Re: Another gravy swamp.

D wrote:

 
 
On Thu, 28 Nov 2024, Carol wrote:
 

D wrote:
 

 
 
On Thu, 28 Nov 2024, Carol wrote:
 

D wrote:
 

 
 
On Wed, 27 Nov 2024, Carol wrote:
 

D wrote:
 

 
This reminds me of baseball games I went to, and I found
people bbq:ing in the parking lot! Never seen that in
europe.  Felt very genuine!

 
Tailgate party.  Trucks flip the tail gate down and have a
mass party waiting for the game to open.  Burgers, hot
dogs, some might have a steak or so.
 

 
Ahhh.... so that's where the name comes from! I've been
wondering about it, but never looked it up. Thank you for
scratching that itch!  =)

 
It was funny but I lived in a trailer park age 21-23.  We had
the same type of party long ago.  A televised game would come
on and we'd bring out our TVs with rabbit ears and turn them
all on to the only channel with the game.  We'd set up BBQ's if
we had one and folks who didn't have one would grill on your's.
Chicken franks were best most of us could afford but it all
worked out.  I'd make a ton of coleslaw  and beans and some
chicken dogs.  Folks would bring cheap beer and we'd just have
fun.
 
Just a day having a group party.  We called it a trailer gate
party.  Trailers have a v-shaped front gate amd we'd set up by
there ot bigger grills would be perched in the center triangle
of the hitch.
 
I don't think that was common.  It was just something us college
students would do.
 

 
Brings back memories! I think Busch was the cheap beer of choice
when I was a student. It was ridiculously cheap! And guaranteed
to have no flavour at all. ;)

 
Strohs or schliz for us.  Same concept though!  Jim next to my
trailer had an icemaker and I had the cooler so we each tossed in a
12 pack.  He had a weber grill (I only had a small 2 burger
habatchi).  We used his grill and ice, and my cooler and we both
had extra beer and chicken franks.  I'd make sides for folks.
There might be 50 of us just walking along and sitting with others.
Simple home cheap home fun!
 

 
And despite all of that, never any romance with Jim? =O At that time,
it sounded like the perfect combination. ;)

Naw, he was nice enough and all but he had a GF (later married her).  I
met her at several of the simple early 1980's parties until I left for
the Navy.