Deb's Lunch ... and dinner and breakfast too » superbowl http://debslunch.com/debslunchblog reflections on life & food Wed, 23 May 2012 02:32:34 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Superbowl XLVI http://debslunch.com/debslunchblog/2012/02/05/superbowl-xlvi/ http://debslunch.com/debslunchblog/2012/02/05/superbowl-xlvi/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 03:52:19 +0000 DebS http://debslunch.com/debslunchblog/?p=4618 It was another different kind of Superbowl day, a little like 2010, when I did something non-Superbowl related all day – in 2010, Willy Street Board Retreat; this year cooking in the church basement for slow food UW. I also didn’t care much about the teams involved, unlike last year where it was my home town vs. my hometown. In fact, I opted to watch Downton Abbey in realtime, instead of time-shifted, so I left Mark and our exchange student watching the Superbowl, and went downstairs to PBS. Didn’t see Madonna at halftime – Mark said she was good, but a little boring – and the main commercial I remember is the Seinfeld “damn you, Leno” one for the new Acura NSX.

When I got back from cooking locally sourced vegetarian food for slow food, I made chipotle sliders – the recipe was from some star chef – Bobby Flay, maybe? (yup) – from the People mag I bought in the Denver airport, on the way home from Dallas, because it had Johnny Depp on the cover – devilled eggs, and baked Brie.

Baked Brie - tomato jam for filling Baked Brie Beef slider with cheddar & chipotle mayo Devilled eggs - the filling was a little runny, but the leftovers were good on buttered bread with slow-roasted tomatoes next day ]]> http://debslunch.com/debslunchblog/2012/02/05/superbowl-xlvi/feed/ 0 Superbowl food, one day old http://debslunch.com/debslunchblog/2010/02/09/superbowl-food-one-day-old/ http://debslunch.com/debslunchblog/2010/02/09/superbowl-food-one-day-old/#comments Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:52:05 +0000 DebS http://debslunch.com/debslunchblog/?p=377 My plan for superbowl food this year was Buffalo chicken tenders and baked beans. I made the beans overnight in the oven on Saturday, and thawed out the two packages of tenders I’d had in the bottom of the freezer for who knows how long. But best laid plans … I had to attend the Willy Street Grocery Co-op Board retreat, an annual, all-day planning event, and they gave us so much food that I didn’t need dinner when I got home. And I missed most of the superbowl commercials that I wanted to see; the one I liked the best that I did see was the new any VW counts as slug bug one:

especially the Stevie Wonder & Tracy Morgan ending. I haven’t had a chance to go looking for more online; John said there were an awful lot with middle aged men in briefs.

Instead, I ate my superbowl feast for Monday night supper. The beans, since I originally cooked them covered, came out a little soupy – I reheated them for an hour uncovered, and they were delicious, but not terribly photogenic.

The tenders were so easy, it made me wonder why I had ever messed around with actual wings. Pan-fried, finished in the oven, then tossed with melted butter & Frank’s hot sauce.

I even had bleu cheese dressing to dip them in – I bought a piece of Farmer John’s gorgonzola at Joe’s when I was walking home from the Badger outdoor hockey game Saturday, and crumbed it and mixed into some ranch dressing that was lurking in the back of the fridge.

Yum.

BTW, the game was fun, but hard for me to follow – I left after the 2nd period. I have trouble seeing the puck anyways, and was too far away in the football stadium. Plus there was no sound, or not much – no pucks whacking a stick, or a players hitting the boards. Maybe they shoulda miked the ice …

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