IHTINB
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Good recipe, Hawkfromnorwalk. We made it yesterday and took it to a BBQ for a trial run and everyone loved it. Going to have to put it in the tailgate rotation. I think I'll give your BLT dip a shot, too.
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Good recipe, Hawkfromnorwalk. We made it yesterday and took it to a BBQ for a trial run and everyone loved it. Going to have to put it in the tailgate rotation. I think I'll give your BLT dip a shot, too.
Hawkcub 42 here are some ideas to "jazz" up your tailgate. We usually do Brats too but are some other things we have done that have been fun.
Kielbasa (spelled wrong) - Get the real deal in Amana or somewhere and grill them up.
Get a small pork loin (2-3 lbs) - Friday night butterfly the loin and fill it with garlic, onion, and your favorite herbs and spices, also put some cooked bacon or raw prosuitto ham in there, with just a little bit of truffle oil (expensive but awesome). Fold the loin back up and tie some butcher string around it. Wrap in foil and heat on the grill game day (will take about 1-1.5 hours). This was really good
Also make some deviled eggs and use champagne vinegar on Friday night (follow any recipe just use champagne vinegar instead of the regular). Then on Saturday morning stuff the yolk part of each egg with green olives stuffed with capers and jalapenos.
Lastly we have also had brunch a few times for the later games. We sometimes have some crab dip for this.
1 lb crab meat (lump crab not the fake stuff)
2 packages of cream cheese
2 green onions
3 pieces of bacon - cooked until crisp and crumbled up
a few drops of truffle oil
Mix up the cream cheese, bacon, crab, and onions one or two nights before tailgate and let sit in fridge. Just before serving put a few drops of truffle oil on and mix up. Serve with TownHouse Crackers or grilled tortilla pieces.
Last one. Tortilla roll ups - make ahead and enjoy on game day
Filling -
8 0z sour cream
one brick of cream cheese softened
one package of shredded cheese (what ever you like on tacos)
one small onion chopped finely
pickled jalapenos or canned green chillis to taste diced small
fresh cilantro - to taste - make sure it is fresh
Mix all these ingredients and let sit for about an hour. Then smear the mixture on tortillas and roll them up. Place filled and rolled tortillas in fridge for 24-48 hours before tailgate. On game day just slice into bit size pieces and serve with the best salsa you can find for dipping. It is also very good dipped into chicken wing sauce.
Enjoy
Kielbasa (spelled wrong) - Get the real deal in Amana or somewhere and grill them up.
Get a small pork loin (2-3 lbs) - Friday night butterfly the loin and fill it with garlic, onion, and your favorite herbs and spices, also put some cooked bacon or raw prosuitto ham in there, with just a little bit of truffle oil (expensive but awesome). Fold the loin back up and tie some butcher string around it. Wrap in foil and heat on the grill game day (will take about 1-1.5 hours). This was really good
Also make some deviled eggs and use champagne vinegar on Friday night (follow any recipe just use champagne vinegar instead of the regular). Then on Saturday morning stuff the yolk part of each egg with green olives stuffed with capers and jalapenos.
Lastly we have also had brunch a few times for the later games. We sometimes have some crab dip for this.
1 lb crab meat (lump crab not the fake stuff)
2 packages of cream cheese
2 green onions
3 pieces of bacon - cooked until crisp and crumbled up
a few drops of truffle oil
Mix up the cream cheese, bacon, crab, and onions one or two nights before tailgate and let sit in fridge. Just before serving put a few drops of truffle oil on and mix up. Serve with TownHouse Crackers or grilled tortilla pieces.
Last one. Tortilla roll ups - make ahead and enjoy on game day
Filling -
8 0z sour cream
one brick of cream cheese softened
one package of shredded cheese (what ever you like on tacos)
one small onion chopped finely
pickled jalapenos or canned green chillis to taste diced small
fresh cilantro - to taste - make sure it is fresh
Mix all these ingredients and let sit for about an hour. Then smear the mixture on tortillas and roll them up. Place filled and rolled tortillas in fridge for 24-48 hours before tailgate. On game day just slice into bit size pieces and serve with the best salsa you can find for dipping. It is also very good dipped into chicken wing sauce.
Enjoy
GrandpaHawk
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for soup I bought a propane crockpot from cabelas, works great for them cold mornings.
hawkeyebob62
Well-Known Member
This is deceptively simple, folks. Don't make it more complicated than a second mortgage!
1) Chili: Bring a grill, bring your (pre-made/mixed) pot of chili, and heat it on part of the grill. Hotness, spices, etc., are a personal call
2) Other Side of the Grill: brats, steaks, burgers, dogs, pork loins, whatever. Just make it tasty, make sure you have plenty, and get after it!
And of course, Velveeta with Rotel's tomatoes w/chiles--who can forget those commercials on BTN!--pretzels (I prefer pretzel "cigars", but really, does it matter?), potato chips, taco chips, any sour cream-based dip. It ALL works.
Now the qualifier: this is really dependent on WHERE the game is being played. You don't do chili before a BCS game...unless, of course, it was the 2010 Orange Bowl, in which case, schnapps in coffee or hot chocolate would have been a "must". And you don't go into Ames and start grilling eggplant and zucchini and wear a pink shirt. So wrong.
Some great ideas and recipes here, great thread AND series, Norwalk!
1) Chili: Bring a grill, bring your (pre-made/mixed) pot of chili, and heat it on part of the grill. Hotness, spices, etc., are a personal call
2) Other Side of the Grill: brats, steaks, burgers, dogs, pork loins, whatever. Just make it tasty, make sure you have plenty, and get after it!
And of course, Velveeta with Rotel's tomatoes w/chiles--who can forget those commercials on BTN!--pretzels (I prefer pretzel "cigars", but really, does it matter?), potato chips, taco chips, any sour cream-based dip. It ALL works.
Now the qualifier: this is really dependent on WHERE the game is being played. You don't do chili before a BCS game...unless, of course, it was the 2010 Orange Bowl, in which case, schnapps in coffee or hot chocolate would have been a "must". And you don't go into Ames and start grilling eggplant and zucchini and wear a pink shirt. So wrong.
Some great ideas and recipes here, great thread AND series, Norwalk!