Three invites to parties and three "no thank you's" later you'd think I beat their children when I turn them down. I'm sorry but it's not just an excuse to have a party, IT'S THE SUPERBOWL, fuck sake.
Pork Candy anyone? Bacon Wrapped Little Smokies with Butter and Brown Sugar: Ingredients 1 pound Bacon, Cut Into Thirds 1 pound Smokies 1 stick Butter 2 cups Brown Sugar Preparation Instructions Preheat oven to 375F. Cut the bacon into thirds and wrap each smokie. Place all the wrapped smokies in a single layer in a baking dish. Then melt the stick of butter and then 1 cup of brown sugar and stir until mixed well. Pour the butter and brown sugar mixture on the smokies and bacon. Then take the other cup of brown sugar and sprinkle evenly over the smokies. Bake them for about 15-20 minutes and then turn the heat up to 400F for about 5 minutes or longer until the bacon becomes crispy.
Can we post some of the commercials here, too? Bud "leaked" one of theirs: And, it looks like Danica has really been working out in the NASCAR offseason: http://www.hulu.com/adzone/588663
Re: Re: The Superbowl Thread Not being competitive in races must leave her with a lot of time to work out. I love how "leaking" commercials is becoming the norm, how long before companies stop paying the outrageous money for actual Superbowl ad time and just start putting ads up on YouTube?
Re: Re: The Superbowl Thread That's actually a great idea. Lots of companies have done versions of this, where they release the commercial ahead of time, in a version that's too raunchy or inappropriate or whatever, get lots of buzz and then run a tamer version, or act like they were forced to pull it. Like this one: For Butterfinger's new candy bar
Just to be that guy, here is what I think of people who proudly claim they only watch the Superbowl for the commercials: http://vimeo.com/30185420
I saw quite a few people post this up on FB. It has nothing to do with beer, all this tells me is that so long as you have a cute puppy you are going to sell a shit ton of whatever you're trying to sell. You could use a cute dog to sell cleaning products, shampoo, cars, hockey equipment, chemo, aspirin, whatever. People see a cute puppy, go awww, then break out their wallets. Its not magic, its science.
MOAR ANNA KENDRICK PLS. Seriously, she's hilarious and has a really awesome self awareness. One of my favorite talk show interviews as well. Suck it. I'm gonna stand on an advertising soapbox for a second here and say that I hate this ad. Obviously its cute and everybody loves puppies, I smiled multiple times. However, I'm kind of sick of Bud's bullshit when it comes to ads. They can't decide on a current brand identity and every ad is now "aww cute moment with horses" or "AMERICA PATRIOTIC SOLDIERS FEELINGS AMERICAS BEER" desperately trying to play up their quintessential American-ness despite being owned by a Belgian company with executives who basically forced out 90% of American leadership. After working in it for 3 years, I can tell you that beer advertising is tired and cliche, and these Bud spots will get talked about but Budweiser will continue plummeting down the sales rankings like it has been the last 10 years. Kudos to Newcastle for doing something different.
It helps that Newcastle is delicious. Does anybody have any recipes for Super Bowl snack food that isn't terrible for you and doesn't taste like a compost pile? The meatier the better. I'm going to be watching most of the game by myself by choice. The last Seahawks Super Bowl I watched was with a bunch of friends in Hawaii with no pro team affiliation. I spent 4 hours essentially being trolled by people that I thought cared about me.
I'm going to be making a couple of my bacon explosion surprises that are pictured here. They're pretty simple really, just but a pound of thick cut bacon and use 10 strips to make yourself a 5x5 bacon weave square. On top of that add 2lbs of whatever flavor of ground sausage you like, 1/2 cup of shredded cheese and then dice up the remaining bacon and sprinkle that on top of the cheese. Roll the entire thing into a log, cover with your favorite spice rub and throw into a smoker for a couple of hours. If you don't have a smoker, you can bake it in the oven for about 90 minutes at 350, or until the internal temperature is 165. Oh wait... you said something that isn't terrible for you. Um, you could put a piece of lettuce on it and call it a salad...?
Not meaty, but I've made something very similar to this that's good for game snacking. I used less green onions and added jalepeno. Black Bean & Corn Salsa For "meaty," if you're not doing chicken wings, your options are limited to meet the "not terrible for you" requirement. But, a simple one I've done are mini kabobs. You can get pre-package southwest spicy grilled chicken (heated), cut into bite size, stab it with a toothpick, and slide your favorite grilled vegetable and a cheese cube half on it. But, if you're watching the game by yourself, you don't really need to prepare stuff as a group snack, so . . .
Instead of spending millions on ads, they should do something different, like make good beer. I took the older two kids on the brewmaster's tour at the St. Louis brewery and I got to drink Bud out of the holding tank. I poured the last half out in the floor drain when nobody was looking.
Here is a page with 19 crazy dips: <a class="postlink" href="http://www.closetcooking.com/2013/01/19-decadent-dips.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.closetcooking.com/2013/01/19 ... -dips.html</a> All of them are high fat and awesome. Caramelized onion, Greek, Pizza, Buffalo Chicken, Reuben. Basically turns junk food into dips. Hell, the rest of this dude's site has awesome stuff on it too. The Reuben Dip: Chorizo and Cheese:
Every one of those looks fantastic. Definitely making the bacon double cheese burger, and jalapeno poppers. Maybe the buffalo chicken too. Great find.
I love her so much. To me, she is one of those 'super covert hot' chicks that you think is cute initially, but gets hotter every time you see her.
Superbowl commercials are almost never funny or interesting to me, but I'm pretty sure I'm not the target market for them so it's not exactly surprising.