It's a new meaning this year (because those of us overseas, in general, are feeling a new sense of pride this year).
I didn't host a giant bash, but I did go out of my way to organize a small BBQ that involved Bull's Eye BBQ sauce on ribs (which were hard to find, but we found some) and hamburgers =)
We also got some watermelon because WATERMELONS ARE AMAZING IN ROMANIA!
Preparation of meat outside.
Bogdan the Great was in charge of the grill because he's Great at it (apparently an expert on the grilling of all foods and clatites too). We took the table outside and it was nice.
I cut my hair again cause my bangs were bugging me and I messed up =(
I look ugy, but oh well, it will grow out.
I remembered I had something in my apartment, that would be awesome and American and perfect for a 4th of July BBQ = marshmallows!
The older people were confused, but the girl: Simona was a pro cause she had seen it done hundreds of times on TV. =)
I like Dan's marshmallow campaign picture: "Only you can prevent marshmallow fires."
Yes, this hamburger was the first for many of the guests. You can see the apprehension in Bogdan's expression, but then he took that bite and he smiled. Maybe in the first picture, it wasn't apprehension, but maybe the hamburger was talking to him.
Nuti seemed to like it too. Here's the close up: beef and pork mix, Romanian tomatoes, and iceberg lettuce with mustard and ketcup. (Buns were hard to find! We found some "American buns" but they were 10x the cost of a pack of bread the same amount!!!)
And we bought a Romanain Watermelon off the side of the road to complete this National Summer celebration.
I also managed to find some ribs and we used some BBQ sauce katie brought me and it's a bit blackened due to the sauce, but it was Yum yum tasty!
Someone came by to visit our table and then decided to nap 10 feet away, then 8 feet, then 5 feeet and then soon....
Then 2 feet away... (the chickens decided against attacking the humans and tried for the unguarded grill).
Silly cat. He was very friendly to all my guests though. He's a very agile cat too, and Dan doesn't have very swift foo
Then we cleaned up and we were all done. Dan left a bit early to catch his ride (which we found out he missed, but VERY LUCKILY he did make it back to his place before mid-night).
He's leaving for the states very soon (within 3 days), so I'm glad he could make it here to visit before his trip home.
HAPPY FOUTH OF JULY!! Hope you guys all had great weather!!!
I didn't host a giant bash, but I did go out of my way to organize a small BBQ that involved Bull's Eye BBQ sauce on ribs (which were hard to find, but we found some) and hamburgers =)
We also got some watermelon because WATERMELONS ARE AMAZING IN ROMANIA!
Preparation of meat outside.
Bogdan the Great was in charge of the grill because he's Great at it (apparently an expert on the grilling of all foods and clatites too). We took the table outside and it was nice.
I cut my hair again cause my bangs were bugging me and I messed up =(
I look ugy, but oh well, it will grow out.
I remembered I had something in my apartment, that would be awesome and American and perfect for a 4th of July BBQ = marshmallows!
The older people were confused, but the girl: Simona was a pro cause she had seen it done hundreds of times on TV. =)
I like Dan's marshmallow campaign picture: "Only you can prevent marshmallow fires."
Yes, this hamburger was the first for many of the guests. You can see the apprehension in Bogdan's expression, but then he took that bite and he smiled. Maybe in the first picture, it wasn't apprehension, but maybe the hamburger was talking to him.
Nuti seemed to like it too. Here's the close up: beef and pork mix, Romanian tomatoes, and iceberg lettuce with mustard and ketcup. (Buns were hard to find! We found some "American buns" but they were 10x the cost of a pack of bread the same amount!!!)
And we bought a Romanain Watermelon off the side of the road to complete this National Summer celebration.
I also managed to find some ribs and we used some BBQ sauce katie brought me and it's a bit blackened due to the sauce, but it was Yum yum tasty!
Someone came by to visit our table and then decided to nap 10 feet away, then 8 feet, then 5 feeet and then soon....
Then 2 feet away... (the chickens decided against attacking the humans and tried for the unguarded grill).
Silly cat. He was very friendly to all my guests though. He's a very agile cat too, and Dan doesn't have very swift foo
Then we cleaned up and we were all done. Dan left a bit early to catch his ride (which we found out he missed, but VERY LUCKILY he did make it back to his place before mid-night).
He's leaving for the states very soon (within 3 days), so I'm glad he could make it here to visit before his trip home.
HAPPY FOUTH OF JULY!! Hope you guys all had great weather!!!
