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there folks, yellow casseroles and

1:37

red, white and blue cakes.

1:40

The things I'm learning about the 4th of July in

1:42

this episode of Amy and TJ. This is not how

1:44

we plan on the start robes. We're talking about the

1:46

4th. Everybody's getting ready for the 4th. Of

1:48

course, I Heart getting ready for the 4th. I Heart getting ready

1:51

for the 4th as well. But just in the

1:53

discussion here in the room, I did not know

1:55

it was a thing or tradition to

1:57

some degree. Maybe it yours, maybe not, but it's some people's.

2:00

to have a what that's decorated red,

2:02

white, and blue. Well, basically, you just take, you

2:04

know, if you're at some sort of a potluck,

2:07

you know, neighborhood party, which is what I grew

2:09

up going to, everyone would bring different dishes,

2:11

and among them would be desserts. And so

2:13

it's very easy to decorate a dessert with

2:15

red, white, and blue, strawberries, blueberries, white frosting,

2:17

you can play around with it however you'd

2:19

like, but yeah, I remember those kind of

2:22

cupcakes or jello casseroles or

2:25

cheesecake with- I'm gonna stop you on the jello casserole,

2:27

what's that? You know what, I don't

2:29

even really know, and I've never replicated in my

2:31

adult life, but as a kid, I remember my

2:33

mom making some dish with jello, with cream, there

2:36

might've been walnuts in it. I

2:38

don't think we put the raisins in it, but

2:40

I think some people do. You probably did. It

2:42

sounds disgusting. No, I hate raisins. But- So

2:45

I don't think- You all probably thought- and

2:48

we put raisins in shit. I didn't say that. You

2:50

said it with your eyes to me. I don't

2:52

wanna make raisin eyes. No, I think you made raisin eyes. You did,

2:54

I felt like you were making raisin eyes in me. So

2:57

I've never recreated that dish, but

2:59

I remember kind of liking it

3:01

and kind of being grossed out by it at the same time.

3:03

And since it was full of sugar, I just went ahead and

3:05

ate it. And I went with it. Okay, I did not

3:07

know those things, but what were you all's- You

3:09

and I have been going back and forth for days, maybe

3:11

even weeks now, trying to figure out what we wanna do

3:14

for the fourth. We are throwing around some

3:16

possibilities and options, but what did you all do

3:18

growing up? What was the fourth for you guys?

3:20

And even how big of a day was it

3:22

compared to Easter, Thanksgiving, Christmas,

3:25

how big of a holiday? Yeah,

3:27

I mean, 4th of July was huge. So when I

3:29

was younger, I was living in right outside of St.

3:31

Louis, Missouri, and we lived in one of those cul-de-sacs

3:33

where the whole street, what all gets

3:35

together at, I remember our neighbor,

3:37

Charlie, and everybody would bring a dish

3:40

or two. The barbecue grill would be fired up. There'd

3:42

be some sort of like kiddie pool. We

3:44

weren't in some fancy neighborhood. There were no in-ground pools,

3:46

but we would take any body of water because it

3:48

was hot, hot, hot in St. Louis. And

3:51

yeah, just have fun. And I remember my mom

3:53

would let us drink unlimited amounts of grape and

3:55

orange soda. These are the things I remember. It

3:57

was chock full of sugar and then sparklers. Roman

4:00

candles at night. You know those fireworks

4:02

that make shift fireworks. Yeah, but what were

4:04

the main dishes? You said the grill would

4:06

be going. What did y'all eat for? Um

4:09

hamburgers, hot dogs, chicken,

4:12

like I remember drumsticks,

4:14

that kind of a thing. But

4:16

yeah, the basic stuff

4:18

that kids like to. Isn't that wild during

4:21

my growing up? Every

4:23

fourth was huge for us. Always at

4:25

my granddad's house. Granddad owned a barbecue

4:27

restaurant. Every dude in my family can

4:29

go on the grill. I do not

4:31

remember a single fourth in which I had a hamburger

4:33

or hot dog. It was ribs,

4:35

ribs, ribs, ribs, ribs, pork, full pork,

4:38

full pork all the time. I

4:40

say Memphis, Memphis, Memphis. That makes a lot of

4:42

sense. Not a single hot dog though I remember on

4:44

the fourth. Oh yeah, we ate a lot of hot dogs. I

4:46

don't think any of my, I, none

4:48

of them were grill masters like your dad. Like you

4:50

have to talk about the setup he has at his

4:52

house. It's, I've only seen pictures. I

4:54

haven't been there yet, but we're talking one grill

4:56

and basic stuff. You guys are like, like

4:59

grill masters. Well, I'm not, I didn't

5:01

get that. I didn't pick that up. But you know, I can

5:04

grab, I'm not a, I'm not a slow cooker. So I don't

5:06

know how to do ribs very well. And

5:08

all of that. I've gotten better at it recently. We

5:10

had a place here in town that we had a

5:12

grill. So you, I used to just practice. I would

5:14

just buy ribs to practice and

5:16

wasn't eating them. Right. I was

5:18

trying to push them on everybody who came in.

5:21

You guys want some ribs? We've got some great

5:23

ribs here more than we could possibly eat. But

5:25

I didn't get that skill, but yes, my

5:27

dad in the backyard in West Memphis right

5:29

now has at least six. And

5:31

he might be up to seven grills and

5:33

they're huge, huge couple of smokers back there.

5:36

You name it. He's got it. And he

5:38

uses all of them. They're not sitting in

5:40

a corner somewhere collecting dust. So these guys

5:42

can cook. And my granddad is the one

5:44

who was, like I said, he had a

5:46

barbecue joint, grew up around him. They would

5:48

every single holiday in time. They

5:51

would go to that grill at whatever five,

5:53

six in the morning, put stuff on all. I know

5:55

it at noon or one o'clock, everything was falling off

5:57

the bone. I don't know how it happened. the

6:00

patience for it at the time. Well, it's, I love

6:02

that you have that tradition and I love that

6:04

you've tried to pick it up and

6:06

you're very good at most things you cook and you got

6:08

better and better and better as you were practicing, but it

6:10

was so sweet to hear you on the phone with

6:12

your sister who apparently is a great griller too. It's not

6:15

just for the men in the family. Your

6:17

sister is a great griller. And yeah, it's just what

6:19

a great skill to have. How many people were you

6:22

feeding or was he feeding your dad, your granddad?

6:24

My dad has six brothers and

6:26

sisters. So all his uncles and

6:29

all those cousins would come. And

6:31

so you're talking easy, we could

6:33

have 50 people. But

6:35

this was, it was an automatic. We didn't have to call anybody a

6:37

few days, a few weeks or the month ahead of time and say,

6:39

where are we doing the fourth? You're at dad's

6:41

house for the fourth. What are you bringing? What

6:43

are you bringing? We know who's, where the meat's

6:46

coming from. So it was just,

6:48

who's bringing this, who's bringing that? There was not

6:51

a lot of jello casseroles. How

6:53

about potato salad? Potato salad? There

6:55

might've been one potato salad. Because we had a

6:58

lot of potato salad. No casseroles

7:00

for us. Yeah. We didn't do

7:02

casseroles. It was the German potato salad for us. What makes it

7:04

German? It's like a vinegar base with red onions.

7:06

I think you don't really like potatoes, but if you

7:08

were to like a potato salad, I think it might

7:10

be this one. Well, you make it for me tonight.

7:12

Okay, tonight? I'm

7:15

sorry, I didn't realize the prep it took. I thought we

7:17

were talking about the Fourth of July. Okay. Okay.

7:20

Okay. It's

7:29

cute you say that because I also, when we finally

7:31

moved down to Atlanta, where all my family had kind

7:33

of gathered and migrated from Michigan,

7:36

it was the same thing. We knew there was going to

7:38

be, we actually went to a park, Brisco Park, and

7:41

we got one of the grills that was already there. Like, you

7:43

know, they have those things at the park. And

7:45

we would just go to town all day. And

7:48

this is, oh, I went about to Debbie Downer you.

7:51

Don't do that. Well, I just, so

7:54

all of those traditions kind of fell

7:56

off because of one Fourth of July

7:58

when I was 14. Well,

8:02

no, I mean, it's actually really serious. Like, that's when my

8:04

parents got struck by lightning, and my uncle did too. So

8:07

it happened on the 4th of July. We were all

8:09

gathered at Briscoe Park, and it

8:11

changed the 4th of July for us. I'm

8:16

reacting a certain way because I've heard the story 50

8:18

times. Everybody else in the room are

8:21

going like, what the hell is going on? So

8:24

go ahead. I'll say it. So the

8:26

4th of July is always, I am aware of thunderstorms.

8:29

It always makes me a little nervous because it was

8:31

a very dramatic thing. But my parents and my mom

8:33

and dad got seriously

8:35

injured. They were in the hospital for weeks. My mom

8:37

was in the hospital for weeks. My dad was in

8:39

the ICU, but their tennis shoes got blown off of

8:42

their feet. Their clothes

8:44

had to be cut off of them.

8:46

My dad had to have

8:48

CPR performed on him. And my uncle Jack

8:50

actually ultimately died. He was up against the

8:52

tree that hit, and

8:55

my parents were blown standing next to him,

8:57

and he just crumbled. So yes, lightning kills,

8:59

and the 4th of July is one of

9:01

those holidays where everybody's out and about, and

9:04

it tends to be a thunderstorm heavy holiday.

9:06

So yes, things in my house changed

9:08

after that. And I

9:10

kind of got into a habit of traveling around the

9:13

4th of July. I haven't even been in the country

9:16

during the 4th of July for many, many years, but we're going

9:18

to for the first time this year. Well,

9:21

still up in the air. Well, we're gonna be

9:23

in the country. Still up in

9:25

the air. Both

9:27

of my daughters are continuing the tradition and are gonna

9:29

be out of the country on the 4th of July.

9:32

Sabine is probably gonna be with us. But we got Sabine.

9:35

What are we gonna do? We're

9:37

looking at a couple of, the fireworks display here in

9:39

town is actually quite nice, but

9:41

we're also considered getting to a lake, getting

9:43

a boat, doing something else, and

9:45

just getting out of town. I kind of want to be out of New York for

9:47

the 4th, but the fireworks display

9:50

is awesome. It's awesome, but we can

9:53

find other fireworks displays. They're all around and

9:55

they're fun, and you can even, I like

9:57

sparklers. Be careful, they still can be dangerous,

9:59

but I like. sparklers what what I don't think

10:01

I read the warning on the package of sparklers

10:03

what happens with the sparklers well you dangerous I

10:06

need to be aware I guess if you hold

10:08

on to them for too long yeah and

10:10

then the little sparks I don't think it's

10:13

like dangerous but they could ignite something else

10:15

I guess so just parental supervision is certainly

10:17

a part of it Wow you are just

10:19

doing a full-on public service I am I

10:21

am but no but fight like there are

10:23

so many cautionary tales of people doing their

10:26

own fireworks displays so from Mother Nature to

10:28

human error it's always good to remember that

10:30

we want to be safe above them beyond

10:32

everything else would you like to give people

10:34

grilling tips no I would not that is

10:37

not my love no safety wise safety wise

10:39

not have it inside make sure you don't

10:41

ignite while it's inside or in even in

10:43

the garage right yes what else correct I

10:45

don't know I don't use the grill very

10:47

often what about pool and water safe stop

10:50

we're all adults in this room right now

10:52

no but I told you

10:54

I was gonna be a little bit of a Debbie doubter

10:56

sorry would you like to let people know that alcohol consumption

10:58

on the 4th of July yeah should

11:01

probably keep to a minimum all of those

11:03

things were all very important to remember

11:05

yes and certainly don't drive after no

11:07

I didn't know the episode was going to

11:09

be about how to stay safe for

11:11

the fourth I

11:13

digress you know I tend to go off

11:15

in tangent sometimes and honestly I didn't know

11:18

I was gonna even say any of those

11:20

things they just came out sorry I apologize

11:22

if that just was a downer and also

11:24

people should overeat I hear you should use

11:26

smaller plates yeah because that helps you with

11:28

portion control on holidays good tip TJ I'm

11:30

serious a woman's only that live in an

11:32

interview once on the air and I I

11:36

laughed at her the problem is the other day

11:38

I was just actually when we got in here

11:40

I was talking about overeating and I had a

11:42

small plate the problem is I made six trips

11:44

back to fill my small plate up until I

11:47

could eat no more I

11:49

think you're probably in a really good mood

11:52

because you're able to talk about I don't

11:54

know why this stuff is coming out because

11:56

you are in a great mood today and

11:59

our way to the studio everything's fine but

12:01

No, I'm sure people will appreciate this episode

12:03

of the podcast. We are thinking about doing

12:05

more right into us. How

12:08

else you would like us to help you stay safe as

12:11

you go about your life. And

12:14

next week, crossing busy streets.

12:17

I don't know what we do. We

12:21

just want everybody to have a happy Fourth of July.

12:23

And we found this fun fact

12:25

out. You were asking how many years

12:27

our country has been celebrating. And

12:30

it turns out we're about to embark

12:32

on a pretty big milestone. This is

12:34

year 248. So

12:37

2026 will be 250 years. And

12:41

I'm sure we'll have a huge celebration.

12:43

We should plan that now. Yes, because

12:45

as big as that one's gonna be,

12:47

we probably need to double down on

12:50

our safety episodes. All

12:53

right, I hope everyone out there has a

12:55

happy and of course safe Fourth of July.

12:57

We're gonna take a couple of days off

12:59

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