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Topic Started: Jan 28 2013, 02:30 PM (744 Views)
brenda
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Mikhailoh
Jan 30 2013, 07:34 PM
Horace
Jan 30 2013, 07:26 PM
I bought some roaster sized chickens, which are surprisingly difficult to find in supermarkets - all of the ones there are 5+ pounds. Found some <4 lb chickens at Trader Joe's though. I'll probably brine one up and roast it for the game.

With corn chips and green salsa.
Sounds great, If they are the kosher chickens they are already brined, though.
Horace should come here and make that, too.
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Why should Horace and I do all the cooking while you sit around
and do your Hooker thing.................oh wait.
I'M NOT YELLING.........I'M ITALIAN...........THAT'S HOW WE TALK!


"People say that we're in a time when there are no heroes, they just don't know where to look."
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If you want trouble, find yourself a redhead
:lol2:
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KlavierBauer
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HOLY CARP!!!
Growing up in Jersey, my Dad used to work at a sub shop on the pier, and makes the most amazing italian subs. It's a family favorite.
SO and I will head up to their house and my sister and her family will be there as well. Probably have fun, play some games with the kiddos, and eat way too much. I'll be watching lots of commercials, probably bring the iPad for the boring football parts.

Ax: Don't blow your cover - *every* American knows that you buy a Frosty and fries from Wendy's if you want to dip the fries in the shake itself.
"I realize you want him to touch you all over and give you babies, but his handling of the PR side really did screw the pooch." - Ivory Thumper
"He said sleepily: "Don't worry mom, my dick is like hot logs in the morning." - Apple

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Jan 31 2013, 07:28 AM
Growing up in Jersey, my Dad used to work at a sub shop on the pier, and makes the most amazing italian subs. It's a family favorite.
SO and I will head up to their house and my sister and her family will be there as well. Probably have fun, play some games with the kiddos, and eat way too much. I'll be watching lots of commercials, probably bring the iPad for the boring football parts.

Ax: Don't blow your cover - *every* American knows that you buy a Frosty and fries from Wendy's if you want to dip the fries in the shake itself.
Has nothing at all to do with food, but please say hello to your father for me. :wave:
I'M NOT YELLING.........I'M ITALIAN...........THAT'S HOW WE TALK!


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HOLY CARP!!!
"Hey Dad - VPG says hi!"

Will do "V." :)
"I realize you want him to touch you all over and give you babies, but his handling of the PR side really did screw the pooch." - Ivory Thumper
"He said sleepily: "Don't worry mom, my dick is like hot logs in the morning." - Apple

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VPG
Jan 31 2013, 06:36 AM
Why should Horace and I do all the cooking while you sit around
and do your Hooker thing.................oh wait.
See? This all works out so well, doesn't it? :lol2:
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Axtremus
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HOLY CARP!!!
brenda
Jan 30 2013, 08:15 PM
VPG
Jan 30 2013, 07:31 PM
brenda
Jan 30 2013, 07:23 PM
Vince, you should just come here and make that. We'd have fun. :)
Will I have to watch the game?
Just pretend you're watching it once in a while, that's what I do.
Just pretend? Why would any one live his/her life in a lie like that? :eek:

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Jan 31 2013, 08:49 AM
brenda
Jan 30 2013, 08:15 PM
VPG
Jan 30 2013, 07:31 PM
brenda
Jan 30 2013, 07:23 PM
Vince, you should just come here and make that. We'd have fun. :)
Will I have to watch the game?
Just pretend you're watching it once in a while, that's what I do.
Just pretend? Why would any one live his/her life in a lie like that? :eek:

:lol2:
Some wives do it all the time. :juggle:
I'M NOT YELLING.........I'M ITALIAN...........THAT'S HOW WE TALK!


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Axtremus
Jan 31 2013, 08:49 AM
brenda
Jan 30 2013, 08:15 PM
VPG
Jan 30 2013, 07:31 PM
brenda
Jan 30 2013, 07:23 PM
Vince, you should just come here and make that. We'd have fun. :)
Will I have to watch the game?
Just pretend you're watching it once in a while, that's what I do.
Just pretend? Why would any one live his/her life in a lie like that? :eek:

:lol2:
Rugs get done this way. :)
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Cheers
lol, Brenda
In my defense, I was left unsupervised.
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jon-nyc
Jan 31 2013, 11:14 AM
lol, Brenda
Aha. Jon has his bifocals on for reading between the lines today. ;)
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schindler
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Brenda, we've been inspired by your marvelous choices. My wife and I are going to make some soft pretzels for the game. I have an array of specialty mustards for dipping. Thanks for the idea!
We're all mad here!
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Just got an e mail with this subject heading.

Super Bowl XLVII Takeout

This Sunday you probably will be watching the big game, if not just the commercials. Sushi is great for parties, so order a sushi tray TO-GO!

Hell of an idea :!:
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VPG
Jan 31 2013, 06:36 AM
Why should Horace and I do all the cooking while you sit around
and do your Hooker thing.................oh wait.
:lol2:
As a good person, I implore you to do as I, a good person, do. Be good. Do NOT be bad. If you see bad, end bad. End it in yourself, and end it in others. By any means necessary, the good must conquer the bad. Good people know this. Do you know this? Are you good?
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Oh Dear Lord have mercy on these poor fools for they know not what they do.

Sushi for Football? Heck no, Vince. Cinnamon rolls? For cryin' out loud!

So far Mik, Jolly, and KB have been the only ones to post appropriate "big game" fare. Even Horace's roasters (as delicious as they sound) don't make the cut. Poached Salmon? GRILLED TOFU?! People, SB foods need at least a 30% fat content. I'll allow Brenda's Weisswurst & Pretzels, but there had better be some spicy brown in that assortment of mustards, missy!
The problem with having an open mind is that people keep trying to put things in it.
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KlavierBauer
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HOLY CARP!!!
Sushi is to be eaten only in the presence of the master who prepares it.
To eat from a carton, or from a place that makes it to-go is to invite Samurai Soreanus to visit.
Not only that, it misses the point of sushi. ;)
"I realize you want him to touch you all over and give you babies, but his handling of the PR side really did screw the pooch." - Ivory Thumper
"He said sleepily: "Don't worry mom, my dick is like hot logs in the morning." - Apple

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schindler
Jan 31 2013, 11:24 AM
Brenda, we've been inspired by your marvelous choices. My wife and I are going to make some soft pretzels for the game. I have an array of specialty mustards for dipping. Thanks for the idea!
That's why I'm here, Schindler, to serve and inspire.

Here's a recipe that is very yummy and only takes about 90 minutes from start to nomming.

http://www.kingarthurflour.com/recipes/hot-buttered-soft-pretzels-recipe

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Hot Buttered Soft Pretzels

Dough
2 1/2 cups King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon sugar
2 1/4 teaspoons instant yeast
7/8 to 1 cup warm water*
*Use the greater amount in the winter, the lesser amount in the summer, and somewhere in between in the spring and fall. Your goal is a soft dough.

Topping
1 cup boiling water
2 tablespoons baking soda
coarse, kosher or pretzel salt, optional
3 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted

Directions
1) To make dough by hand, or with a mixer: Place all of the dough ingredients into a bowl, and beat until well-combined. Knead the dough, by hand or machine, for about 5 minutes, until it's soft, smooth, and quite slack. Flour the dough and place it in a bag, and allow it to rest for 30 minutes.

To make dough with a bread machine: Place all of the dough ingredients into the pan of your bread machine, program the machine for dough or manual, and press Start. Allow the dough to proceed through its kneading cycle (no need to let it rise), then cancel the machine, flour the dough, and give it a rest in a plastic bag, as instructed above.

To make dough with a food processor: Place the flour, salt, sugar and yeast in the work bowl of a food processor equipped with the steel blade. Process for 5 seconds. Add the water, and process for 7 to 10 seconds, until the dough starts to clear the sides of the bowl. Process a further 45 seconds. Place a handful of flour in a bowl, scoop the slack dough into the bowl, and shape the dough into a ball, coating it with the flour. Transfer the dough to a plastic bag, close the bag loosely, leaving room for the dough to expand, and let it rest at room temperature for 30 minutes.

2) While the dough is resting, prepare the topping: Combine the boiling water and baking soda, stirring until the soda is totally (or almost totally) dissolved. Set the mixture aside to cool to lukewarm (or cooler).

3) Preheat your oven to 475°F. Prepare a baking sheet by spraying it with vegetable oil spray, or lining it with parchment paper.

4) Transfer the dough to a lightly greased work surface, and divide it into eight equal pieces (about 70g, or 2 1/2 ounces, each).

5) Allow the pieces to rest, uncovered, for 5 minutes. Pour the baking soda/water into a 9" square pan.

6) Roll each piece of dough into a long, thin rope (about 28" to 30" long), and twist each rope into a pretzel. Working with 4 pretzels at a time, place them in the pan with the baking soda/water, spooning the water over their tops; leave them in the water for 2 minutes before placing them on the baking sheet. This baking soda "bath" will give the pretzels a nice, golden-brown color.

7) Transfer the pretzels to the prepared baking sheet. Sprinkle them lightly with coarse, kosher, or pretzel salt, if desired. Allow them to rest, uncovered, for 10 minutes.

8) Bake the pretzels for 8 to 9 minutes, or until they're golden brown.

9) Remove the pretzels from the oven, and brush them thoroughly with the melted butter. Keep brushing the butter on until you've used it all up; it may seem like a lot, but that's what gives these pretzels their ethereal taste. Eat the pretzels warm, or reheat them in an oven or microwave.

Yield: 8 large pretzels.
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Luke's Dad
Jan 31 2013, 12:09 PM
I'll allow Brenda's Weisswurst & Pretzels, but there had better be some spicy brown in that assortment of mustards, missy!
There's butter on the homemade pretzels (see recipe above), and the sausage is ... well .... sausage! No deficiency of richness there. This definitely qualifies as game day fare.

Oh, yes, there will be some Spicy German mustard, with big grains of mustard seeds in it.
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butter on pretzels omg
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VPG
Jan 31 2013, 12:39 PM
butter on pretzels omg
It's optional, but oh what an option.
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Walk down the street in down town Philadelphia and ask one of the Pretzel venders for butter on your Pretzel.........run like hell!
I'M NOT YELLING.........I'M ITALIAN...........THAT'S HOW WE TALK!


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Jan 31 2013, 12:54 PM
Walk down the street in down town Philadelphia and ask one of the Pretzel venders for butter on your Pretzel.........run like hell!
You should read the reviews for this pretzel recipe. People are loving these, Vince. It's been quite a while since I made them, but I recall they are quite excellent.

Go light on the butter, or skip it. It's optional.

The mustard on the Weisswurst is not optional.
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Und mit Kraut!

How could I forget the sauerkraut? I'm thinking the Weisswurst gets cooked in the kraut in the oven while I make the pretzels. Veggie tray gets made before the pretzels, too. Should all be pretty easy actually.
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BTW, which teams are playing? :lol2:
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