Monday, February 6, 2012

Super Bowl XLVI -Gameday-

Its a beautiful Monday morning, i am out having my morning cigarette, watching traffic and proudly wearing my Giants hat.   The light peaks through the clouds and all i can do is wince and lower my ball cap.  I am recovering from doing my share of drinking but also recovering from a food like coma.
Had a great time at Renees parents house, there was a few people there, not to many, and yet there was still Patriots fans in the house.  I was not very fond of this, nor was Renees mom, who is a die hard Eli Manning fan. 
The food began to flow around 1pm, pregame was on.  Renee had gotten a new fryer for Christmas and wanted to try it out.  We fried up some green beans and zucchini sticks.  We used a beer batter that we made using Moose Drool beer, i nice nutty, rich dark beer.
While this was being done, we sat down to a game of Assassin.  I have never heard of this game before, when i saw the box and the board i knew that this game had been around for quiet sometime.  With the Lewandowskis' you never know what to expect, with this came some curiosity, so i played.  It was a very easy game to understand, you pretty much are out to kills the other players if everything matches up right with the cards that you play.
By this time i made more of the veggies and the girls were all getting ready to go to a wine tasting before the game.  I found this to be the perfect time to finish off frying the veggies so i could then fry up the chicken wings.  Renees brother Todd is allergic to poultry so this was a must.
I was able to squeak in a short nap before the girls came back and then got the wings going.  The game was getting ready to start and Renee had to get ready to go to work.  We had prepared a buffalo chicken salad earlier in the day with chopped romaine, peeled carrots, and peeled celery.  On the side she had two different kinds of crumbled blue cheese, bleu cheese and ranch dressing.
Not only did we have chicken wings, we also had these chicken fry like things that were breaded, Renee had them for the salad, so we fried them up, people then could toss there wings and or chicken fries in the sauce that they choose.  It was amazing, crisp, smooth and spicy salad, i even came back for seconds.
Renees sister Julie had made some risotto cakes ahead of time and fried them in a saute pan, they came out great and tasted even better, however they did fall apart in the frying pan a little, and yet the first thing to disappear from the table.
The game cant be any better, this was what i wanted to see, a low scoring game, a close game, a game for the books.  That is certainly what we got.
After binging on chicken wings, buffalo chicken salad, chips, dip, chili, cabbage soup, high lifes and gin in tonics, just to name a few and not necessarily in that order, i had to sit down and watch this game.
By this time it is the fourth quarter and time is running out.  Renee just texted me saying she was on her way home from work, perfect timing she gets to see that last of it.  Theres only 5-7 minutes left on the clock and i am on the edge of my seat.  The Giants are loosing.  Manning has the balls, so the odds are in our favor.  Wouldn't you know it, Manning puts together a great 88 yard drive, with a beautiful catch by Manningham, capped off by Bradshaws i don't know if i wanna score a touchdown yet touchdown.  The defense held strong and the Lombardi Trophy is headed back to New York.
Even with all i ate, i was standing, i was cheering, high-fives all around, well except for those few Patriots fans that were in the house, needless to say, well they had nothing to say, Giants are Champs!!!



1 comment:

  1. The risotto cakes were better the next day in the fryer. they held alot better then frying them on the stove top.

    P.S. yes I finally got to use the fryer, after you left :P, fryer hog

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