What are YOU making for the big game?

[Timby]

With the Super Bowl, the biggest audience-related event of the year, it's time to ignore football and crowd around the TV for commercials.

With such an event comes ... FOOD!

What are you having and/or eating for the Super Bowl party?

I'm taking a taco dip over to my friend's house, where he's been smoking a pork butt and chicken wings all day. Friends are sure to bring other delicacies, as well.

What's on your docket?

 

[Mallory]

ABT's (Atomic Buffalo Turds)! No Super Bowl is complete without them.

 

[ITL]

I'll be eating nothing, as it'll be gone 11.30pm over here when it starts and I don't like to eat at such a late hour if I haven't been on the booze. However, coffee is on the agenda.

 

[Roger Wilco]

Beer and cigarettes (and maybe some microwave popcorn).

 

[Neroon]

Chicken wings with a Parmesan-Garlic sauce from BW3.

 

[Roger Wilco]

ABT's (Atomic Buffalo Turds)! No Super Bowl is complete without them.

That looks absolutely delicious - but why remove the seeds, you wuss.

 

[Timby]

Chicken wings with a Parmesan-Garlic sauce from BW3.

While Buffalo Wild Wings' Spicy Garlic sauce is beyond any superlative known to man, the Parmesan Garlic sauce smells like eau de ass.

 

[Neroon]

And for those wishing for an earlier-than-early coronary: Bacon Explosion: The BBQ Sausage Recipe of all Recipes. Personally, I don't have the nerve to try this....

 

[T'Bonz]

This year I'm actually interested in the Super Bowl as my team is in it.

We're going down to my brothers, for a big spaghetti feed before the game. He uses sausage in the sauce which gives it a nice kick.

GO STEELERS!!!

 

[Mallory]

ABT's (Atomic Buffalo Turds)! No Super Bowl is complete without them.

That looks absolutely delicious - but why remove the seeds, you wuss.

They're difficult to assemble if you leave the ribs and membranes in place. Personally, I don't worry so much about the seeds though.

 

[Captain Intrepid]

The big game? But the Stanley Cup isn't for a good long while!

 

[Holdfast]

I'm not going to work tomorrow so I'll probably stay up and watch the game (it starts pretty late our timezone).

I think I might go really contrary on the foodstuff thing though. I'll try to perfect my recipe for Ile Flottante.

 

[Zulu Romeo]

I'm not at work either tomorrow. (I was hoping to come in and work in order to make up for leave planned later this month, but it's a bit short notice and hey, I'll get over it...) I'll be watching too. It'll be the second ever Gridiron game I've seen (the first was SuperBowl XLI 2 years ago).

No idea re: munchies. I'll raid the freezer and see what's still edible.

 

[tomalak301]

I'm probably doing a traditional thing and getting a Pizza. Nothing too fancy.

 

[Mallory]

I'll try to perfect my recipe for Ile Flottante.

I actually went and looked that up. You're a braver man than I am Holdfast.

It doesn't seem like it would go well with beer though, which is probably why it's not on my list for today.

 

[indranee]

what else but the usual? we're doing Hawaiian pizzas, beer (or coke) and chicken wings.

 

[Timby]

I'll try to perfect my recipe for Ile Flottante.

I actually went and looked that up. You're a braver man than I am Holdfast.

It doesn't seem like it would go well with beer though, which is probably why it's not on my list for today.

You know, I've found a wonderful non-alcoholic beer called Clausthaler -- the amber version of it tastes like very, very good dark beer, but without the alcohol content. For someone like me, it works out great with party food.

 

[Mallory]

It's got to be better than the crap I've been drinking. I'll have to look around for it.

 

[Holdfast]

I'll try to perfect my recipe for Ile Flottante.

I actually went and looked that up. You're a braver man than I am Holdfast.

It doesn't seem like it would go well with beer though, which is probably why it's not on my list for today.

Beer? No.

Rum? Yes.

I walked the walk...

Obviously, presentation still needs working on a lot (in particular, making the islands look less like icebergs!), but the taste is improving rapidly with each attempt. This is the second time I've made it this week. I used less sugar this time which made for nicer meringues. And I managed to make the creme anglaise without the egg yolks scrambling like they did the first time; today it came out really rich and tasty! I was too lazy to make the caramel syrup, but sprinkled some nutmeg on instead, which worked well. I still need to work on timing the poaching of the meringues a bit better, but hey, I'm making progress.

Now, back to the manly activity of watching the game...

 

[ITL]

NO CARAMEL SYRUP?

You disappoint me, sir.