The Daily Tailgate

It's time for the Daily Tailgate. The Daily Tailgate will get you prepared for the Big Game by giving you ideas on what to make for your friends and families. We will also be replaying some classic commercials. This feature will run each weekday, usually around lunch time, up until the Big Game.

You can't go wrong with wings. Every party has a good bucket of wings handy, and these wings sound like they will be pretty tasty. This is the original spicy Buffalo chicken wings recipe from the Anchor Bar in Buffalo, NY.

Today's treat comes from John Mitzewich at Americanfood.com

INGREDIENTS:
36 chicken wing pieces (one wing makes 2 pieces - the "flat" and the "drum")
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
6 tablespoons Louisiana hot sauce (Frank's is the brand used in Buffalo)
6 tablespoons unsalted butter or margarine
1 1/2 tablespoons white vinegar
1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1/8 teaspoon garlic salt
1/4 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
1 teaspoon Tabasco sauce
1/4 teaspoon salt
celery sticks
blue cheese dressing

PREPARATION:
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
If necessary, cut whole wings into two pieces. Toss the wings in the oil and spread out evenly on baking pan(s). Do not crowd. Bake for about 25-30 minutes, until the wings are cooked through and browned.

While the wings are baking, mix all the ingredients for the sauce in a pan, and over low heat bring to a simmer, stirring occasionally, and then turn off.

After the wings are cooked, transfer to a large mixing bowl. Pour the sauce over the hot wings and toss with a spoon or spatula to completely coat. You can serve them like this, which is called "wet," or put them back in the oven for a few minutes to cook on the sauce and make them crisper.

And now, for a pretty funny European commercial. I think you'll enjoy this one:



"What are you sinking about"

The Daily Tailgate

It's time for the Daily Tailgate. The Daily Tailgate will get you prepared for the Big Game by giving you ideas on what to make for your friends and families. We will also be replaying some classic commercials. This feature will run each weekday, usually around lunch time, up until the Big Game.

Break out your sombraro's, we're going Mexican today. If you decide to treat your guests to this Mexican Barbeque Feast they'll be sure to thank you as they try and decide to run to the bathroom during the commercials, or wait for the game to come back on. This recipe comes via Cyndi Allison @ gardenandhealth.com

Pica de Gallo

Ingredients
2 finely diced onions (white onion is traditional)
2 large finely diced tomatoes (really don’t use the canned ones - yuck)
1/3 cup finely chopped cilantro (fresh is great – sprinkle is OK if you can’t find fresh)
2 fresh jalapenos, finely diced (go fresh if you can – use from jar if necessary)
1/8 tsp. pepper (freshly ground is nice –table pepper is OK)
juice of 1 orange (or 1 TBS of orange juice)
juice of 2 limes (1 TBS of the lime that comes in the plastic -squirt lime or lime juice bottle)
1 tsp salt

Directions
Chop onions and tomatoes. You want little chunks the size of M&M candies or a bit smaller.
Chop cilantro and jalapenos.
Juice the fruit if you don’t use bottled juice. Don't keep the pulp - just the juice.
Mix everything together.
Chill overnight in the refrigerator.

It was reported earlier in the week that we will be seeing some more Carlos Mencia commercials in this year's Super Bowl. So here you go with one that you may not have seen yet:

The Daily Tailgate

It's time for the Daily Tailgate. The Daily Tailgate will get you prepared for the Big Game by giving you ideas on what to make for your friends and families. We will also be replaying some classic commercials. This feature will run each weekday, usually around lunch time, up until the Big Game.

Today's Super Bowl Appetizer is Sausage Dip. This suggestion was made by part time contributor "-B". The recipe comes from allrecipes.com

INGREDIENTS
1 pound ground pork sausage
1 1/2 cups chopped onions
1 (10 ounce) can diced tomatoes with green chile peppers, drained
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
1 (16 ounce) container sour cream
1 tablespoon crushed red pepper

DIRECTIONS
Place pork sausage in a large, deep skillet. Cook over medium high heat until evenly brown.
Drain sausage and stir in onions. Cook until slightly tender, about 2 minutes. Mix in diced tomatoes with green chile peppers. Stirring occasionally, allow the mixture to simmer approximately 15 minutes.
Blend cream cheese and sour cream into the sausage mixture. Season with crushed red pepper.

Enjoy the dip while watching this classic skittles commercial.