1. Meat that is so burnt, you don't know what it is.
Beer that is so bad, you have to drink a lot of it to appreciate it.
3. Nothing says Let's Watch the Game (and get some distance on this) more than spam, velveeta, and maraschino cherries!
4. Is there a team that is the Volcanoes? Note how the person digging in is avoiding the lava flow. They know something we don't.
WHAT A SPREAD! the helpful pointer there is drawing our attention to the weinie-egg-carrot wheel in aspic on a bed of sauerkraut. MMm-MMM!!
5. You can't have a proper tailgate without some wieners and beans. Even if they are disturbingly shiny.
6. The piece de resistance, Lime Jello with Peas and spanish olives. This is a family tailgate tradition provided by the ol' ball and chain. Her family also used to pitch a Tee-Pee in the parking lot, so...uh...
7. I'm not touching this. It looks like it already came and went, if you get my drift....
Well, after all that GOOD FOOD, it's time to settle into a fog of resignation (after a stall-clearing visit to the john) and root for the team with the 3rd string QB with the 22.5 passer rating. Is there a better way to spend a Sunday? I think not!!
This is great!
ReplyDeleteI've been feeling a little "spazztic" lately, so just imagining that people eat this stuff is making me queasy.
The lime jello/peas/olives thing is good, but the aspic creation on a bed of sauerkraut is the winner in my book!
well, you're right. the Wienie Aspic WAS the centerpiece. wish I had a better picture of that one.
ReplyDeleteDon't forget in southern Indiana they eat this stuff with relish, and I don't mean relish, I mean they relish it when they eat it.
ReplyDeleteThat photo of the Ranier Ale is priceless. Man does that bring back some memories.
ReplyDeleteit brings back memories of the weirdest grocery store that I used to buy mine in- just around the corner on a quiet street, a holdover store from when they used to zone a small corner for a store in totally illogical places. tiny place, with basically nothing in it. it closed shortly after I moved here, but I went in there every night and bought my green ale.
ReplyDeletethey moved to Vegas.
I recognize some of those recipes !! can't remember if I ate any though...
ReplyDeletebut that beer....that I remember :(
ReplyDeleteDid ANYBODY eat any of those recipes??
ReplyDeleteI have eaten the Spam, Velveeta, and cherries dish. I have also had that one Hawaiian style: Spam, pineapple, and and cherries. THe disturbingly shiny wieners and beans I have also eaten. And it was definitely disturbing, especially to my intestines.
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