaker 1

There is a , I don't know , but I think this would be good Trader .

Speaker 2

Joe's sells a chili lime seasoning .

Speaker 1

Oh yeah , like a little spicy lime , something , something .

Speaker 2

Popular option . Sorry , I had to Google it because that's what I do .

Speaker 1

Yeah , see it .

Speaker 2

Lime juice Salt lime juice and various herbs like mint or basil For a twist . Oh , it's got that salad you were talking about .

Speaker 1

I made it last night . Feta cheese , red onion and even balsamic glaze Balsamic glaze which I made with fresh lime juice , balsamic , a little bit of olive oil , and then you put the feta in there and we have some fresh mint . It's called mojito mint plant .

Speaker 2

Yeah .

Speaker 1

Got that , chopped it it up . A little bit of cilantro in there too . Oh , you toss that . It sounds crazy , but it is so good it sounds good and it has .

Speaker 2

Uh says you can also get creative with spice rubs , like a mix of chili powder , cumin and coriander .

Speaker 1

I don't know what coriander is I don't know , but I don't want no taco taste on my watermelon . Okay , cumin is like watermelon , I mean taco , but yeah , yeah , we weren't crazy Salt A classic pairing Salt enhances watermelon sweetness and adds a contrasting salty note .

Speaker 2

You think Flaky sea salt is often recommended for its texture . Excuse me Well , we ain't doing that . No .

Speaker 1

But it's not as redneck as we thought , look at that no Look at us Lime juice or lemon juice .

Speaker 2

I'd go lime .

Speaker 1

Lime is really good yeah .

Speaker 2

Citrus juice provides a bright , tangy counterpoint to the sweetness of watermelon . Yeah , okay .

Speaker 1

And the herbs are good If you got some fresh herbs .

Speaker 2

Put some herbs on it . Oh , oh , this is what I was thinking . Yeah , what's that ? Tahini , tahini . Yeah , we got some of that .

Speaker 1

That's good . Yeah , chili lime lime . Yeah , it's got a little bite to it .

Speaker 2

Or a drizzle of honey or maple syrup .

Speaker 1

No , I ain't doing no syrup on my watermelon , it's already sweet .

Speaker 2

If I was eating pancakes and I had watermelon on the side and syrup got on my watermelon . I'd be like man , I know . My watermelon's ruined . Yes .

Speaker 1

It's already sticky .

Speaker 2

I don't need it to be yeah .

Speaker 1

And I don't need that .

Speaker 2

Give me that American flag napkin . I don't want to bite this syrup off my watermelon .

Speaker 1

Oh my goodness . Syrup off my watermelon oh my goodness . So I will say this for people with dogs oh yeah . Rip Nilla . Our dog is no longer with us , but for years we'd have to call and get the Xanax and another medicine .

Pet Safety and Local Commercials

Speaker 1

There wasn't really enough medicine to calm her down from the fireworks .

Speaker 2

Yeah .

Speaker 1

But I guess if you're listening to this and your dog needs medicine , it's too late because your vet is closed . But good luck .

Speaker 2

Get some earmuffs .

Speaker 1

Yeah , because our dog would be like .

Speaker 2

Just freaking out , yeah , like wide-eyed and just crazy , crazy yeah , ours don't care man , that's beautiful .

Speaker 1

Oh , I do feel sorry for all those dogs , though , because , like it was , it'd be rough you'd be up all night , because she's just no pun , no pun intended .

Speaker 2

Yeah , sorry , yeah . So if you shoot your fireworks , mindful of the .

Speaker 1

Of the dogs , of the dogs .

Speaker 2

I'm trying to find handy TV appliance .

Speaker 1

Yeah .

Speaker 2

In Birmingham , Alabama .

Speaker 1

Yeah , that guy .

Speaker 2

I want to see if they have it . Come on down to .

Speaker 1

Handy TV Warehouse . Good gracious , I'm going to find the commercial and play the audio on our next podcast , because it was Handy TV Warehouse . Yes .

Speaker 2

This is just us talking about commercials . Google search stuff .

Speaker 1

It was so , oh yeah , it's probably Bessemer .

Speaker 2

Handy TV and Appliance .

Speaker 1

Yeah , I , yeah , I don't think oh , here we go see the commercial . Yeah , he's also the baptist preacher , but like , because he's got this light blue yeah blazer on and a tie and his hair 1987 yeah , that's it , that's it .

Speaker 2

That's it , mm-hmm Wow .

Speaker 1

Anyway .

Speaker 2

Anyway . Well , if they're still in business , go today .

Speaker 1

After you eat some watermelon with some salt on it .

Speaker 2

Yeah .

Speaker 1

Yeah , and see if they got some sales on it , get us a vacuum .

Speaker 2

They probably got to buy one and get one free .

Speaker 1

Right or go to Old .

Speaker 2

Navy .

Speaker 1

Get a pack of shirts . Do you have ?

Speaker 2

American flag bikinis and a t-shirt .

Speaker 1

Yeah .

Speaker 2

I'm going to need a cover-up because this is illegal according to the flag code To the top 50 .

Speaker 1

Yeah , exactly . I think if you fold it with three corners , though , you're okay , before you put it away in your laundry .

Speaker 2

Do you have to do that with beach towels ?

Speaker 1

Oh man .

Speaker 2

That's not very patriotic . Watch this .

Speaker 1

Right ? And who's policing that ? Obviously no one , yeah .

Speaker 2

Ain't nobody walking up and down Gulf Shores Beach being like , excuse me .

Speaker 1

You're not supposed to be wearing flag trunks . Oh my Anyway enjoy the fireworks .

Speaker 2

Yes , just go watch them . Don't shoot them yourself , no , don't do that . I used to love shooting fireworks . Yeah , that is .

Speaker 1

That's a bad idea . That's an ER visit waiting to happen .

Speaker 2

Uh-huh , don't do it , do not do that .

Speaker 1

Bottle rockets and Coke bottles and all that business .

Speaker 2

Yeah , just go sweat and watch somebody else do it .

Speaker 1

Yeah and all that business . Yeah , just go sweat and watch somebody else do it . Yeah right , they spend enough money on them . Go to downtown Nashville .

Speaker 2

Oh man , well anyway .

Speaker 1

All right , happy fourth .

Speaker 2

Happy second . I mean fourth . Have a good one , thank you .

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