Tinfoil Chef

Honestly, I’ve never actually been into things like “tailgating”, A.K.A. Tailgate Parties but it’s that time of year again…. It’s almost time for the Superbowl and it’s also the season of the Bowl Championship Series for college football. Personally I can’t see wanting to spend a lot of time outside in this weather for a game when I can watch it at home on the tube, but there’s plenty that are more than willing to buy the pro or college football tickets, brave the weather and get the tailgate party going in the stadium parking lot when they arrive on game day.

From what I’ve seen on the subject, the key to successful tailgating is making sure that there’s plenty of everything. The idea here is that it’s better to risk having leftovers than to run out of stuff while things are in full swing. For example when making sandwiches ahead of time, make up at least six or seven more than you think you’ll need because there’s always at least one “bottomless pit”.

Whether you spend time watching Food network drumming up ideas from the likes of Emeril lagasse and Bobby Flay, or going with the basic ingredients such as everybody’s favorite types of sandwiches, loading up on different kinds of chips and drinks, potato and macaroni salads.

Then of course there’s the drinks. As much as it can be a tradition to have alcohol at something like this, it’s better to avoid that. The last thing anyone needs is for game day to end up with a DUI or worse yet, dead or injured in a wreck because somebody just had to have one more in the heat of the partying.

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