Celebrating Independence Day Outside the USA

Christy helping make quesadillas
Graham, the fellow American, using the indoor grill. No weber. :(
Oh, is this one too dark? It is me, talking with Doug
This is Tory, since there are two of us, I am currently
known as 'American Tory'. I think people might be looking for a
nickname for me. One of the "flowers", quite small. The wick on the other burned down
before we could get it going.

I hosted a housewarming/4th of July/American food party at my house with another American, a week after moving...last Saturday. Since I am still meeting people and didn't have contact information for people, I asked a friend to post an invitation on facebook. So I had no idea who was coming to my party. I made quesadillas, with homemade tortillas (which were probably the biggest hit of the party), salsa, guacamole, hamburgers and hot dogs (viennas). I also bought a couple fireworks - some sparklers and flowers? and a roman candle. As I was setting up the fireworks, I was told they were illegal. "But," I said, "the shop sold them to me." We decided to light them and they were really quite, shooting bursts of fireworks, so no one called the police. :)

Oh, for dessert (pudding), we heated bananas with chocolate inside them. I have actually never had any before, but they are good.

So I think it was quite a success!