Super Super Bowl Eats
$55 million is expected to be spent on food for The Big Game. After spending an estimated ten million man-hours (give or take a couple of seconds) preparing all that grub, we are expected to consume the lot within approximately fifteen minutes, well before the first touchdown is scored.
And speaking of rampant consumption, Super Bowl Sunday marks the day on which Americans chow the second-greatest amount of food. Top dog here is Thanksgiving.
Hosting a party on Sunday? You're not alone. According to Hallmark Cards, Inc., The Super Bowl represents the No. 1 at-home party event of the year. Believe it or not, it's even bigger than New Year's Eve. (One wonders when we might see cards celebrating the event not to mention Super Bowl Monday sympathy editions for the losing team's fans.) Hallmark also figures the average number of people attending a Super Shindig to be 17 so, if you are calculating how much food to have on hand, hosts should probably buy ... a lot.
- It is estimated that Americans will eat 90 million pounds of chicken wings, which breaks down to 450 million individual wings!
- The most chicken wings will be consumed in the states of Utah and Louisiana
- The Haas Avocado Board says 49.5 million pounds of avocados will be downed on Super Bowl Sunday, making it the largest avocado eating day of the year.
- The most potato chips will be consumed in the states of New Mexico and Virginia
COLTS FRUIT PIZZA
Prep: 10 mins Cook: 10 mins Ready in: 20 mins
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup softened butter
- 3/4 cup white sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 1/4 cup flour
- 1 tsp cream of tartar
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 eight ounce package of cream cheese
- 1/2 cup white sugar
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- Your favorite fruit topping
Cooking Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
mix in a large bowl until smooth the1/2 cup softened butter and the 3/4 cup white sugar
mix in 1 egg. Combine the above with 1 1/4 cups flour, 1 teaspoon cream of tartar, 1/2 teaspoon baking soda and 1/4 teaspoon salt. Blend all ingredients in bowl.
Press the dough you just made onto an ungreased pizza pan or cookie sheet in whatever shape or configuration you want. We prefer footballs, Colts horseshoes, and goal posts.
Bake in the preheated oven for 8 to 10 minutes or until light brown. Let crust cool after baking. (If you do not want to make your own crust, you can pre-made sugar cookie cookie dough.)
While crust is baking, in large bowl beat 1 eight ounce package of cream cheese, 1/2 cup white sugar and 2 teaspoons vanilla extract. Spread mix on the cooled crust.
Arrange your favorite fruit topping on top and chill until served. We are partial to strawberries, raspberries, pineapple, kiwi and blueberries. You can whatever fruit you wish. Use the fruit to make pictures or spell sayings such as our \"Go Colts\" in blueberries.
Louisiana Goulash
This goulash is a low-fat, spice-infused version of your favorite jambalaya.
Ingredients
- 1/4 cups chopped tomato
- 3/4 cup (1/4-inch-thick) slices celery
- 1/2 cup water
- 1/3 cup chopped onion
- 1/2 teaspoon paprika
- 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
- 1/2 teaspoon dried rubbed sage
- 1/4 teaspoon ground red pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon Cajun seasoning
- 10 ounce andouille sausage, cut into 1/4-inch-thick slices
- 1 (14-ounce) can fat-free, less-sodium chicken broth
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 1 1/4 cups uncooked long-grain brown rice
- 1/2 pound medium shrimp, peeled and deveined
Preparation
Combine the first 12 ingredients in a Dutch oven; bring to a boil. Stir in rice; cover, reduce heat, and simmer 45 minutes or until rice is tender. Add shrimp; cook 3 minutes or until shrimp are done.
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