Now that Christmas and the New Year holidays have come and gone, it’s time for America’s most famous super party, the Super Bowl. That’s right, Super Bowl 46 is upon us once again with the New York Giants and the New England Patriots. That’s a bit historic, 2 teams will meet in the Super Bowl in 5 years, especially in the salary cap era, and I love writing about history, but this article is not going to be another full Super Bowl love festival. of statistics.
No, dear reader, you deserve more than that from me. Of course, everyone cares whether or not Eli Manning leads the Giants to another win over Tom Brady’s Patriots, and everyone cares who will be the MVP of the game, etc., but why discuss all of that when it will be written? ? to death and when there are much more serious things to write about?
After all, there are so many wonderful things about the Super Bowl, so many American things. From the great effort and spectacle of the game itself, the grandeur and pomp of the presentation and the celebrities present, to the excellent sportsmanship displayed in the greatest game itself. Let’s not forget those wonderful ads that run during the Super Bowl, too. It is the biggest publicity event of the year.
However, why talk about the history of the sport and the records of Vince Lombardi and Joe Montana or even consider Geico’s incredible and hilarious ad when we get to look at the greatest gift the Super Bowl makes to American society?
There are those delicious parties. Who doesn’t love going to a Super Bowl party? They have become part of Americana, a grand celebration that even sports haters consider worth attending. Why is that? For the wonderful food, of course, that one participates in. I’d like to mention some of the fabulous staples of the Super Bowl party, so here you go:
The buffalo wing: The chicken wing, particularly the spicy Buffalo-style chicken wing, was not invented by a member of the Buffalo Bills, but its name comes from the city that sent the Bills to 4 Super Bowls in the mid-eighties. Teresa Bellissimo, owner of the Anchor Inn in Buffalo, made the first wings as a late-night snack for her kids, serving them with celery and blue cheese, and voila, we’ve got an instant snack classic, one without which no Super Bowl would be complete. .
Nachos: What SPORTS EVENT would be complete without nachos? However, nachos are a Mexican dish that originated at Victory Club, an American-owned restaurant on the Texas border in Coahuila, Mexico, in the 1940s, when some American soldiers entered the Club at the end of the day. The kitchen was destroyed and the owner got by with what he had, chips and cheese. He sliced and fried the tortillas and melted cheese and there we have it, an instant Tex-Mex classic that now takes many wonderful forms, from nachos and salsa to shrimp nachos.
Chips and salsa: While French fries date back to the 1860s, when they were first served in Sarasota Springs, New York (New York is the party snack capital of the world), the dip phenomenon is much more recent. Most people credit the Campbell Soup Company, which developed a quick dip recipe with sour cream and French onion soup mix, for the first real potato chip dip of all things. Today there are literally hundreds of types of salsa, and no party would be complete without chips and salsa, but just 50 or 60 years ago, it would have been difficult to find chips and salsa at any party!
There you have it, the story of the three most important staples of almost every Super Bowl party. Hope you enjoy these tasty treats while watching the game. I know I will, and now we both know the story behind where these delicious treats came from!