with relish..

 July is National Hot Dog month which is perfect for me because I just got the world's best relish.  I don't have any hotdogs right now but I will be buying some on my next trip to Kroger's.  

My relish obsession started back in 2009 when I first went to work as the Communication Editor at First Presbyterian Church.  Each year, at Christmas, we had a White Elephant gift exchange.  The first year the gift I ended up with was sweet pickle relish made by one of the staff members.  It turned out to be delicious, and for the next four Christmases (before I really retired) I did everything in my power to make sure I ended up with the relish at the end of the exchange.  And I always managed it.  Bill eventually caught on to the fact, believe me I was not subtle in my praise, that I was quite fond of his relish.  Now I am retired but still doing quite a bit of volunteer work at the church, and every year, Bill gives me a jar of his relish.  And the real joy is, I don't need to wait 'til Christmas.  In fact this year it's Christmas in July.  A few days ago Bill told me he was working on something for me and I knew right away what he meant.  Yesterday I went to the exercise class I attend there twice a week, and there on my chair was a jar of relish with my name on it.  Hooray.  Can't wait to get those hot dogs.  Although the relish is also very good on porkchops and some fish and hamburgers.  But this month I'll have it on hotdogs.