Attention Tailgaters

[noflyingfan]

Hey, all. My boyfriend and some of his cohorts are authoring a tailgaters cookbook to help promote their business. They're looking for recipes to include in the book, and they're offering a free copy on CD to anyone who submits a recipe.

Basic requirements -- the stuff has to be something you can cook with a small grill and have a relatively low ingredient count, since people will be taking it in a cooler or buying the stuff on the way to the event. Make-ahead stuff is also welcome, but remember that it has to be something that can be kept out for awhile. Drinks also welcome.

[Lynda]

Please excuse my ignorance but what on earth is a tailgator?????:ukflag:


Lynda

[spleisher]

OK... for you non Americans or folks that could care less about sports, here's what tailgating is.

Prior to a large sporting event (Football Game, etc.) fans gather in the parking lot of the venue ant cook, drink and be merry. This is known as "tailgating". I guess the name actually comes fomr the "tailgate" of a truck, where the cooking is done. (Sometimes)

Tailgating is HUGE at college sports games and takes on a different flavour depending on the geographic area where the tailgating is taking place.

For example, my brother played college football in Louisiana, and there tailgaters almost always made Jambalaya, gumbo, and other "cajun" inspired food in the stadium parking lot prior to the games.

In other places, it may just be hamburgers and hot dogs on the grill....

Almost always involves coolers of beer, soda, etc.

Clear enough?

Scott

[noflyingfan]

Sorry, I forgot we had some non-Americans in the audience. Scott explained tailgating pretty well though.

[WillFlyToDisney]

Here in SC someone always brings a huge container of Frogmore Stew. YUMMMMMY!!! I could send you that recipe, Erika, but it doesnt involve a grill. College football is a way of life in the South and people go all out to tailgate. When I was little I would go with my cousins to Death Valley (Clemson's stadium) and the tailgaters never ceased to amaze me.

Kelley
(who hates college football now but loves HOCKEY - don't get me started on THAT topic)

[noflyingfan]

Oh, it doesn't really have to involve a grill, as long as it's easily made at a tailgate party or easily transported to one.

[WillFlyToDisney]

Frogmore StewTime Required: 1-2 hours

Skill Required: Minimal cooking skills needed

Ingredients:

http://www.johnnyroadtrip.com/_themes/johnnyroadtrip-theme/loobul1a.gif2-5 lbs fresh shrimp, headed but not peeledhttp://www.johnnyroadtrip.com/_themes/johnnyroadtrip-theme/loobul1a.gif1 package of crab boil (seafood seasoning)http://www.johnnyroadtrip.com/_themes/johnnyroadtrip-theme/loobul1a.gifSalt and pepperhttp://www.johnnyroadtrip.com/_themes/johnnyroadtrip-theme/loobul1a.gif10-15 redskin potatoes, cut in halfhttp://www.johnnyroadtrip.com/_themes/johnnyroadtrip-theme/loobul1a.gif2 lbs kielbasa, cut into 1/2" pieceshttp://www.johnnyroadtrip.com/_themes/johnnyroadtrip-theme/loobul1a.gif3 onions, chucked or slicedhttp://www.johnnyroadtrip.com/_themes/johnnyroadtrip-theme/loobul1a.gif1 beer (allows shells to come off with ease)http://www.johnnyroadtrip.com/_themes/johnnyroadtrip-theme/loobul1a.gif10-15 4-5" ears of corn (sweet corn is best)http://www.johnnyroadtrip.com/_themes/johnnyroadtrip-theme/loobul1a.gif1-2 gallons of waterSteps:

http://www.johnnyroadtrip.com/_themes/johnnyroadtrip-theme/loobul1a.gifPlace water, crab boil, potatoes, sausage, and corn in large pot over open flame gas burnerhttp://www.johnnyroadtrip.com/_themes/johnnyroadtrip-theme/loobul1a.gifBring to a boilhttp://www.johnnyroadtrip.com/_themes/johnnyroadtrip-theme/loobul1a.gifAdd the beerhttp://www.johnnyroadtrip.com/_themes/johnnyroadtrip-theme/loobul1a.gifAllow for 20 minutes of boiling - test the sausage and corn for tendernesshttp://www.johnnyroadtrip.com/_themes/johnnyroadtrip-theme/loobul1a.gifAdd the shrimp - when the shrimp are pink, its donehttp://www.johnnyroadtrip.com/_themes/johnnyroadtrip-theme/loobul1a.gifServe with cocktail or tartar sauce

[noflyingfan]

The whole car went up? I hope someone got a picture of it. It actually sounds like something my boyfriend's friends would do. Although they're going to be selling this thing at car shows and races, so it's probably not advisable.

They're hoping to donate some of the proceeds to the American Heart Association, but they're not quite sure about the legalities of that.

[Jeff California]

Here is the simple, yet best tailgating recipe in the world.

Ingredients=

As many Johnsonville brats as you need.

equal amount of fluffy potato buns.

white pearl onions (3 per brat)

Bud light

The rest is optional=
Mustard, ketchup, cheese, etc...


Directions-

Using a tinfoil throw-away pan.. fill the pan with beer (enough to submerge a brat) and place pan on grill over medium fire for 7 minutes to heat beer. Add the brats and cook 10 minutes in beer. (At this time, you will start the pearl onions-see below). Remove brats with tongs (forks make the flavor leak) and continue cooking directly on the grill till golden brown.

Onions- Peel the outer (crunchy) layer of each onion and cut off the pointy ends. Using tinfoil, make bowls the size of your hands cupped together. Place 5 onions in each bowl. 1/2 Tbsp. butter or margerine to each bowl. add a pinch of garlic salt if desired. Close the tinfoil so it looks like a Hersheys Kiss. Place foil on the side of the grill or top rack if equipped. Start cooking these around same time as you remove brats from beer.

Open 1 foil pack of onions and check if they are soft. If not, place on direct heat a few minutes.. Once soft, you can squeeze the onion layers onto the cooked brat in the bun.


Jeff (who eats this 10-15 times per year)

[noflyingfan]

Mmm...that sounds like a good one! Thanks!

[Lynda]

Jeff,


That really made me laugh!!!!! In England a Brat is very naughty full of themselves type child!!!! I never heard of a brat you could eat.

You can imagine reading the recipe lol I thought Johnsonville maybe your surname and you were at first taking about your kids! ( in a joking way of course)

Lynda

[noflyingfan]

Lynda,

We have brats of that sort here, too. What Jeff was talking about is bratwurst, which is German for "sausage made from naughty children." Just kidding. I don't know what it really means, but it is pretty much just sausage.

Erika

[Jeff California]

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[WillFlyToDisney]

Bratwurst means "sausage only men eat". :)
Kelley