Tonight's Fourth of July fare:

On the Weber kettle smoking with mesquite and charcoal are two slabs of pork ribs, a dozen Italian sausage, two chickens, and a slab of salmon -- all complemented with my homemade barbecue sauce.

A fruit salad of blueberries and strawberries topped with whipped cream (cute, huh?)

"Ranch style" barbecue beans cooked with some of the rib and sausage meat.

Toasted garlic buns made from Mrs. cblaisd's homemade rye rolls.

Green salad

Homemade apple crisp.

Homemade vanilla (Hawaii vanilla bean) ice cream.

And beer