Yeah, game food porn

I cannot believe it took me this long to get up the game food porn from LAST Sunday, when we beat the Bengals in overtime. It did, though. I guess I'll get to the game food porn from Thursday night, when we beat the living fuck out of the Bears, later. As it is. Last Sunday, we had, of course, stuffed potato skins:

We also had bacon-cheeseburger macaroni and cheese, which is really, really good:

We also had brown sugar bacon dogs:

Oh, my word, good stuff. Not for your heart, mind you, but mighty tasty. The recipes, of course, can be found by searching the blog. You should. Your stomach, if not your heart, will thank you.

What was yesterday? Fucking game day, people!

Fuck a bunch of Thursday night Patriots losing to the Chiefs bullshit -- I guess 19-0 is no longer a discussion for the Patriots -- yesterday was the real start of the NFL season. From 1 p.m. Eastern Time until damn near midnight, it was wall-to-wall football. Smack dab in the middle of the schedule was the game between two top Super Bowl contenders from the NFC, Green Bay and Seattle. Unexpectedly, Green Bay won because of their defense, which sucked last year, at least against the pass. Improvements have been made.

I'm not sure improvements have been made to the game food, but I will say that the food served Sunday night was at least as good as anything served last year. Top notch, people. Married Into Wolves came by to see the game, while Cpl. Wolves had to work. But we had great food regardless.

Because we pretty much always do, we had stuffed potato skins:

In recognition of the damn-near-dinner-time game, we had bacon-cheeseburger macaroni and cheese:

We also had brown-sugar bacon dogs to fill out the protein-heavy lineup:

I had considered doing onion rings, but decided not to for a variety of reasons, and time constraints prevented me from doing a veggie dip tray, which accounts for the lack of vegetable matter on the menu. Look, if you want a balanced, nutritious meal, quit fucking coming here. This is game food, damn it.

The Packers won, the food was good. Nice start to the season.

I told you there would be game food porn, so there is game food porn

Barely any time these days to post -- I think this swordfish is not looking too good, so take the hours while you can, as Rules 2 and 3 inform us. I'm taking what I can, but that doesn't mean I don't take time to watch the Packers. And if we watch the Packers, we serve game food! Sunday, when we beat the shit out of the Giants, 38-13, was no exception. We started with stuffed skins:

Because this was a dinner-time game, I fixed French dip roast beef sandwiches with baked beans and onion rings. The rings were baked, and were damn good. Start with a couple large onions cut into wide rings. Take the smaller interior rings and use them for something else. Only big rings here. Put the rings in ice water (I have no fucking idea why):

Put 1-3/4 cups of flour into a wide, shallow dish. Add a tbsp of coarse salt. You should take those big rings and rub them around in the flour:

You then need a flat dish filled with 2 cups of butter milk. Then you should drop those big onion rings in the buttermilk:

Presumably, you have crushed a couple cups of corn flakes and put hose in a flat dish as well. Naturally, that means that next you will dip and drag your onion rings through the corn flakes:

As you complete the process for each ring, you will put the completed ring on a well-greased baking sheet:

You will bake them at 450 for about 25 minutes, turning them at about 12 minutes:

You will then enjoy the hell out of them with steak sandwiches and baked beans, or whatever the hell you prepared:

You will enjoy them even more if you beat the shit out of the Giants, which we did. Yeah, it's dated, but that's what happened last week. Victory over the Cowboys game food is coming shortly.

Yeah, we did game food porn dessert, too

I once again made the pecan caramel cheesecake bars:

Pretty good:

Naturally, I also made stuffed potato skins:

The main offerings looked pretty tempting:

Game's outcome, not so good. Game food porn: excellent.

Yeah-we-should've-won-that-game food porn

At Atlanta, a team with a potent offense, we went in with pretty much everybody hurt and out of the game -- our top three cornerbacks,  two of our starting receivers, our top two running backs, our best defensive player -- and still we lost by only one point late. Thought we had it, but disappointment awaited.

Not on the game food front, however, Married Into Wolves was there early to watch the Saints bitch-slap the Seahawks. We also caught the end of the Redskins-Bengals game from London. We didn't want to, but the rat bastards went into overtime and pre-empted the first quarter of the Saints game, so we had no choice. Yes, Married Into Wolves' family is from the Big Easy, so she's a Saints fan.

In any event, we did staggered game food, trotting out dishes throughout the day rather than all at once. We started with stuffed tater tots:

Later, we brought out pigs in a blanket:

Naturally, for the main event, we included stuffed potato skins:

And to make the Packers late-game game food more dinner-like, we had bacon cheeseburger macaroni and cheese:

Yummy, even if the Packers result was not.

Glorious victorious game food

Sure, the Jaguars are better than they were last year, particularly on defense, and a lot of sports-type people are picking them to win their division, but it didn't matter yesterday -- the Packers won, in the heat, on the road and with absolutely magnificent game food being served at Chez Wolves.

It actually was pretty serendipitous that we got to watch the game at all. Because Sunday Ticket and DirecTV are so expensive, and because the Packers are on free TV at least eight times this year, we cancelled DirecTV and got cable (a great deal, too). Figured I would get NFL Game Pass from the NFL. You can't watch live -- you have to wait until the 4 pm games are over to watch the 1 pm games -- but I was OK with that. Circumstances conspired, however.

The Ravens were on CBS. The Redskins didn't play until Monday night. The "local" game on FOX? Green Bay at Jacksonville. My cup runneth over. And I can't lie, the game food lived up to the occasion. Two new recipes -- plus potato skins, of course -- and both are solid contenders for the Super Bowl menu.

First out of the gate, we had some tater tot-based game food. Strong competitor with the stuffed skins, but different. You start with some tater tots, sour cream, shredded cheddar, bacon, green onions and cooking spray:

Preheat the oven to 450 F. Take your cooking spray and grease up a muffin pan. Put two tater tots in each muffin cup:

 Bake those on the bottom shelf of your oven for 10 minutes, then take them out. Get a shot glass, blast the bottom with cooking spray and smush those tater tots with a twisting motion to form a cup:

Like this:

Bake those bad boys for another 15 minutes. Take them out, add cheese, and pop back in for a minute or so until the cheese is melted. Then, take the tots out of the pan and put them on a platter. Top with sour cream, sliced green onions and bacon. Die happy:

 These are really good. Mrs. Wolves and Married Into Wolves both wanted these permanently on the game day menu. Who am I to argue?

The second magnificent game food recipe was actually perilously close to healthy,, believe it or not. Yet another muffin pan was required. Your ingredients are eggs, parmesan cheese, cheddar cheese, broccoli, saltine crackers, frozen corn and, yes, cooking spray:

Take six saltine crackers and crush them finely.I Use a mortar and pestle. You might prefer some kind of food processor:

Mix the cracker crumbs -- or dust, depending upon how thorough you were --  with 2 tablespoons of parmesan cheese:

Meanwhile, take two cups of frozen broccoli florets in a bowl, add a little water, and microwave them for two minutes. Trim the florets from the stems, and spoon into the muffin cups:

Top the broccoli with about a half-cup of frozen corn, divided evenly, of course:

Then add the crumb-parmesan mixture to each cup, as well, and top with cheddar cheese:

Beat about 10 eggs -- add a little milk -- and fill each muffin cup with the mixture. As the egg mixture filters down into the other ingredients, top off each muffin cup so that the egg mixture is even with the top of the pan:

Bake at 350 for 18-22 minutes until the cups are puffed up and a knife inserted in the center comes out clean:

Let stand for two minutes, then run a knife around the edge of the muffin cup and plate those suckers:

BOOM! Mini quiche. So good.

Naturally, I started my game food preparation with the one item always on the game day menu: stuffed potato skins. The Packers platter was waiting expectantly:

Fortunately, the platter didn't have long to wait. The skins were great, too:

All in all, great food, and a great outcome for the game. More exciting than I like -- the defense had to make a great stand to win the game -- but an excellent opening day nonetheless. Hope the new recipes work for you, too.

We've got a little "Fuck yeah!" playoff-win game food porn

All last week I listened to Redskins fans on sports talk radio completely dismiss the possibility that the Redskins might lose their playoff game to the Packers on Sunday. The Redskins are playing really well, they said -- and they were -- and the Packers look like shit, they said -- and they did. Every last one of those fans ignored one thing -- the Packers have Aaron Rodgers. And Rodgers took over that game and spanked those Redskins until they cried for mama. Result: 35-18 Packers win, and the Redskins spent Monday cleaning out their lockers.

Naturally, we had game food. Of course we had stuffed skins:

The skins came out at the beginning of the game. With a 4:40 pm start, we had to have more food later, naturally. Also coming out at kickoff were some pigs in a blanket. Can't go wrong with pigs:

Looked good:

At halftime, I brought out the pizza jet swirls:

We also had bacon-wrapped tater tots:

Yeah, that looked good, too:

Next week, we are on to Arizona, where just a few weeks ago the Cardinals kicked the living shit out of the Packers. I am hoping for a better result this time, but, given the possibility that this will be the last Packers' game of the year, I am planning a more innovative game food menu. See you Saturday night on that one. Go Pack!

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Packers triumphed over the Cowboys, giving joy to everyone who hates the Cowboys, which is everyone. Sure, it means we have to go to Seattle next week and face a really good team, but I don't care. Today, we beat a really good team. And you know what? We did it with really good game food.

Nephew to Wolves came to the game today, bringing his girlfriend, Knows Fuck-all About Wolves. Well, she got an introduction today, and took it like a champ. She is a vegetarian, which required some changes to the usual Wolves carnivorous game food. Because we are nothing if not inclusive, I prepared several veggie-friendly dishes. We started with a veggie tray:

I also did some veggie-friendly skins (using non-bacon bacon bits):

And we threw in some caramel dip and apples:

Not content with that, I went with a suggestion from Mrs. Wolves and put out some Swiss fondue, using bread chunks and Swiss cheese. It's easy. Start with a fondue mix (let's not make this too complicated, people):

Cut up a baguette or some other kind of bread -- your choice -- into roughly one-inch squares:

Fill a bowl of that stuff:

Heat the cheese on the stove, then put your fondue pot over heat and dip away. Fucking excellent:

Naturally, there was no way I was going to completely abandon my carnivorous ways. We also had regular skins, with full bacon loaded:

And pigs in a blanket:

But the piece de resistance was the bacon-wrapped doughnuts. I used Krispy Kreme glazed doughnuts, which brought down the wrath of Mrs. Wolves, who, as does any good Southerner, holds Krispy Kreme glazed doughnuts on a high pedestal. When she found out what I had planned, she said this: "That is a crime against nature. Do you know what happens to people who do things like that? Think Dr. Frankenstein. Too much hubris, creating a new life form."

Despite spousal disapproval, I went ahead with my plan. First, freeze some glazed doughnuts (I understand if Krispy Kreme is not available to you, but I also fee sorry or you):

Take those bad boys out of the freezer, and get some bacon:

Wrap each of those doughnuts in bacon. I used half-slices, as that is how I generally store bacon, but I think it might be better to use uncut slices. I will try this next week. Half slices worked, though:

I put the wrapped doughnuts on a broiler pan. Set your oven at 400 degrees, and cook those suckers for 20-25 minutes, until the bacon is crisp:

When they are done, they should look like this:

And taste like this:

Just fucking excellent. Yes, these will be featured throughout the playoffs. NFC Championship Game next week, people. At Seattle, tough team, we'll see how it goes, but the food will be good. Count on it.