Slightly OT - what is everyone cooking for the Super Bowl?

[Northside Hawk]

i duno yet, but I do know that the grocery store is packed that afternoon...not unlike Wed before thanksgiving.

When I worked for Old Dutch that was a busy day for us. We were putting in extra time at our HyVee's and Wally World's making sure chips, dips, and salsas were stocked.

As soon as the Super Bowl ended, we immediately descended into what is known in the snack world as "nuclear winter". Things wouldn't start picking up again until Easter and wouldn't really start picking up until graduation party season.

 

[Fryowa]

Wife is going to an afternoon concert with a friend, a gal whose husband dumped her when he decided or figured out he was gay.

Your wife is a quality friend.

Told her I would only do it if in addition to steak and chicken the meat will include lamb. Marinated lamb with singed pieces of white onion on naan bread can’t be beat.

Might as well just go full on gyros while you’re at it.

I assume you’re making tzatziki sauce for the kabobs?

 

[Fryowa]

When I worked for Old Dutch that was a busy day for us. We were putting in extra time at our HyVee's and Wally World's making sure chips, dips, and salsas were stocked.

As soon as the Super Bowl ended, we immediately descended into what is known in the snack world as "nuclear winter". Things wouldn't start picking up again until Easter and wouldn't really start picking up until graduation party season.

Our HyVee in town has all regular sized Dorito and Lays Ruffles on sale starting Friday for $1.99. I’m hoping they’ll have more than one chip truck coming in because I have to work Friday, and by 5:00 when I can get there the shelves will be bare.

 

[Northside Hawk]

Our HyVee in town has all regular sized Dorito and Lays Ruffles on sale starting Friday for $1.99. I’m hoping they’ll have more than one chip truck coming in because I have to work Friday, and by 5:00 when I can get there the shelves will be bare.

A good Frito Lay or Old Dutch salesperson will have a "buddy system" with Little Debbie or Keebler or someone.

As an example, I could go to one of those guys or gals and offer to merchansise their backstock in, say, Spencer and Boji if they merchandise mine in Sibley and Rock Rapids. It saves time and driving for both.

 

[Fryowa]

A good Frito Lay or Old Dutch salesperson will have a "buddy system" with Little Debbie or Keebler or someone.

As an example, I could go to one of those guys or gals and offer to merchansise their backstock in, say, Spencer and Boji if they merchandise mine in Sibley and Rock Rapids. It saves time and driving for both.

Smart. I wouldn't have thought of that. Which is probably what led to my place in life.

 

[okeefe4prez]

When I worked for Old Dutch that was a busy day for us. We were putting in extra time at our HyVee's and Wally World's making sure chips, dips, and salsas were stocked.

As soon as the Super Bowl ended, we immediately descended into what is known in the snack world as "nuclear winter". Things wouldn't start picking up again until Easter and wouldn't really start picking up until graduation party season.

"It's the potato chip in the windmill sack..." You lucky SOB. Working for Old Dutch. Those damned wavy chips (Frito Lay has the knockoff wavy Lays which suck) were the best chips on the market alongside the Hy-Vee brand wavy chips that I believe Hiland (?) used to make. July day, sweetcorn, burgers, a bag of those and some AE French Onion and Mexican dip and you got yourself a real Iowa summer party.

 

[okeefe4prez]

A good Frito Lay or Old Dutch salesperson will have a "buddy system" with Little Debbie or Keebler or someone.

As an example, I could go to one of those guys or gals and offer to merchansise their backstock in, say, Spencer and Boji if they merchandise mine in Sibley and Rock Rapids. It saves time and driving for both.

Um, honest question, but is there a rural distribution company that could just handle logistics for all of those companies? There can't possibly be enough scale to justify the poor bastard from Little Debbie having to drive all around that area loading up just Little Debbie. Distribution is half of what killed Interstate Brands (Wonder/Hostess). It's good that you dudes devised your own system, but what if the Keebler elf goes AWOL with your stuff. Seems really risky.

 

[Fryowa]

July day, sweetcorn, burgers, a bag of those and some AE French Onion and Mexican dip and you got yourself a real Iowa summer party.

Bro...

No HyVee mac salad in the square tub?

 

[okeefe4prez]

Bro...

No HyVee mac salad in the square tub?

Of course, plus a pail of potato salad that is sitting in direct sunlight for a few hours.

 

[Northside Hawk]

Um, honest question, but is there a rural distribution company that could just handle logistics for all of those companies? There can't possibly be enough scale to justify the poor bastard from Little Debbie having to drive all around that area loading up just Little Debbie. Distribution is half of what killed Interstate Brands (Wonder/Hostess). It's good that you dudes devised your own system, but what if the Keebler elf goes AWOL with your stuff. Seems really risky.

Good question. I wouldn't have the slightest idea. I left Old Dutch late in 2004.

Chip per chip, their products are better than Frito Lay however. But not the Doritos. Old Dutch wisely doesn't compete much with Frito Lay on Doritos. They have a couple brands, but it's like trying to compare Coke's Mello Yello to Pepsi's Mountain Dew.

 

[Fryowa]

Um, honest question, but is there a rural distribution company that could just handle logistics for all of those companies? There can't possibly be enough scale to justify the poor bastard from Little Debbie having to drive all around that area loading up just Little Debbie. Distribution is half of what killed Interstate Brands (Wonder/Hostess). It's good that you dudes devised your own system, but what if the Keebler elf goes AWOL with your stuff. Seems really risky.

From what I understand the chip truck drivers make bank because they own their own trucks and routes, similar to FedEx guys. The trade off is they work 80 hours a week.

The beverage dudes are drivers working for distributors so I think that's more of a shitty grind.

 

[BigD]

Not cooking nothing. My neighbor has it all covered. I show up with my special needs son and sit down and eat. The guy has an incredible set up in his basement. The screen is ten feet high and twenty feet wide with surround sound and a $15,000 state of the art projector. Unbelievable quality picture. Might strap on the pads and jump right on into the game.

Going to have to start watching Hawkeyes games over at his house on a regular basis. ​

 

[Northside Hawk]

From what I understand the chip truck drivers make bank because they own their own trucks and routes, similar to FedEx guys. The trade off is they work 80 hours a week.

The beverage dudes are drivers working for distributors so I think that's more of a shitty grind.

Some chip/snack companies but not Old Dutch or Frito Lay. They report to a district manager. The goal of a chip driver was to split his route. That way another driver would work half his or her old route but the original driver would still get commission off their split in addition to the half route they now drive.

I co-supervise a fleet of FedEx routes, reporting to the owner/,contractor of the routes and trucks. Eighty hours (for the owner) would be a worst case scenario where everything that could have gone wrong that week did. I'm probably closer to fifty five hours for the off season, sixty to sixty five for peak season. Yes there are days during Holiday peak when you're out there well past dark.

I work well with the other sup. He is more of a night owl so he will monitor the freight count that comes across around 10 pm. He will then plot the next day's routes making sure that no one istoo heavy or too light. I will come in abound 6:30-6:40 in the morning and download everyone's plotted routes in the Ground Cloud navigation system

I work more Saturdays than not, but will be done be noon or 1pm on many of them. Again, i work with the other sup here. He likes to go turkey hunting in the spring so I will make sure to keep Saturdays in April and May open. I like to watch college football (of course) in the fall so will get Saturdays off in September and October. We also have part timers, plus the owner and his wife, who are always able to jump on routes.

FedEx routes are popular with school teachers looking to work during the summer. We have several that come back every year.

 

[InGoodCo]

I was hoping this thread would give me a spark on what to make Sunday. I already eat a lot of Pizza and Wings, trying to think of something different. Let's keep it going!

 

[Fryowa]

I was hoping this thread would give me a spark on what to make Sunday. I already eat a lot of Pizza and Wings, trying to think of something different. Let's keep it going!

I have a pretty killer pulled pork slow cooker recipe if you don't have a smoker.

I serve it bare and actually offer the same bottled sauce I listed above. The nice thing about the slow cooker is in my opinion the fat renders better. 8 pound pork butt will shred enough to feed a bunch of people.

Can also do meatballs in a second slow cooker (I go half Italian and half homestyle from HyVee) and just throw together whatever sauce and spices trip your trigger.

Those two dishes are almost totally hands-off, start the crock pots early in the morning, and make some pickle rolls while you're waiting. I go half corned beef and half ham.

Top it off with a bag of cole slaw mix (I have a kick ass slaw dressing recipe that people will know didn't come from a jar), and you've got four dishes that go together and don't take shit for labor.

 

[4thngoal]

Our HyVee in town has all regular sized Dorito and Lays Ruffles on sale starting Friday for $1.99. I’m hoping they’ll have more than one chip truck coming in because I have to work Friday, and by 5:00 when I can get there the shelves will be bare.

Menards seems to always have a good deal on Doritos. I noticed several places having a sale on 10 pound tubes of 80% hamburger this week as well.
I end up always going grocery shopping with the woman, because .........if we are going to town to Menards, might as well make one trip. So now I'm getting better at knowing when things are a good deal when it comes to food.
As I said, I like to fix stuff and I do a pretty good amount of back and forth to the local hardware store and Menards. When the kids were little they used to fight over who's turn it was to go with me to the hardware store, so I tried to pass it along.

 

[okeefe4prez]

Menards seems to always have a good deal on Doritos. I noticed several places having a sale on 10 pound tubes of 80% hamburger this week as well.
I end up always going grocery shopping with the woman, because .........if we are going to town to Menards, might as well make one trip. So now I'm getting better at knowing when things are a good deal when it comes to food.
As I said, I like to fix stuff and I do a pretty good amount of back and forth to the local hardware store and Menards. When the kids were little they used to fight over who's turn it was to go with me to the hardware store, so I tried to pass it along.

Menards operates how Wal-Mart used to. They buy stuff on super discount and sell the hell out of it. The downside is the inventory rotates week to week, but the upside is the deals are tremendous.

 

[okeefe4prez]

I have a pretty killer pulled pork slow cooker recipe if you don't have a smoker.

I serve it bare and actually offer the same bottled sauce I listed above.

That sounds awful. "Barbecue pulled pork" that doesn't come off of hickory or applewood is an abomination and should never be served in the presence of polite company.

If you need to cook a shoulder indoors, you have one really good recipe option. Carnitas, which I am making. Foil pan, of course, throw it in the oven with your choice of spices and an onion and some garlic and cover that beast with foil and let it cook at 250 until you get it to around 200-205. It'll take a long time. Rest it. Then, using another foil pan, toss some pulled pork into it and add some juice and throw that thing under the broiler for 20-ish minutes to crisp it up (stirring once). Serve with taco shells and your customary taco fixin's bar and it will be a hit.

 

[InGoodCo]

I have a pretty killer pulled pork slow cooker recipe if you don't have a smoker.

I serve it bare and actually offer the same bottled sauce I listed above. The nice thing about the slow cooker is in my opinion the fat renders better. 8 pound pork butt will shred enough to feed a bunch of people.

Can also do meatballs in a second slow cooker (I go half Italian and half homestyle from HyVee) and just throw together whatever sauce and spices trip your trigger.

Those two dishes are almost totally hands-off, start the crock pots early in the morning, and make some pickle rolls while you're waiting. I go half corned beef and half ham.

Top it off with a bag of cole slaw mix (I have a kick ass slaw dressing recipe that people will know didn't come from a jar), and you've got four dishes that go together and don't take shit for labor.

I like the idea of meatballs in a slow cooker....very little work, you've peaked my interests.

 

[okeefe4prez]

I like the idea of meatballs in a slow cooker....very little work, you've peaked my interests.

Bro, I'm like the Bobby Flay of the damned slow cooker. Tell me more about these meatballs.

My Super Bowl spread will include a soup dish called chicken pozole soup. I am going to try this recipe out and I already went to the Mexican grocery store to get the peppers and chocolate for the enchilada sauce referenced in the recipe:
https://www.isabeleats.com/mexican-slow-cooker-chicken-posole/