At last it is Super Bowl Sunday.  The football game hasn't started.  The crowd is in the kitchen, buzzing with anticipation, arguing the merits of the two opposing teams.  They jostle each other, they lift pot lids, asking when the food will be ready.   The cook tries to chase the crowd away, but this is a hungry group of people and food keeps them underfoot.

And then - the kick-off. 

The football game of the season is underway.  The kitchen empties, the cook stands alone.

 Prepare ahead for the Super Bowl - cooks like to watch the game, too. And try this super bowl special party

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Super Bowl Sunday is a day for elegance on the football field as oversized human beings run with animal grace and speed down the field.  It is a day for subtlety in the football maneuvers that emerge when a huddle is over.

The elegance and subtlety are not in the food. No one will notice the two drops of truffle oil in the salad dressing. The drama is on the football field, not in the pot.  Serve hearty food, serve food that can stay hot (or lukewarm) on a buffet table where each person can help his or her self.  They will straggle to get food between football plays, grab a dish when the game seems quiet only to be drawn back by the roar of the crowd emerging from the television set.

But trust it - this will be a hungry crowd, ready to chow down.  This is the day for hungry-man food. When the Super Bowl is on, appetites are voracious and roars are loud. 

 

Salsas for Super Bowl Chips

• chipotle tomato salsa
• chile verde con queso
• citrus & jalapeno salsa
• corn and black bean salsa
• corn - grilled corn salsa
• jicama mango citrus salsa
• mango, melon, jicama salsa
• Mexican 'burnt' salsa
• pasilla chile salsa
• pico de gallo
• poblano, red and yellow pepper salsa
• mango-cilantro salsa with vidalia onion
• raspberry mango salsa
• red pork chile salsa for tamales
• salsa borracha (Mexican)
• peach & red onion salsa
• salsa criolla
• tomatillo salsa
• guacamole
• guacamole II

Chili suits the Super Bowl

You can Make Ahead

• crowd-pleaser chili - fiery and spiked with tequila and bourbon 
• 'Texas Red chili
• Truck Stop Chili
• Sausage Chili
• Fast Food Chili
• standard Texas chili
• pedernales river chili
• south of the border chili
• greek beef stew
• how to make a coney island
• cincinnati chili
• copycat chili
• mole-style chili
• simon's chili
• uncle clyde's squirrel chili
• white chili with chikcen
• bob's bitchin' chili - real Texas chili
• sloppy jose bake - almost a chili - spicier than his friend sloppy Joe
• black bean chili

 

Mostly Italian - Hearty Chow for the Super bowl (no Truffle Oil please)

• meatballs modena style
• meatballs #2
• lasagna - the most familiar
• lasagna bolognese - with northern Italian ragu
• macaroni and cheese - baked, the classic
• macaroni and cheese - with bacon and grated tomato
• meatballs and farfalle bake - a surprise in the meatballs
• seasoned smoked sausage
• mostaccioli salad - served at a wedding
• neapolitan ragu - a great tomato sauce
• Jennie's tomato sauce - not standard fare, this sauce uses pork chop
• baked ziti
• pizza dough
• Neapolitan pizza
• calzone
• sicilian pizza
• mushroom pizza

Super Bowl Sandwiches and Salads - Easy and great on a buffet

• coney island - how to make
• fried fish po' boy (for catfish, perch or snapper fillets)
• grilled reuben sandwich
• italian sausage with provolone
• monte cristo sandwich I
• monte cristo sandwich II
• muffuletta bread - the basic bread
• onion muffuletta
• potato salad with lime
• potato salad with jalapeño
• potato salad - from a southern kitchen, at home in the world
• potato salad Australia style - the down under way
• potato salad - German- authentic from the old country without the American addition of mayonnaise
• taco salad - for a southwest flavor
• tomato, mozzarella with basil vinaigrette - also known as caprese
• tomato & fried bell pepper salad - with Middle Eastern spices
• turkey - Roast Turkey and Black Bean Wraps

 

• jalapeno cheese balls
• black bean - smoky black bean & cheddar dip - slow cooker recipe
• braunsweiger spread
• buffalo chicken dip
• buffet ham rolls
• calico bean bake- slow cooker recipe
• chicken strips
• chicken wings
• parmesan chicken wings
• chinese chicken wings
• bacon dip
• black olive dip
• black olive tapenade with garlic toasts
• black bean (smoky) & cheddar dip
• clam dip
• crab dip
• curry dip
• quick taco dip
• "pizza" dip - Italian flavored cream cheese dip
• pepperonni pizza dip
• scallion and ham "donkey" tails
• meatballs - sweet and sour
• meatballs -quick teriyaki
• meatballs - teriyaki (longer version)
• beef tacos to fix at the table
• mushrooms with Italian sausage stuffing
• sausage balls or sausage log
• kielbasa, candied
• louisiana shrimp spread
• water chestnuts wrapped in bacon
• garlic squares
• nuts - mixed curried nuts - as hot or as mild as you like
• angeled eggs - deviled eggs made by an angel
• deviled egg dip
• gert's deviled eggs
• green pea & egg salad
• mustard eggs

 

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