With a certain championship football game coming up, I thought it would be a good time to dust off this old blog entry and repost it as a “Second Slice.” The finished carving makes a nice serving dish for whatever snacks you might have at your big game party! I’ve written in the past about how … [Read more...]
SUPER SUNDAY RECIPE #2 – WATERMELON GLAZED MINI BARBEQUE MEATBALLS
There’s really nothing you can’t love about the name of this recipe. Watermelon? (Awesome.) Glazed? (Bring it!) Mini? (Okay, bigger is usually better when it comes to food, but let’s move on.) Barbeque? (Keep talkin’.) Meatballs? (Are you kidding? You had me at “watermelon.”) Since the crock pot … [Read more...]
OLD NEWS: CANADIAN FOOTBALL FANS CAUSE WATERMELON SHORTAGE
Fans of the Saskatchewan Roughriders – a professional football team in the Canadian Football League – have found another use for watermelons… as helmets. It seems “Rider Nation,” as the team’s fan base is called, has started a tradition in which true Roughrider fans show up to games wearing a … [Read more...]
SUPER SUNDAY RECIPE #5 – FOOTBALL CAKE
Here it is, the last recipe in our five-week series of game day goodies, and this one brings the football theme to life in a very literal way. It’s the football cake. Actually, it’s not really a cake (good news for those who don’t want to bake). It’s more of a watermelon sculpture. A very simple, … [Read more...]