Favorite Tailgating Meal Ideas

[Frak]

We usually keep it simple with brats or burgers, but once in awhile we get a little more involved. The final game last year, I made Tailgate Jambalaya on a turkey cooker. Had sausage, chicken, shrimp, celery, peppers, onions all cut up the night before. That stuff was gone in no time.

 

[cycloneryan]

June 2nd and we have a tailgating thread, I love it!!

 

[SeattleClone]

This thread is making me hungry!

One of my favorite things about the morning games is bloody mary's! We made some breakfast burritos one game last year and egg mcmuffins on the grill another game, they both turned out pretty good.

 

[dunar]

This thread is making me hungry!

One of my favorite things about the morning games is bloody mary's! We made some breakfast burritos one game last year and egg mcclones on the grill another game, they both turned out pretty good.

Fixed it for ya :wink:
(for those that enjoyed a little UDA foodservice)

 

[Broodwich]

 

[Cylax51]

I prefer the lighter meal of spam-burgers, pork loin sandwiches and yes brats. I usually only have one or two forced upon me by the Mrs. because "I need this".

 

[Flag Guy]

This sounds amazing...what is a apple pie shot made up of?

They can be done as shots, but no one is limiting you to one ounce at a time here


As for breakfast foods, I've said it before and I'll say it again, I'm a fan of coloring our eggs the team color of our opponets for the day.

We had Hawkeye eggs for breakfast and proceeded to beat Iowa without scoring a single touch down

And I still like the look on the K-State fans faces when we offered them purple and gold scrambled eggs on a nice cold tailgating morning

 

[DaddyMac]

That's twice in 4 days - DAMN YOU!!!!! :wink:

 

[Flag Guy]

Oh and since Superfan probably won't wander down here... he pioneered an effort one road game where we showed up a few hours early (but too late to get a hotel room) in OU

We got a skillet from a grocery store, bought some bacon, eggs and hash browns. Did up the eggs, then did the bacon and used the grease from the bacon to fry the hashbrowns.

Pretty much our SOP for early morning tailgates now.


Something I picked up from camping that would make a good tailgate breakfast (due to lack of clean up) is get a pot of boiling water, throw your ingredients for an omlete (whatever you may want for it) in a plastic freezer baggie, submerge the baggie in the pot of boiling water and it will cook your omlete for you in just a few short minutes

If your ingredients are already cut up and in baggies or storage containers, there is pretty much no clean up, as you can eat your omlete straight from the bag with a plastic fork!

 

[Broodwich]

That's twice in 4 days - DAMN YOU!!!!! :wink:

Yeah, I'm pretty proud of those pork shoulders. And they have proven to be a big hit at tailgates.

SKUNK RIVER BOTTOM RUB:
1/2 CUP BROWN SUGAR
1/4 CUP PEPPER
1/3 CUP PAPRIKA
1 TBSP KOSHER SALT
2 TSP CAYENNE
2 TSP DRY MUSTARD
1 SAZON GOYA PACKET

CRAPPY BOTTLE OF YELLOW MUSTARD

6-9 LB BOSTON BUTT / PORK SHOULDER TRIMMED OF EXCESS FAT

ALL NATURAL LUMP CHARCOAL, APPLE WOOD

SLATHER CRAPPY BOTTLE OF MUSTARD ALL OVER PORK SHOULDER
APPLY RUB LIBERALLY OVER MUSTARD DRENCHED PORK

PLACE IN FRIDGE AS LONG AS POSSIBLE, BEST IF OVER NIGHT
SOAK APPLE CHIPS FOR 1 HOUR

SET SMOKER / GRILL ON INDIRECT HEAT TO 225, APPLY APPLE CHIPS

FILL DRIP PAN WITH 1 INCH OF UNSWEETENED APPLE JUICE.

PUT MEAT ON

OPEN AN OLD MAIN BREWING COMPANY BEER AND CONSUME

CHECK BACK PERIODICALLY UNTIL MEAT HITS 190 DEGREES AFTER A LENGTHY PLATEAU OF 160. 15-20 HOURS.

WRAP IN MEAT IN FOIL. LET REST 1 HOUR.

 

[kcclone33]

I work at the Fareway Meat Market and i have to recomend beef shoulder tenders to everyone if you havn't already had them. They're great and only 4.99 a pound (ussually). Also stop buying sirloin tip because it's cheep and its sirloin. It's not very good. One last thing. Shop at the downtown store!

 

[egami]

When I cook tail gates I typically do Hu Hot style Mongolian food.

 

[Cyznutz]

Booze and that stuff we use to eat as kids? Whats it called......oh yeah *****!

 

[CylentButDeadly]

All I'm going to say about breakfast burritos is this: No matter what, DO NOT EVER hit up Whataburger for their breakfast burritos before tailgating for the Houston Bowl after a heavy night of drinking the night before. You will regret it big time about an hour or so before game time.

 

[Cycloin]

I almost made that mistake but I optioned for tall boy cans of lonestar in the parking lot.

I will follow you to hell, you magnificent bastard.

 

[CylentButDeadly]

I almost made that mistake but I optioned for tall boy cans of lonestar in the parking lot.

Haha, we had a 12-er of those too. Effin' Lonestar. God I don't miss that stuff.

 

[linkshero]

I was at an early game where our hosts suveed Omelettes. They had the Omelette mix already in individual Ziplock steamer bags. They had all the 'fixins' that you could want. You simply put them in your bag, sealed, and threw in a pot of boiling water. In about 5 minutes I had the most amazing omellette I had ever had, along with a few Bloody's......

 

[GoSTATE71]

philly cheesesteak, just grill up some new york strip cut into slices sautee some onions and peppers then butter the bread put it on the grill then put the steak and onions on the bread and put a thick slice of mozzerlla on it, ohh its so good, and make sure to use montreal steak seasoning w lowrys its really good and simple

 

[dunar]

Booze and that stuff we use to eat as kids? Whats it called......oh yeah *****!

You got it.

(I totally missed the reference the first time around, stupid *****!)

Samson Simpson: I'm going to kill your little Mexican friend
Scarface: I'm Cuban, B!
Samson Simpson: Ahhh, yes! Cuban Bee!

:biglaugh:

 

[Jonecy]

I usually prefer the home-cooked stuff, but if I'm ever in a hurry for breakfast burritos, I'll buy the Jimmy Dean Frozen Breakfast Skillet packs. Then all you have to do is cook that in a fryin' pan for a bit, add eggs, poor some shredded chez on top and scoop it in to a tortilla.......pretty darn easy.

Man I love a good breakfast - especially tailgating! Donuts & pastries just don't do it for me....

I'm excited to try the baggy omelettes this year too - does anyone know if you have to buy special baggies or will about anything that seals good work for boiling in watter?