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

[Fryowa]

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/

Get a bag of Homestyle, and a bag of Italian meatballs from the freezer dept. HyVee are the best I've tried but every store has their brand.

Put 'em in the slow cooker on high, add whatever combination of barbecue or hot sauces you like, some type of seasoning like a barbecue rub, Old Bay, or seasoned salt to taste, and stir 'em every half hour. When you're close to serving time put it on low and serve em with tooth picks.

I consider myself a competent cook, and I've done this before with homemade meatballs. It's one of those cases where there's zero difference between homemade and frozen.

 

[Fryowa]

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.

Where did I say "Barbecue?" I looked and couldn't find it...

And the recipe is amazing.

 

[4thngoal]

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.

Yeah, who would of thought to look in the food section of a Menards? Mainly we just get cashews and nuts, and chips from there, but one time she found a screaming deal on shrimp there. I think it's like you said, you just have to go look because you never know what is going to be in the food section, but you can almost always find a really good deal on something.

 

[okeefe4prez]

Where did I say "Barbecue?" I looked and couldn't find it...

And the recipe is amazing.

Isn't your "sauce" recipe is a few bottles of HFCS loaded mass produced barbecue sauce dressed up a little bit?

 

[SCHawkeye2]

Carolina BBQ and Shrimp

 

[Fryowa]

Isn't your "sauce" recipe is a few bottles of HFCS loaded mass produced barbecue sauce dressed up a little bit?

You said you eat Hamburger Helper. You’re dead to me.

 

[Ben Rumson]

My problem with deviled eggs is that I'll boil a dozen eggs, make the deviled eggs and then by the time I plate them when there should be 24 there are only like 17.

Speaking of deviled eggs anyone notice that eggs just don't peel as easy as years ago. I researched and found it's the type of feed given to them at chicken farms. Of course beef and especially pork used to taste so much better farm raised and given slop or basically leftovers/ tabelscraps. This mass produced stuff we get today just isn't the same. Super bowl food nothing till the Vikings get there again! Otherwise no dog in the fight and don't care much.

 

[NCHawker]

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.

Sounds like a federal crime.

 

[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.

Your larger grocery stores (WalMart, HyVee) will give you ample room to store extra product in the store's stockroom. This is what you are merchandising out to the floor. If you've planned ahead well enough you won't have to bring the chip truck back out to the store(s) and you can use your personal vehicle.

All product is checked in through receiving or DSD and once in the store it is part of the store's inventory, which they do two to four times a year. This makes it unlikely that your merchandising partner would go AWOL with your product. Remember, you are handling their product as well.

If you're running someone else's backstock and they aren't sufficiently running yours, that when hell can come to breakfast. If they did screw up your inventory they would eventually have to answer to store management. Piss off store managers and they will remove your endcaps, reduce your shelf space, give you smaller displays in shittier areas of the store, screw with your profit margins, and suspend you from being in store ads. Bottom line: You do NOT piss off grocery store managers. I've seen them bounce vendors right out the door.

 

[Northside Hawk]

Sounds like a federal crime.

Again, you are merchandising product out to the floor that is already in the store, and has been electronically checked in by receiving managers. Nothing criminal about it whatsoever, and it's saves time and driving for both parties.

 

[NCHawker]

Again, you are merchandising product out to the floor that is already in the store, and has been electronically checked in by receiving managers. Nothing criminal about it whatsoever, and it's saves time and driving for both parties.

I think this needs to be referred the a darned grand jury






tune your sarcasm detector

 

[hawkeyebob62]

Nice. I just got back from a cruise and had a few stops on the other side of Mexico and one in Honduras. I ain't ever going back to Costa Maya or Roatan, but Cozumel is awesome. There were 4 families I met from South Carolina and too many from Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Ohio to count. I was surprised by the lack of Minnesota people, but maybe they were embarrassed to wear Vikings or Gophers gear, or perhaps those sick fucks like the winter.

Costa Maya is a manufactured town made up of a port mall and a 2-mile walk to a town none wants to visit. And shouldn't.

What cruise line? We went last year on Royal Caribbean Independence of the Seas.

 

[okeefe4prez]

You said you eat Hamburger Helper. You’re dead to me.

I said you probably don't serve your kid Hamburger Helper. I haven't had HH in well over 20 years, but it was a staple growing up.

 

[okeefe4prez]

Costa Maya is a manufactured town made up of a port mall and a 2-mile walk to a town none wants to visit. And shouldn't.

What cruise line? We went last year on Royal Caribbean Independence of the Seas.

Yeah, Costa Maya was trash. It was clear cut out of a jungle and there's no beach line at all. We went on RC on Harmony. The ship was amazing.

Did you guys do Roatan? That place sucked. We left the port and it was straight up Honduras outside the giant steel wall. Holy moly. If the government dropped about $50 million in that place, they would make it back 100 fold.

 

[EstronHawkKing]

You said you eat Hamburger Helper. You’re dead to me.

We all know what you'll be eating while watching the Super Bowl

 

[Ree4]

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!

Yeah I was thinking of just being lazy and making walking tacos or some shit with some queso dip but might get the smoker out. Need some more ideas!

Maybe some slow cooker Italian beef sandwiches?

 

[Ree4]

You said you eat Hamburger Helper. You’re dead to me.

Don't worry about Okeefe, he just tries to be a food snob and anything made not in a way he likes is terrible. I'm sure your pulled pork is just fine.

 

[Ree4]

I said you probably don't serve your kid Hamburger Helper. I haven't had HH in well over 20 years, but it was a staple growing up.

Oh man i used to love Chili macaroni HH when I got home from the bars. Add in some chopped onions and jalepenos, incredible.

 

[hawkeyebob62]

Yeah, Costa Maya was trash. It was clear cut out of a jungle and there's no beach line at all. We went on RC on Harmony. The ship was amazing.

Did you guys do Roatan? That place sucked. We left the port and it was straight up Honduras outside the giant steel wall. Holy moly. If the government dropped about $50 million in that place, they would make it back 100 fold.

We just did Cozumel & Coast Maya (5 nights).

It was our first cruise, and I was able to discern that cruising isn't really my thing. I don't despise it, or anything, I'm just not a crowd-loving guy these days, unless it's worthwhile (football game, b-ball game, tailgate, etc.). Sporting events is one thing. Crowds on a boat, at sea, is quite another. I did enjoy Cozumel, but having done Cancun and Isla de Mujeres, I don't see much need to go back.

 

[hawkeyebob62]

Also want to add that people who discriminate against either flats or drums are communists. If you're ordering a dozen wings you better be eating 6 flats and 6 drums. This is America, Jean-Pierre. Go back to Marseille if you want to disrespect a bar cook by requesting 12 flats.

And don't get me started on these fucking savages who call chicken nuggets "boneless wings."

Or worse, "wingers" or "winglettes".

I certainly prefer drums, but not enough to place a special order. But, when I order, I definitely count how many I get. I got a little tired of one place taking my order--and puting on the check--20 wings and consistently only getting 17 or 18.

Worse, though, is any grocery store now charges more, per pound, for wings than they do for boneless/skinless chicken breast. Demand creates price, so I guess I shouldn't be surprised.