Free dinner on July 4th, no cooking for me 🎆🍕

Hello Hello world and Happy 4th thingy to all who celebrate.

Being a mixed household our celebrations are quite muted. Me being the Brit and Mrs T the American you think would explain that, especially as we are living in the UK at the moment.

However there is more to it than that. Mrs T's father grew up on a reservation in Oklahoma primarily for Choctaw native americans or Chahta as thye call themselves. His ancestors arrived there forcibly through the despicable Trail of Tears in the 1830/40s.

The similarities between the Trail of Tears and the Highland Clearances are startling. Forced evictions on a massive scale. All for money.

As a species we sure as hell be utter bastards to each other!

Mrs T's parents divorced and her mother remarried. Her stepfather was extremely patriotic, a big July 4th person and served in the Air Force.

I remember when we were living in the States, we would go round for a party on July 4th. Boy oh boy talk about burnt hot dogs, he was useless on the grill.

Her father though would not celebrate July 4th.

I did meet him a few times and even went to see the reservation where he grew up. What struck me was the striking similarities to what happened in Scotland with the Highland clearances.

Well this morning I got an email from one of my side hustles.

Could I do a mystery shop today between 5pm and 9pm.

Make a specific order from a fast restaurant and get it delivered.

Take a few pics and get the food reimbursed!

Why not, pizza often typifies American food to me.

Over here pizza is pretty bland and crap, but if it was not being bought by me and I got a free night in the kitchen then I was game on!

Awesome sauce juice

I did discover a new flavour of squash or juice that came with the meal...

Raspberries are my favourite fruit and this did not disappoint!

Fluffing gorgeous it was. Now just need to see who sells a big bottle.

The other pictures were from today too.

So much for summer. Wet windy and cold is the order of the day!!!

Thanks for visiting and enjoy the rest of your day!

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