sum sum summertime

4 things remind me of summer as a kid:

1. Welch's sparkling white grape juice. The taste reminds me of the grapes that grew on our grapevine in our yard. We didn't have a vineyard. Just enough grapes to make jelly. The grapes that I buy in the store just don't taste the same. Our grapes were sweet and juicy.

2. Rhubarb. In the back of our garden, we had a huge patch of rhubarb. My parents made rhubarb punch, rhubarb pie, rhubarb crisp, rhubarb cake, ... There was a lady who would come and pick rhubarb from our garden and, to thank us, would leave a paper bag of goodies on our porch. I looked forward to that bag...

3. Green onions. They were a staple on our dinner table during the summer. When we would set the table, we needed plates, forks, knives, napkins, cups, our glass of green onions, and morton's salt. I never ate the onions. Not much of an onion eater, but they do bring back cool memories.





4. Mr. Freeze pops. My mom bought a huge box at the beginning of summer, so we'd have a couple each day. So good. So cool. Except the red ones, they made me cough.