Faye had a sweet post on her blog yesterday. Her image and story awakened some forgotten memories of my childhood. Just like her story, we would gather with grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins for a summer evening meal. I remember the grilled hamburgers, hotdogs, potato salad, pork and beans and of course chips. What I remember most was the homemade ice cream. My uncles would take turns hand cranking the White Mountain freezers. Man those were good times. So, Faye’s image of the watermelon is to blame for the indulgence in some good old watermelon last night. It’s all gone now. 🙂
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Anita Jesse
Hmmm. I remember the taste of fresh, sweet watermelon. My family, also, was big on homemade ice cream. Peach was a big favorite. All part of summer. Thanks for bringing back some of those memories.
Monte Stevens
You can thank Faye for triggering my memories and now yours.
Monte Stevens
However, I will take all the credit for eating the watermelon. 🙂
Paul
Hey, Monte: I remember hand-cranked ice cream machines. We had one at home. Ah, yes. Ice and rock salt and turn, turn, turn. What a great experience that was and the reward … Mmmmm!
Monte Stevens
I looked into buying a White Mountain freezer but they are way to expensive.