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My husband and I never watch football, frankly, I don't understand it But we do watch the Super Bowl every year... still don't get it! I usually run out during half time for pizza, this year I'm having a Super Bowl Party... my menu so far is: Chicken wings (gotta have those), Spinach dip, sweet and sour meatballs, Brie and Raspberry preserves baked in individual Pastry cups, tray of assorted meats and cheeses and a warm fondue of Velveeta and Rotel tomatoes served with tortillas. What do you all do/serve for Super Bowl?

LOL - I misread your topic title and thought the topic was about the Souper Bowl fund raisers a lot of charities are having this weekend.

One of our local Habitat for Humanity chapters has a very successful fundraiser every year the weekend before the other bowl.

DH may watch it. If he does, I'll be in and out. I pretty well know the rules, but don't care for it...bunch of overpaid grown men playing a kids game. I have watched the half-time show in the far past...but they've gotten pretty stupid the last few years.

If DH watches the game, I'll probably fix nachos. He keeps watch over the office football pool for me. Last year I won 1st and 2nd quarter for a total of $50.

I understand the game well enough but just can't stand to watch it anymore. Stupid. And certainly not one game after the other like DH will watch.

We've been invited down the street to a neighbor's party, so we'll go. DH will be watching but I'll be just visiting.

Since our home team is in the game, there will be many parties out our way. Popular dishes are those that originated here - Crab Cioppino served over Ricearoni , sliced fresh sour dough bread with slices of Italian dry salami, Ghiradeli chocolates and/or desserts made with it, Napa Valley wines, and Irish Coffees to finish.

Ghiradeli chocolates?! I'm in!

me, too KYIS! Think she'll have some wine to go with those?

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Originally posted by Charming:
LOL - I misread your topic title and thought the topic was about the Souper Bowl fund raisers a lot of charities are having this weekend.

One of our local Habitat for Humanity chapters has a very successful fundraiser every year the weekend before the other bowl.

Same here as I guess I was thinking about the many "Souper Bowls" for charity over this coming weekend and next. As for actual Super Bowl food for individuals who aren't into the game themselves? Just let your guests enjoy the game and realize that the food isn't really a priority for them.

But everyone will enjoy a few appetizers during the first half, dinner at half-time as long as you realize it will be spent around the TV, dessert in the third quarter and coffee in the 4th. Now is not the time to show off culinary skills ~ they will be met with indifference as they should be. If you are having a Super Bowl party, make it a party about the Super Bowl....

Do all good cooks prefer to be in the kitchen instead of wasting our time on the couch for a FB game. I sure didn't expect so many to share my sentiments exactly.
I go to the movies, one year four of them on super bowl Sunday afternoon. DH goes to the club to watch the game on the big screen there.
When our kids were little we had a party the year my parents won a sweepstakes prize trip to the event. That was XXVIII. Served make your own mini hoagies and a baked potato bar.

We don't watch the Super Bowl for the football game but rather for the commercials. It has the most clever commercials -- some made and shown only during the Super Bowl --

Our Super Bowl activities have changed over the years -- for several years we hosted a Super Bowl party -- everyone brought an appetizer and I made a huge vat of chili.

Then we went to our friend's theatre where it was on the big screen and everyone brought an appetizer.

The last few years we've stayed home with wings and whatever other snack we've wanted.

This year we'll be at a hotel in Miami for the next day we leave on a transatlantic cruise.

Somewhere I saw that the Super Bowl menu this year should be all Cajun/NO food because that is the site of the game. (Unless, I guess you live in SF or Balt?)

Martha

nance, Ricearoni did mention Napa Valley wines. I will have to pass on the Irish Coffee to finish...just another wine please.

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Originally posted by Linderhof:...
Somewhere I saw that the Super Bowl menu this year should be all Cajun/NO food because that is the site of the game. (Unless, I guess you live in SF or Balt?)
Martha

For this year, the perfect party foods would be a crab "cook-off" i.e. Dungeness vs Maryland blue crab - if you could find both. Ah, I can imagine Dungeness crab legs or Crab Louie vs Maryland crab cakes. Mmmmm.

I don't do Stupor Bowls. DH usually goes over to a friend's home to watch it, carrying a snack that I prepare earlier, such as deviled eggs or pizza.

On Super Bowl Sunday this year, we have theater tickets for a matinee performance. After DH leaves for the Stupor Bowl, I will stay home alone, break out a bottle of wine, put my feet up and watch old classic movies or the Puppy Bowl on Animal Plant. http://animal.discovery.com/tv-shows/puppy-bowl

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KYIS: Oh, yea. she did, didn't she? Ooops, well then I'm really goood to go. Like you, no coffee for me.

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I'm just back from the store and saw a cute dessert idea that I'll pass along here. (Envision small footballs.) Take large strawberries, dip them in chocolate, then pipe on the lacings with white icing. Very cute treatment.

Ricearoni, nance is going to swing down and pick me up. Nance if you have snow, you better head this way about 5:52 a.m. tomorrow so that we can make it on time.

Oh...looks like we invited ourselves.

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Originally posted by Idaho Resident



As for actual Super Bowl food for individuals who aren't into the game themselves? Just let your guests enjoy the game and realize that the food isn't really a priority for them.

But everyone will enjoy a few appetizers during the first half, dinner at half-time as long as you realize it will be spent around the TV, dessert in the third quarter and coffee in the 4th. Now is not the time to show off culinary skills ~ they will be met with indifference as they should be. If you are having a Super Bowl party, make it a party about the Super Bowl....

??? I have no idea what that means ???

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appetizers during the first half, dinner at half-time as long as you realize it will be spent around the TV, dessert in the third quarter and coffee in the 4th.

LOVE this idea. Thank you!

Football Bacon Cheeseburger Puffs

1/2 pound ground beef
1 1/2 cups biscuit/baking mix
2 cups shredded Cheddar cheese
3 oz bacon pieces
6-7 Tbps buttermilk

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

In a skillet, cook and crumble ground beef until no longer pink; drain. In a bowl, combine biscuit mix, bacon and cheese; stir in cooked beef. Add buttermilk and toss with a fork until just moistened. Shape into 1-1/2-in. balls. (I used a medium cookie scoop) Place 2 inches apart on ungreased baking sheets.

Bake for 12-15 minutes or until puffed and golden brown. Cool on wire racks.

Baked puffs may be frozen; reheat at 400 degrees F for 7-9 minutes or until heated through (they do not need to thawed first).

Sounds good...thanks for sharing!

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Football Bacon Cheeseburger Puffs

These sound tasty. Is the bacon cooked first?

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These sound tasty. Is the bacon cooked first?[/QUOTE]

Yes, the bacon is cooked first.

Thanks!

Those sound great! May just make them to take to the party we're going to. Thanks for the recipe.

Sherry: the snow's starting tonight. I better get a move on... Where are we going again? Napa Valley?

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Originally posted by nance425:
Sherry: the snow's starting tonight. I better get a move on... Where are we going again? Napa Valley?

Did you get out in time? Or are you snowbound. I need to know whether to unpack my bags. Notice we haven't received an official invite yet? Think ricearoni will open the door?

In the meantime...LOOK at these great ideas!!
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Hello Everyone,
In the past I have smoked baby backs, potatoe salad and a vegetable. Appetizers are usually salsa and chips, Ruffles with dips (3 different),guacomole, brie w/jalpeno jelly 7 crackers, and M&Ms. One year it was pulled pork sandwiches, but only served with chips and the appetizers mentioned. Last year it was Mexican, Beans, Chile (I never put them together let people mix their own poison) with boiled potatoes or rice enchilads and tacos along with the same old appetizers. If I change the appetizers someone is sure to ask for the one I didn't fix. Our Super Bowl party is just an excuse to get together with family and friends this year we have added a young couple and she and I will probably be in the kitchen. And for the record, I am usually in the kitchen and although the game is on I am not paying attention to it (in case someone wanders in they don't want to miss a play).
This year we are only having the beans and chile with the potatoes and rice and tamales and the appetizers. I am getting old and lazy and the fact that I didn't even know that SB was upon us account for this abbreviated menu.

We're invited to a friend's house. I plan to bring a batch of fudge and either Pecan Pie Tartlets or Guy Fieri's Righteous Ribs (the recipe appeared in Sunday's USA Weekend. It depends on how lazy I am on Sunday a.m. as to which recipe I'll bring.

I detest football but I like the camaraderie. I'm sure several of us gals will play a game (Skippo, Mex. Train, or something else).

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Oh, nothing formal here. Come on down!
The City is starting to wake up to it. Some of the public buildings are illuminated with red and gold lighting. Very pretty. The buses have "Go Niners!" on their destination signs. The stores are stocked with the usual snack foods.

I won't be cooking, though. I've got a Chinese New Year's event that I'm helping with on Saturday - huge - 2500 or so attending. I'll be pooped on Sunday, so DH will steer me to church and back, then let me sit while he serves the dinner (his minestrone) while I watch the game. So this year, we are just a party of two.

You ladies are fixing some fab food, though. Have fun.

We are a total football family. We don't do a party, but we make popcorn, and light the fire in the fireplace, and enjoy the game. As a matter of fact, I'm watching the game right now! (And playing on my lap top)

DH loves football- I loathe it- except for the Iron Bowl!

It's just the 2 of us here. I made him the buffalo chicken dip he wanted, and I'm holed up in the sewing room making some chevron dresses with ID going on my TV. I'm on a lil break and then back to work for me.

Our little party down the street got cancelled. The host wound up at the hospital a day or so ago and they just weren't up to holding it. Well understood, of course. So we stayed home. DH watched the game and I've been playing on the computer in my room. We had pizza for our dinner.

Well I didn't make the trip. No one showed up to pick me up - ahem nance!

When the football game came on, I retired to my "office" to work on a quilt and listen to an audio book. I walked through the kitchen once only to have DH tell me that he was already snacking and not to worry about supper. He didn't realize that I was only going after a glass of tea and hadn't even thought about eating.

It was fun for us. Neither of us are really into football so we had no stake as to who would win or lose, it was mostly about getting together, having some good food and enjoying each others company. We all had different favorites regarding the commercials, though there weren't many good ones IMO. My favorite was http://now.msn.com/ram-trucks-...harvey?ocid=ansnow11. We were all a little disappointed with half time, but that's OK, least of my problems that's for sure!

Dodge/Paul Harvey's tribute to farmers was definitely the best. I am so glad I walked through while it was on.

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Originally posted by KeepYouInStitches:
...I walked through the kitchen once only to have DH tell me that he was already snacking and not to worry about supper. He didn't realize that I was only going after a glass of tea and hadn't even thought about eating.

LOL! Men!