Super Bowl recipes provide ideas and instructions for food served at the biggest football game of the year. Every year, hundreds of millions of football fans gather together to watch the championship game of the National Football League known as the Super Bowl; the 2010 Super Bowl drew in more than 106 million viewers.http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/08/super-bowl-2010-ratings-m_n_453503.html
95% of Americans watch the Super Bowl in the presence of other people, and more than 50 million dollars is spent by Americans on food to eat during the big game.http://www.yumsugar.com/Super-Bowl-Fun-Facts-125068 Super Bowl XLV is on Sunday, February 6, 2011; approximate kick-off time will be 6:25 pm Eastern; 5:25 pm Central; 4:25 pm Mountain; and 3:25 pm Pacific.http://www.chiff.com/recreation/sports/super-bowl.htm
Background and History
The first Super Bowl was held on January 15, 1967, at the Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, California, and pitted the Kansas City Chiefs against the Green Bay Packers; the Packers overcome the Chiefs 35-10.http://www.nfl.com/superbowl/history Since that time, the Super Bowl viewership has continued to grow; today, 20 million Americans will attend a Super Bowl party, with each respective party drawing an average of 17 guests.http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/02/super-bowl-by-the-numbers.php Some of these Super Bowl parties will include a variety of finger foods, and some will even serve elaborate dinners; Super Bowl Sunday is a big day for grilling in the wintertime.http://www.yumsugar.com/Super-Bowl-Fun-Facts-125068
Common Recipe Variations
Super Bowl recipes are often standard American fare, such as hamburgers or chips and dips, sometimes with slight variations to the recipe. Hosts sometime make large hamburgers into smaller sliders as an easier to eat finger food.http://www.tasteofhome.com/Slider-Recipes Different nuts are sometimes baked or barbecued to create snacks for guests.http://www.tasteofhome.com/Recipes/Barbecued-Peanuts Hosts watching fat content and calories in their prepared food often serve healthier items such as vegetable dishes for hors d'oeuvres, and make substitutions for items high in fat, which can include various cheeses and creams.http://www.eatingwell.com/recipes_menus/collections/super_bowl_1
Hot and Spicy Buffalo Wings Recipe
Paula Deen shows how to make Spicy Buffalo Wings. Sart with some disjointed wings. Dry them off well so no water remains on them. Salt them well and drop them into hot oil heated to 350 degrees fahrenheit. Do not dust in them in flour, put them in naked, otherwise it will make a messy blob when sauce is added. To make the sauce, take 1/2 stick butter (1/4 cup) and melt in a large pan. Add hot sauce of choice. To cut the spiciness of sauce, add more butter. Cook chicken wings until crispy, then drop them into the sauce. Toss around in the sauce, making sure they are all coated. They are then ready to eat.
Super Bowl Candied Bacon Appetizer
Take a cooling rack for cakes and cookies, and put it in a sheet pan. Lay center cut, thick sliced bacon on rack, close but not overlapping, in one layer. Place in a 350 degree oven. While that is baking mix a little brown sugar, rice vinegar, maple syrup and a little black pepper. Whip that into a paste. After bacon has cooked 10 minutes turn it over, bake 5 minutes, then start brushing the bacon with the brown sugar mix every five minutes, brushing both sides until it is crisp, about 35 minutes. Time will vary with thickness of bacon.
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Big Game Recipes
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Main ingredients
Varies from each dish; many being"finger foods," for easy mass consumption
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Cooking methods
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Cooking time
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