4th Of July Tips From Your Food Network Stars

FNH wants to wish everyone a happy and healthy 4th of July! If you follow these helpful bits of advice, your celebrations should go off without a hitch. Enjoy!

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	AIDA MOLLENKAMP Pack raw meats, poultry, and seafood on the bottom of the cooler. Or as Noah Starr calls it, EYE LEVEL.
	ALTON BROWN Use a separate cooler for drinks so the one containing the food won’t constantly be opened and closed. Note: if Sandra Lee will be attending your picnic, just give her her own cooler.
	DUFF GOLDMAN If you run out of ketchup or mustard, just use some fondant instead.
	GIADA DE LAURENTIIS MOT-ZAHHHHH-RELLLL-LAHHHHHHHHHHH!
	GUY FIERI Always wash your hands after handling raw meat – or accidentally touching my hair.
	INA GARTEN Remember to wear a life preserver when watching fireworks from your gay companion’s $64.2 million dollar yacht.
	GINA NEELY Remember, ladies, your husband’s penis is NOT a firecracker. Never accidentally get drunk and set it on fire.
	PAT NEELY Never point fireworks at anyone. Except my wife. You can set them off from her ass for all I care. But anyone else, I wouldn’t recommend it.
	PAULA DEEN: Always have melted butter on hand to put out any sparks or flame that may occur when using fireworks.
	RACHAEL RAY Resist the urge to strip off all your clothes, don an ancient Indian headdress, and run around the back yard screaming YUMMO. Just trust me on that one, kids.
	SANDRA LEE Enjoy a Semi-Homemade 4th of July this year! Just buy chips, buy soda, buy cookies, buy vodka, and put it all out on a picnic table with a tacky tablecloth that you also bought. And voila, you’re done!
	TYLER FLORENCE Always preheat the grill for at least 4 minutes without opening the lid. This will get the grill nice and hot, and will also give you time to flirt with all the women at the party before your wife gets there.

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1. April March

   July 3rd, 2009

   OMG! I laughed so hard I cried. The tips from the Neelys are hands down my favorite. How do you come up with this stuff?! HILARIOUS!!!

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2. *Di*

   July 3rd, 2009

   Give Sandy her own personal cooler
   hahaha
   Cheers – Happy 4th !
   (to Snadra especially)

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3. Byrdie

   July 3rd, 2009

   Aunt Sandy has an alternative option: skip the other crap and just hit the vodka!!

   Happy Fourth, everybody!!

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4. dan

   July 3rd, 2009

   FUNNY! Another great post from FNH. Happy 4th everybody

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5. alexis

   July 3rd, 2009

   I laughed my ass off at the bottom of a cooler being “eye level” to Noah Starr. Seriously hysterical. Enjoy your holiday guys.

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6. JohnLuvsFoodNetwork

   July 4th, 2009

   Ina Garten:

   Make sure that all the fireworks are: “good.”

   Happy 4th!

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7. Nutmeg Nanny

   July 6th, 2009

   Hahaha I love the Ina comment.

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8. Barb

   July 19th, 2009

   Too funny!

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