Glorify the 4th of July!

In a funny and strange turn of events, I've been informed that about half of my friends and CA family are going back to South Dakota this summer, for totally unrelated occasions.This is big news considering South Dakota's population doesn't reach 1 million. My mother is going to her High School reunion at the end of the month, yay for her!

I love living in California, but the fourth of July festivities are embarrassingly meek! The Midwest on the other hand, takes their Independence Day celebrations quite seriously including lots of Main Street parades and firework shows. My two favorite fourth of July memories both took place in South Dakota. The first was at Uncle Wayne's summer cabin, watching the parade go by in the front yard and catching lots of candy!! The second is spending time on the fourth of July weekend in Battle Creek, SD (just west of Badlands) with Grandma Great at one of her flea markets selling antique jewelry.

To get me in the mood for the fourth, I decided to make something very "SoDak" and traditional since I didn't do anything festive because ice cream beckoned my name!!

Either way, I hope you had a wonderful fourth of July!! Enjoy!!

***Picture coming soon!!***





Glorified Rice
recipe from my Great Grandma or "Grandma Great"

(My Great Grandmother thought that the "great" sounded too old so she opted for the "Alexander the Great" motif instead.)

1/3 cup sugar
1 cup drained, crushed pineapple
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup rice, cooked
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
2 tablespoons drained, maraschino cherries, chopped
1 cup whipping cream

Stir together sugar, pineapple, and vanilla. Then stir in rice, cinnamon, and cherries. Whip the cream and fold in. Chill 1-2 hours.

THAT'S IT!!!

Next up, Potato Peel Pie Book Club!!