July 4th

Hope everyone's celebration of our country's 250 birthday was a good one.  Most had to deal with this heat wave and that made for us an outside barbeque a no go.   The heat index was around 111 degrees.  We took a drive to Gordonsville Va. and stopped in at "The Icehouse", in the old days it really used to be a real icehouse.   Back to our meal it was a burger for me and fried chicken for Steve.  It was delicious.   Afterwards coming home there was a big storm and limbs were in the road from the trees as there was a good deal of wind.  Didn't last long.

Gordonsville became a railroad stop in the 1840's

Local African American women previously enslaved prepared and sold fried chicken to rail passengers. 

Steve had his fried chicken and I had my burger.  

Mashed potatoes, biscuit, blackeyes with tomatoes like my mom always fixed them and apple butter.

My mom as I do now used to soak her chicken in vinegar water.  Made it delicious.  I have heard that is the secret to the good chicken cooked up by African American women, I will have to look more into that.    

   

On our way back the sky was looking like a downpour any minute.  

A short post of our day.   Til next time