Summer = Good People, Good Food, & GOOD TIMES!

Growing up a child of the 70's in the mid-west their was nothing like the excitement I felt when SUMMER FINALLY ARRIVED! Almost 7 months of snow and cold weather was enough to drive the sane towards insanity.

Summer hit, school was out and the days seemed to last forever. The family BBQ's  and soul music still linger in my mind. One moment in particular was when I would get in Marilyn Louise's ( My Mother) Gremlin ( Yes the name of a Car made in the 70's) and she would turn on the radio. One song that came on in the summer of 79 that still takes me back to those days was 'Good Times" by Chic! 

I didn't appreciate it then, but looking back those were really "Good Times". Riding shot gun with Mom's windows down on our way to one of my Auntie's summer BBQ you couldn't tell me then their was  anything better!

Enjoy the summer and this family potato salad recipe along with music and images from those days!

                          

Aunt Bessie May’s Potato salad recipe

(Serves about 10-15 people)

5 lbs. potatoes
1 doz. eggs                                            
1/2 c. mustard                             

Salt and pepper to taste
4 lg. onions(finely diced)
1 sm. jar sweet pickle relish
1 c. mayonnaise

Boil potatoes until tender, cut into bite size. Boil eggs, cut into small pieces. Mix the potatoes, eggs, onions, mustard, sweet pickle relish and mayonnaise together, salt and pepper to taste. Additional mustard and mayonnaise can be added for a moister texture. To bring out the flavor, chill overnight.




Mom

                                                         
     

The Gremlin