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Culinary no-no #38
Does anyone really believe that the Alaskan-like temperatures on this NFC Championship Game day are going to deter die-hard Packer tailgaters?I’ll bet many Packer backers who don’t have tickets will have their garages open and grills going full blast today.
Burgers?
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Huhhh?
Wait a minute!!!
Say what????
The Waukesha Freeman this week reported the following:
Chris Roland, a coordinator of adult and student career services at the University of Wisconsin-Waukesha, is a Packers fan with some special connections. Roland’s fatherin-law used to be a part-owner of the Broke Spoke Saloon in Muskego with Jeff Favre, brother of Packers quarterback Brett Favre, and Stevie Haas, owner of a tavern with the same name in Kiln, Miss.
Because of this connection, Roland gets to experience Packers game parties in a somewhat unconventional sense.
“They bring up some moonshine, or as they call it ‘forget me juice,’ have some barbecue goat burgers, some jambalaya and some red beans and rice for a tailgate party,” he said. “It’s just an absolute riot.”
Roland said if he ends up going to the party Sunday, the clan probably won’t be able to get into the stadium. Instead, they’ll go to their traditional spot at the Midway Motor Lodge and watch the game in comfort.
And if enough of the homemade Mississippi apple moonshine is flowing, Roland said comfort won’t be a problem.
“It tastes like Kool-Aid going down, but after about 15 minutes, your face goes numb,” he said.
GOAT BURGERS?????
Hmmmm, let’s see, I can have steak, Angus beef, pork tenderloin, Italians, any type of brat………
NAHHH!!
Hey Burford……………..
Toss me one of them goat burgers, I reckon, ok…
Umm, sorry, that’s just wrong.
Then there’s this from, I should have known………… the Ohio State University Medical Center (They don’t know how to win a football national championship even when they have a chance two years in a row, what makes you think they know how to throw a tailgate party):
Even Healthy Tailgating Can Be Fun
Shirley Kindrick, team leader of the Comprehensive Weight Management program at The Ohio State University Medical Center, is teaching classes at the OSU Center for Wellness and Prevention on how to have fun and healthy tailgate parties with just a few simple changes to your tailgate routine.
The classes teach the following tailgating strategies for success:
· Have a nutritious snack before going to the game. Fuel up on fruit, veggies, half a sandwich, or a big glass of water or diet drink.
· Prepare some light finger food to bring to the tailgate party. Try a new recipe and create something tasty and low fat.
· Think through your strategy. Try a half portion, have the burger without cheese and try munching on pretzels instead of chips.
· Have a drink on hand such as water or diet soda. Liquids fill you up at a low cost to your calorie budget for the day.
· Keep your mouth busy! Have some breath mints, gum, or sugar-free candy to decrease your need to eat more.
Kindrick also offers a variety of food suggestions, such as preparing a veggie tray with low-fat or fat-free dip, or filling a basket with seasonal apples, grapes and pears.
Crunchy snacks such as pretzels and baked chips are always a good, low-fat choice.
In addition, take the chill off of a cool day and make chili using the leanest ground beef or ground turkey, including a variety of beans for color and nutrition.
And, to satisfy hearty appetites, make a barbecue using skinned turkey or chicken breasts and a bottle of low-fat barbecue sauce.
For vegetarians, try grilling mushrooms, zucchini, sliced onions and peppers. Marinating the vegetables in fat-free Italian dressing before grilling will add extra flavor.
If you are still hungry, you can top it off with healthy desserts. For instance, fruit kabobs with a fat-free frozen topping and pureed berries is a satisfying and healthy choice. In place of butter or margarine, select an applesauce substitution when making your favorite brownies or cookies.
Is she crazy?
This is a tailgate party, not a Weight Watchers convention.
Culinary no-no, two in one for the day, when it comes to tailgating:
1) Don’t even think of goat burgers.
2) Leave fat-free, health conscious foods where they belong ..….back home!
PREVIOUS CULINARY NO-NO’S
1) Ketchup on a brat
2) Green peppers on pizza
3) The dirty martini
4) Fruity brats
5) A Bloody Mary after dinner
6) Women “manning” the grill
7) Eating pizza at Festa Italiana, brats at German Fest, or tacos at Fiesta Mexicana. (Be adventurous. You can have those items anytime).
8) Eating a cream puff as though it was a hamburger.
9) Taking your own bottle of sauce when invited to a barbecue.
10) Touching the grill if you’re a guest at an outdoor barbecue.
11) Coaching the host on how to grill.
12) Some regional flavored ice cream…..like black licorice.
13) Taking the husks off before you grill corn on the cob
14) Being afraid to chill red wine
15) Pizza on the grill
16) When serving exotic or strange dishes to guests, do not tell them exactly what it is. Instead, use a more inviting term (caviar) rather than being blunt (fish eggs).
17) In late summer and early fall, this time of year, don’t buy zucchini. Somehow, someway, you will find zucchini or zucchini will find you.
18) Showing disrespect to your restaurant server.
19) Eating out on a Monday night.
20) Pumpkin beer.
21) Mail-order turkey.
22) Grilled cheese is just for kids.
23) Dining in the dark.
24) Ketchup on spaghetti
25) Sneaking healthy foods into treats to get your kids to eat it.
26) Do not throw away culinary gifts received in the mail because you don’t like them.
27) Do not feel guilty about eating Oreos. (Oreos are not to blame for out of control obesity).
28) Doing something so totally ridiculous that you are desperately forced to call the Butterball Turkey Hot-Line for assistance.
29) Don’t forget the sweet potato January-October.
30) Using resource guides from the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s on gracious living to plan holiday parties
31) Eating cranberries, the best of the super-foods, only during the holidays.
32) Egg nog that isn’t spiked
33) Putting hot spices and other weird stuff in chocolate bars and hot cocoa
34) Don’t disregard fruitcake
35) Sparkling wine on New Year’s Eve ain’t champagne.
36) Ordering a Coors Light or any facsimile when at an outdoor open-air bar on a tropical beach
37) Smoking bans in restaurants and bars in Wisconsin.
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