Superbowl Sunday?

I don't have much time.  For sports, or to write this post - so my research is limited.  I do know that Indianapolis is hosting the Super Bowl game this year.  It's a game where the National Football League and the American Football League champions fight it out.  This years' teams are the Giants from New York and the Patriots from New England.  The ads/commercials during the game are a huge deal because so many people watch the game.  They're expensive and showy. 

Superbowl Sunday has become a de facto holiday for Americans and if you know Americans, you know holidays are all about the food!  The common Super Bowl fare would be chicken wings, chips and dips, sandwiches, beer, chilli dogs, all those good football watching foods.   Click on this link for some images if you're interested.  

All my recipe web sites are promoting Super Bowl food so I couldn't resist making buffalo chicken for a guest last night.  Hot sauce slathered over fried chicken which you then dip into a blue cheese sauce.  Celery sticks are also dipped into the blue cheese, I think they help calm down the hot sauce.  I used this Martha Stewart recipe and they were delicious.  Our guest brought a really dark beer to share which paired beautifully.

Ah, Food, how I try not to worship thee.

end note:  At the international student's Super Bowl party we went to tonight, we meet an ex pro NFL player (now chaplain for the IU team) AND some college players from IU.  We were given a run down on the rules by the ex players' current wife (it's all to do with ten yard lines and downs), there were potato chips galore and all of that 'good' food I suggested plus more.  We also learned that Americans will consume 20 million pounds of potatoes and 8 million pounds of avocados tonight alone!