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My friend and I want to make an epic (most likely bacon) creation for a Super Bowl party this weekend. We're thinking of something similar to Epic Meal Time, but on a smaller, maybe not AS epic scale. We still want it to look appetizing to all the guests, so keeping it to fewer ingredients would probably make sense. We have a few ideas so far and might even go with a larger dish, but also some appetizer things. Anyone have any ideas or links? Thanks.
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| # ? Feb 1, 2013 06:56 |
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| # ? May 23, 2013 11:40 |
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Epic meal time is a bit silly. Think about making some good wings and pizza?
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| # ? Feb 1, 2013 08:22 |
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Well, who knows if grocery stores will be price-gouging on chicken wings, but certainly they'll probably be sold out, so planning on those being a main feature might be a no-go. An epic plate of nachos, on the other hand, should be pretty easy to create. Chicken and bacon is always a good pairing for meats if you want to emphasize bacon, but I really feel like I'm just stating the obvious here. In fact, since I'm on the subject of nachos, I'm mentally debating whether just making a giant plate of the stuff and throwing it onto the coffee table would be best, or to keep all the ingredients separate and let people go into the kitchen and make their own personalized plates of nachos that have everything THEY want on them?
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| # ? Feb 1, 2013 08:23 |
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As for appetizers: Cream cheese filled Jalapenos wrapped in bacon. Alternatively use milder chilis. A quick search turned up a recipe, so I don't have to type this (Must go to work sorry.) http://www.fatsecret.com/recipes/cr...rs/Default.aspx
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| # ? Feb 1, 2013 09:35 |
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Hopper posted:As for appetizers: I make these a lot for parties, people love them. I do the bacon a bit differently though, Dice it up into smaller bits and then cook it about 3/4 the way done in a pan, then layer the bits on top of the cream cheese. Their easier to eat that way and not as greasy as cooking the bacon in the oven with everything else.
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| # ? Feb 1, 2013 20:02 |
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TFF has a food thread for the Superbowl every year, here's a link: http://forums.somethingawful.com/sh...hreadid=3504981 I think I'm going to try that reuben dip.
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| # ? Feb 1, 2013 20:47 |
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I've heard about these jalapeno things a lot and they definitely sound good. I'm just not sure if there is enough MEAT in them. The Bacon Explosion I've seen online a few places would be perfect, but I don't have a smoker. That Reuben Dip does look good too.
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| # ? Feb 1, 2013 21:32 |
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There's no better party food than Puppy Chow (Crispix cereal with melted peanut butter and chocolate covered in powdered sugar). However, as a Baltimoron I'm going to be making a pot of MD crab soup this year. EDIT: here's a recipe: http://m.allrecipes.com/recipe/11229/recipepuppy-chow-i. You can buy them now as Muddy Buddies Chex Mix. Do not do that. They take a microwave and 10 minutes to make. Then put them in the fridge and wake up the next morning to bliss. detectivemonkey fucked around with this message at Feb 2, 2013 around 01:19 |
| # ? Feb 2, 2013 01:01 |
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Ignoring the "epic" nature of the OP, there are several ideas that I do on a rotating basis for Superbowl. The Superbowl is the only football game I watch all year, so I have some fun. Generally I do buffalo wings (excellent recipe on the gwc wiki) in two heat levels, medium and anus detonation. I make pizzas using the bread maker pizza dough recipe (also on wiki) that I posted as well. I usually make 3 pies, a pretty loaded pizza with pepperoni, sausage, maybe bacon or ground beef, and onions, mushrooms, and olives. One with pepperoni or pepperoni and sausage. One with chicken olives mushrooms and onions using pesto as a sauce. I'll do a hot spinach and artichoke dip with toasted (or rubbed with olive oil and garlic and grilled if i have time) baguette slices. Some years, I'll do chili dogs with good natural casing hot dogs, a medium heat all beef chili sauce, and plenty of toppings for the dogs. I like to stick with shredded cheddar, diced onions, and typical condiments (mustard, ketchup, chili sauce, etc) I don't usually do nachos as I don't like how they hold up over time. I will however make 3 salsas (one tomatillo, one medium tomato, and one blazing hot) and guacamole. Add chips and go to town. There's always a pile of cut veggies and dill dip. Beverages include a few mixers (coke, 7 up, soda, etc.), a few varieties of beer, and some basic booze (rum, whiskey, vodka). May take the time to make pitchers of margaritas if I really am feeling energetic. Make stuff that people can graze on over a few hours. Have a few different options. Don't make a loving meat ship.
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| # ? Feb 2, 2013 17:30 |
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I'm making Gravity's pollo Asada nachos and two types of wing, a buffalo and some mild version. http://forums.somethingawful.com/sh...40&pagenumber=4 The nachos and their recipe are on two different posts about halfway down that page. Someone's bringing some chili and the number of people keeps growing. I may throw together a quick coleslaw tomorrow if it ends up being a lot of people. The post above me has good advice: make no meat structures. Epic meal time food is usually gross and inedible and expensive. Make something simple, tasty and party-friendly.
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| # ? Feb 2, 2013 23:43 |
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KingKapalone posted:I've heard about these jalapeno things a lot and they definitely sound good. I'm just not sure if there is enough MEAT in them. The Bacon Explosion I've seen online a few places would be perfect, but I don't have a smoker. That Reuben Dip does look good too. Cook the Bacon Explosion in the oven at 250, until the outside is crispy, then dump some BBQ sauce on there and cook until it carmelizes (15 min maybe). Works great, and that dish is just unreal in tastiness.
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| # ? Feb 3, 2013 01:58 |
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I have to work until 7, so I plan to start on some pulled pork before I go in. I may add something for heat since the recipe is pretty sweet but I don't know what.
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| # ? Feb 3, 2013 05:12 |
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Simple, Cayenne Pepper, and excessive Black Pepper. Works for everything. If you want to turn it into mexican pulled pork for carnitas for tacos and stuff (Only needs shredding and broiling!!!) add spicier types of pepper and Cumin and such.
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| # ? Feb 3, 2013 06:37 |
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A few wineskins of retsina, some olives, and a plea to please stop abusing that adjective
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| # ? Feb 3, 2013 23:45 |
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After action report OP, what did you end up doing??
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| # ? Feb 4, 2013 03:53 |
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Sure. We did the jalapeno idea. If I had time on Saturday we would have went to the store then, but I was out of town so we went about 4 hours before game time. It was like the apocalypse if surviving the apocalypse meant you had to get fat as hell eating cheese. We got the last 4 boxes of cream cheese, but they were all out of jalapenos. We got the sweet pepper things instead and they were about 30 to a bag. Bought 3 packs (3 pounds) of bacon. I did 2 tsp paprika and 1 tsp of cayenne per pack of cream cheese. Oh and they were out of toothpicks so we had to wrap well. They were really good. One drunk kind of heavy dude was laying on the floor hovering over the dish at the end of the game and I swear he ate 20. I live in SF and he looked like the biggest 49ers fan at the party, so he was probably depressed. I also made a Meatza since I've done that before and they are delicious. My friends were very skeptical, but they loved it.
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| # ? Feb 5, 2013 05:36 |
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I made the Reuben Dip for the Super Bowl. Holy, as in HOLY. Crap, as in CRAP! It was O-MAZING, and 100% of the people present were astounded with its awesomeness, so thanks to whomever posted that! I modified the recipe slightly, though: 1 lb. beef pastrami 1 lb. sliced provolone 16 oz drained sauerkraut 16 oz cream cheese softened 3 TB coarse ground deli mustard Mix the drained sauerkraut with the softened cream cheese until well mixed. Slice the provolone up as tiny as possible, add to the mix. Slice up the pastrami as tiny as possible, add to the mix. Add the mustard. Mix it all well. Dump into a greased or oiled Corningware bowl. Lay slices of provolone on top. Cook at 400-450 for a half hour, or until everything is melted. Optional: stick under the broiler for 5-10 minutes to toast the cheese on top. Serve with some sliced pumpernickel bread.
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| # ? Feb 5, 2013 20:28 |
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| # ? May 23, 2013 11:40 |
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Those jalapeno things go by atomic buffalo turds on a lot of websites. You can make them even better by adding a lil' smokey (or some other sausage/meat type product) under the bacon that you wrap them with.
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| # ? Feb 5, 2013 23:49 |
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