1 ea Lettuce- I think past to all of my previous summers. I think about how we always had homemade BLT sandwiches. We sat outside chomping down on these sandwiches made from love. Sitting on the porch with the light early night breeze blowing chips off of your plate. Taking your laughs of a shared memory out across the yard.
A few spring onions- I think of my dad and his siblings. I think of the stories they tel me of how they were young, that they always had to pick the vegetables from the garden before going out to play. Then my nifty grandparents would always can the different things that were picked so that in the winter they could pop open a can and find inside a piece of summer!
3 tb Olive oil- I think of my sister and her stages. She went through a stage where she liked olives very much. She had previously went out with her friend and she had black olives. The thing was that the next time we went out to eat there was an olive. I gave it to her and a look of disgust came upon her face. I knew right then and there that the stage of liking olives was over for my sister Taylor.
1 tb White vinegar- I think back to fifth grade at Westmere elementary school. My old buddy Matt would always have vinegar in a can to dip his food into. Someday I don't know how, we got into the tradition of chugging the vinegar. Matt said that it sent shivers down his spine. So I never tried it. I was too scared. I always thought that it would hurt me.
1/2 ts Salt- I think of spring break only a couple weeks ago. My family and I went to Mexico. Of course like every family vacation, we got into fights, but it was one of the last times for a couple of years we would go on a vacation like this as a family. See my sister is going off to college next year and our breaks are at different times.
1 pn Black pepper- I think of Rachel Ray! I used to have a little kid crush one her so much! I always think of her when I see black pepper because on her cooking show she ALWAYS mentioned how much black pepper she liked whenever she used it and I was so excited because I loved black pepper as well. I always knew her comment when she was pouring on the pepper. "Folks I love pepper so I put a lot on but it could be too spicy so I recommend not putting this much on!"
1/2 ts Basil- I really don't know what basil is but what I do know is that it is a spice and with that I remember our spice rack in the kitchen. IT had all of these odd spices on there, but the thing that pondered my mind was that we only ever used around three out of the twenty that was on there! I never knew why we had so many spices but apparently we needed them.
1/2 ts Chopped garlic- I think of my sister again. Occasionally we make a dish at my house that has garlic and some other stuff as a topping. Personally I HATE garlic., but my sister loves it so the family decides to overrule the one who hates it and they put like three cloves extra in the recipe. I hate it, and they wonder every time why I never eat the dinner that they are having that night.
