Scenario #1
Thursday night, you call a few of the Saturday night poker buds, two guys from your wife’s office, a guy who works across from you, and invite them all over to your BYOB Super Bowl gathering. Late Friday, your wife’s second cousin hears of your gathering and invites “himself”, and says he’ll take care of the snacks in exchange for allowing him to get out of the house.
You do a little shopping on Saturday afternoon for your gathering. Sunday at noon arrives, and the non-stop pregame jabber starts, while you unfreeze the brats and hotdogs, put out the condiments, and few bowls of tater chips, tortillas and salsa. Your buds split on a case of domestic froth, and your wife’s second cousin shows up with the same chips you bought. Seven hours later, you’re gassed; you’ve got beer caps in the couch, chips strewn on the table, ketchup on your jersey, and the stench of carbon gasses (from bad hotdogs) filling the living room – engrained in the “once was a beautiful” couch.
Scenario #2
You’re sick of the same old – same old, realizing that you might very well get hit by a bus and don’t want your last Super Bowl to be remembered like a bad family reunion. You lay out a 5-day plan; a superb menu of food and bev, some interactive elements, and a sense of organization and anticipation that will allow you to enjoy the day while you’re hosting, and also to not be scrubbing pots at midnight after the game while your wife bitches at how your buds are freakin’ slobs.
Your tastes have now moved to a few “upper crust” options – a more refined approach – that “somethin-somethin” that makes the party dynamic, all in all that much memorable.
I’m elated to contribute to the best viewing day in pigskin sports. As the @Gridironchef, I can assure you that every simple trick of the trade or mouth-watering recipe is tried and tested, published in magazines, cooked for celebs and athletes at Super Bowls the past decade. Besides me, some of offerings will be compliments of Food Network Celebrities, Master Mixologists, and NFL Parking Lot Pros. And to compound that, I’ll throw in some planning tips that will allow you – the host to enjoy the day like your comrades, and interactive elements that can make your Sunday the greatest social intercourse possible. So…
Here’s your job, due tomorrow:
- Read the homegating piece I wrote for the NFL. It’s a great appetizer to what you’re going to get.
- Check back to LWOS every day leading up to Super Bowl. New Recipes will be posted and you just have to click here.
- Take our recipes and hints “whole” or “in-part”, but take’em nonetheless.
- And regardless of whether we can finally get the Monday after Super Bowl made into a North American wide holiday, have the best Sunday possible with enough food options to choke a pig, copious libations, and a party that can be remembered by your friends after you get hit by that bus.
Keep the drinks cold, the grill hot, and we’ll see you in the parking lot living room!
Gridiron Chef “Doc”
