So. . .What Are You Munching On This Thursday Night?

AND Wings.

And Leinenkugels Sunset Wheat beer. And Dad and I will be kicking it at the assisted living facility, because that’s how we roll, bitches.

Being a resident of New Orleans, I probably won’t be eating anything, for fear of being poisoned by any random Taints fan.

Nah, I’ll be at work, making things for other people to eat.

I’m not touching alcohol during football for a long time. If you’re a VT fan, you know why. I punched my hand through a wall at the end. Instead, I’ll have some Dr. Pepper and pot pie probably.

Goat cheese is not considered proper food for football games, so I have been removed from the kitchen. Probably going to order pizza.

the souls of the innocent.
Bwhahahahahahaha

Where’s the Pizza and wings? lol

Oh, and a bunch of beer too! hehehehe

Oh God, there goes the diet!

It is an undocumented tradition that I order sausage, double cheese & green pepper pizza for my Vikings games. Delivered by a local pizza place. (Tasty’s in Columbia Heights)

that’s definitely not healthy…pizza, wings, chips, beer, whatever. Until then…I’ll be chewing my nails in anticipation…is it Thursday yet?!??

… and so I usually go to a sports bar nearby.

If I can get there early enough, I can tell you I will sit on the same stool I watched the NFC championship game last year. This time, I hope the result is different.

I’ll probably do something boring and get some kind of salad, and limit myself to two beers (had five during last year’s game). I’ve suddenly gotten health conscious when I learned I am nearly diabetic, which was rather shocking.

Anyhow, that’s pretty damn boring I know. Last year five beers and a full slab of BBQ ribs and fries was much the ticket.

but tropical storm Hermine is going to soak us.

Now we’ll probably order pizza and drink plenty of beer while watching the Vikes grill the Saints.

been growing them all summer!

And I’ll be drinking Strongbows

Instructions for folks below on how to cook spaghetti carbonara:

You’ll need:

1 lb thin spaghetti
1/2 lb bacon (preferrably thick cut)
1 cup heavy whipping cream
6 oz grated parmesan cheese
2 eggs
kosher salt
olive oil
garlic powder
cracked black pepper (NOT pre-ground)
oregano

Deep saute pan (the sides on mine are ~3" high)
Boiling pot (I use a stock pot)
Sauce pot
Cooling rack
Absorbant material (paper towel, sunday paper, SI picks for who will win this season, etc.)
Tongs

Step one: Cook the bacon in the Deep Saute Pan until lightly crispy. The goal here is to get the bacon crispy enough to crumble with your hands. Please wait until AFTER the bacon has cooled to crumble it. When the bacon has finished, set it on your cooling rack and make sure your absorbant materials are underneath.

Step two: Drain all but a slight coating of grease out of the pan and remove it from heat. If you increase the size of the recipe, you’ll need to leave a small puddle underneath.

Step three: Set water to boil in your boiling pot and add copious amounts of kosher salt and a small amount of olive oil. The salt increases the boiling temperature, and the oil prevents the bubbles on the top of the water from foaming and boiling over. Do NOT use Extra Virgin Olive Oil as you can burn it and ruin the taste of the spaghetti.

Step four: While the water is working it’s way towards boiling, put your sauce pan over low heat (On a scale of 1 – 10 on my stove, I use 3) and add the cream. Once that begins to heat up, add the oregano and garlic powder. Stir in until blended. Once those are added in, stir in about a quarter of the parmesan. Make sure to break up any clumps before adding it to the mixture. Blend it in and repeat until all of the parmesan has been added. Once completely mixed, bring it down to simmer (1) and go back to the pasta.

Step five: Take the pasta and break the strands in half, then put them into the water. It should take ~7 minutes to cook. Check and stir frequently. Clumpy pasta makes no-one happy. Once the pasta has cooked, drain it and set it aside.

Step six: Take the deep saute pan and put it back on the heat. Give it a minute to warm back up, then add the spaghetti. Toss the spaghetti for a minute or two and then add the bacon, then the sauce, then break the two eggs over the top. Constantly toss, making sure to get the egg scrambled and the spaghetti well coated. Add your cracked black pepper now. I like a light coating, a friend of mine likes a strong coating, use your judgement, but don’t use table pepper!

Step seven: Serve, enjoy, and watch the Vikes crucify the Saints.

I’m peeing in the Etouphee so the people who like the saints fans get a mix of Viking in em.