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 …
