Double Shot of Impairment
February 20th, 2010If you have to tailgate on crutches, you might as well do it in style. (via thereIfixedit)
by nixforsix
Categories: Uncategorized | No Comments »Tailgating the Puppy Bowl
February 7th, 2010
I can’t think of a better way to spend a Sunday
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Categories: Uncategorized | No Comments »Chocolate Guinness Cupcakes with Buttercream Frosting
January 15th, 2010
If you like Cupcakes and Guinness but don’t fancy the Bailey’s and Jameson involved in Irish Car Bomb Cupcakes, then celebrations.com has the recipe for you. The main difference between Chocolate Guinness Cupcakes and the Car Bomb cupcakes is the frosting. The Chocolate recipes eschews the Bailey’s and Jameson for another hit of Guinness in the frosting. You can also check out other spiked recipes on their site like Bloody Mary Cocktail Sauce.
Cupcake Ingredients:
* 1 Cup(s) Guinness Extra Stout
* 1 1/2 Sticks Unsalted Butter
* 3/4 Cup(s) Unsweetened Chocolate Chunks
* 2 Cup(s) All Purpose Flour
* 2 Cup(s) Sugar
* 1/2 Tablespoon Baking Soda
* 3/4 Teaspoon Salt
* 2 Large Eggs
* 3/4 Cup(s) Sour Cream
Cupcake Directions:
# Preheat oven to 350 degrees
# Bring stout and butter to a simmer in a large saucepan over medium heat. Do not boil.
# Add unsweetened chocolate chunks to hot stout/butter mixture. Whisk until chocolate melts. Turn heat off and let cool.
# Add sugar to chocolate mixture and whisk to combine.
# Sift flour, baking soda and salt.
# In a stand-alone mixer with a whisk attachment, combine the eggs and sour cream on medium speed.
# Add stout-chocolate mixture to the egg mixture and combine on medium-low speed until encorporated.
# Slowly add flour mixture in thirds to chocolate mixture with whisk attachment. Scrape the sides with your whisk to make sure you get all the dry ingredients combined.
# Place cupcake papers in pan and divide batter into cups evenly. Fill about 2/3 of the cup.
# Bake for 18-24 minutes or until the tops are firm to the touch, and a toothpick comes out clean when inserted into the cupcake.
# Let cool on wire rack before frosting.
Frosting Ingredients
* 1 Cup(s) Unsalted Butter (room temperature)
* 2 1/2 Cup(s) Sifted Powder Sugar
* 1/4 Cup Milk
* 1/2 Whole Scraped Vanilla Bean
* 1/2 Tablespoon Vanilla Extract
* 1 Cup(s) Guinness Extra Stout
Frosting Directions
# In a sauce pan, simmer Guinness on low heat for 10-15 min, until it stout becomes reduced and thicker in consistency. Similar to a syrup. *Tip: keep your eye on the store, so stout does not over cook. Let cool.
# In a stand alone mixer, cream your butter for 1 minute
# Slowly add the powder sugar in thirds, alternating with a little milk each time till mixture is creamy.
# Add scraped vanilla bean and vanilla extract.
# Slowly add reduced Guinness a little at a time. Taste test to desired flavor. You may not use all the Guinness reduction.
# Place buttercream in a piping bag with a #848 french star tip, frost cupcakes and enjoy!
(image from FlyingRiceCooker)
by nixforsix
Categories: tailgating recipes | No Comments »New Tailgating Show on TLC
January 6th, 2010I was able to view an advanced screening of TLC’s new show “Tailgate Takedown”. It’s your basic cooking challenge but set at actual college football games. Three teams of fans are chosen and allowed to make the tailgating food of their choice. The premiere featured three USC cooking teams competing before the USC/UCLA game. In this episode only USC fans were selected and the menu takes on a latin flair. The show is hosted by Joe Cahn who you may have seen online before since he’s proclaimed himself the “Commissioner of Tailgating”. While the teams are preparing their meals, Joe walks around and interviews other fans to feature the campus atmosphere. This is a great idea and I’m always willing to check out other campuses and traditions. Unfortunately, Joe might be the corniest guy in America. I’d have trouble not throwing a fork in his eye if he ever tailgated with me all day.
I’ve only watched a handful of cooking challenge/reality shows, but I think Tailgate Takedown holds up inspite of Joe. It personally gives me a little something to relate to and I’d imagine as the series moves on you’ll get some interesting ideas for expanding your tailgating menu. The show premieres tonight (1/6/2010) on TLC at 10pm Eastern with the USC/UCLA episode. Then at 10:30 for the SEC Championship episode from the Georgia Dome featuring two Alabama cooking teams and one Florida team. The shows repeat at 1am.
by nixforsix
Categories: grilling, tailgating recipes | No Comments »Tags: alabama, florida, southern cal, television, ucla
Tailgating in Pajamas
December 8th, 2009This Oregon fan has achieved total comfort by tailgating in hooded pajamas. To me, this raises a couple of questions:
1) Do you think he sleeps in these, rolls out of bed in the morning, pours a drink, and heads straight to the tailgate?
2) How do you go to the bathroom?
by nixforsix
Categories: tailgating attire | 2 Comments »What We’re Drinking: Anchor Christmas Ale
December 7th, 2009
During the summer and fall I like to consume mass quantities of beers that are made for mass consumption. Your cheap Americans (Bud Light, Busch Light), Mexicans (Pacifico, Dos Equis), and Wheat Beers (Mothership Wit, Red Brick Blonde). As the football season winds down I turn my attention to beer of a heavier variety. This year I’ve discovered the Anchor Christmas Ale. I’ve always been a fan of Anchor Steam and flirted with their Liberty before. But this year’s Christmas Ale has really hit the spot. Just the right mix of chocolate and mild spices to warm the belly during a cold tailgate. The beer has a pretty interesting story as well…
Every year since 1975 the brewers at Anchor have brewed a distinctive and unique Christmas Ale, which is available from early November to mid-January. The Ale’s recipe is different every year—as is the tree on the label—but the intent with which we offer it remains the same: joy and celebration of the newness of life. Since ancient times, trees have symbolized the winter solstice when the earth, with its seasons, appears born anew.
So I don’t know if the 2009 is par for the course, but it definitely receives the Drunken Tailgate approval. In addition to the great taste, this is just a great bottle and label. I’m not going to lie and say these things don’t affect my opinion. Drink up!
Keep your beer cold with personalized koozies and make a statement at the same time since you can have your koozie say whatever you want.
by nixforsix
Categories: drinking | No Comments »Tags: anchor brewing, beer, what we're drinking
Drunkenness Sells Out
December 3rd, 2009We’ve talked about disposable flasks before, and I think they are a great way to sneak alcohol into games. They can be concealed better than most flasks and they will easily pass through a metal detector. But what am I to make of the fact that Restoration Hardware now sells their own line of sneak-it-in disposable flasks? They cost twice as much as the original, but is that really a concern when your already dropping $260 for a model car or $60 for fake Chuck Taylor low tops. I guess we should expect Home Depot to start selling pre-made beer funnels and iTunes to start listing Power Hour mixes.
(HT: uncrate)
by nixforsix
Categories: drinking, gear | No Comments »Tags: flask
Keep Your Jager Cold on the Go
December 2nd, 2009Need to take a bottle of Jagermeister around campus but are worried that a brown bag won’t keep it ice cold? Luckily your local liquor store may be selling bottles of Jager that come with these handy orange koozies. Theoretically this would also keep 1.75ml bottles of vodka cold as well. Which is good since I don’t imagine Ketel One will be featuring a koozie as part of their packaging anytime soon.
by nixforsix
Categories: drinking | No Comments »Tags: jagermeister, koozie, liquor, vodka
