Tailgate menu for 'Nova...

[coachcap]

Restless in anticipation for the season to start. Was with part of my tailgate crew last night.
The obvious main entrée was: Cheese steaks with fried peppers & onions.
More details to follow as we progress through pre-season practice.

 

[SonsOfNutmeg]

Mmmmm.... steak n' cheese sounds good. @coachcap I have to admit when I saw this thread a small piece of me forgot it was still July, and launched into Fall Football in CT mode! Let it begin!!

 

[SonsOfNutmeg]

Anyone ready for tailgate menus yet? Getting pumped for the season to begin, can hardly wait! @coachcap we too will be doing steak n' cheese that game, probably with some sort of dip as an app. And of course plenty of ice cold beers and liquor!

 

[coachcap]

Didn't want to start a new thread.
My veggie garden is overflowing & wifey is overwhelmed by the amount of produce this season. We've been giving the overflow to friends & family. Yesterday was my day off so I decided to make dinner for the family & invite my Mom & sister to join us. This also got me in practice for tailgating. Started at 8 A.M. Diced up a cabbage & ham steak-made sauerkraut & froze it for future use at tailgate. While it was cooking, diced up tomatoes (Thank god for food processors) & made homemade sauce (a.k.a. gravy) & let simmer all day. Sliced up 3 zucchinis, then Breaded & fried them. Broke for lunch at noon after cleaning up used pots, pan & utensils. After lunch, made meatballs & baked them in the oven. While they were baking, put together a pan of zucchini Parmesan using some of the sauce & the breaded zucchini. Made a peach-blackberry-blueberry cobbler. Meatballs out of oven (& into the sauce) cobbler into the oven to bake. Cobbler out of the oven & cooling. The zucchini parm. casserole into the oven at 4:30. Italian sausages grilled on the gas grill, then into the sauce & also added peppers & mushrooms. Cooked pasta at 5:30 then had dinner.
Final comment: Like to cook , but could never do it as a profession as a 1 man operation. It was an exhausting day. Now have to go to work just to rest up for the weekend.

 

[RedSoloCup]

Didn't want to start a new thread.
My veggie garden is overflowing & wifey is overwhelmed by the amount of produce this season. We've been giving the overflow to friends & family. Yesterday was my day off so I decided to make dinner for the family & invite my Mom & sister to join us. This also got me in practice for tailgating. Started at 8 A.M. Diced up a cabbage & ham steak-made sauerkraut & froze it for future use at tailgate. While it was cooking, diced up tomatoes (Thank god for food processors) & made homemade sauce (a.k.a. gravy) & let simmer all day. Sliced up 3 zucchinis, then Breaded & fried them. Broke for lunch at noon after cleaning up used pots, pan & utensils. After lunch, made meatballs & baked them in the oven. While they were baking, put together a pan of zucchini Parmesan using some of the sauce & the breaded zucchini. Made a peach-blackberry-blueberry cobbler. Meatballs out of oven (& into the sauce) cobbler into the oven to bake. Cobbler out of the oven & cooling. The zucchini parm. casserole into the oven at 4:30. Italian sausages grilled on the gas grill, then into the sauce & also added peppers & mushrooms. Cooked pasta at 5:30 then had dinner.
Final comment: Like to cook , but could never do it as a profession as a 1 man operation. It was an exhausting day. Now have to go to work just to rest up for the weekend.

can I stop by for leftovers?

 

[huskymedic]

Didn't want to start a new thread.
My veggie garden is overflowing & wifey is overwhelmed by the amount of produce this season. We've been giving the overflow to friends & family. Yesterday was my day off so I decided to make dinner for the family & invite my Mom & sister to join us. This also got me in practice for tailgating. Started at 8 A.M. Diced up a cabbage & ham steak-made sauerkraut & froze it for future use at tailgate. While it was cooking, diced up tomatoes (Thank god for food processors) & made homemade sauce (a.k.a. gravy) & let simmer all day. Sliced up 3 zucchinis, then Breaded & fried them. Broke for lunch at noon after cleaning up used pots, pan & utensils. After lunch, made meatballs & baked them in the oven. While they were baking, put together a pan of zucchini Parmesan using some of the sauce & the breaded zucchini. Made a peach-blackberry-blueberry cobbler. Meatballs out of oven (& into the sauce) cobbler into the oven to bake. Cobbler out of the oven & cooling. The zucchini parm. casserole into the oven at 4:30. Italian sausages grilled on the gas grill, then into the sauce & also added peppers & mushrooms. Cooked pasta at 5:30 then had dinner.
Final comment: Like to cook , but could never do it as a profession as a 1 man operation. It was an exhausting day. Now have to go to work just to rest up for the weekend.

Very impressive Coach!

 

[FDNY99]

Wings, cheese steak egg rolls for appetizer's...chili rubbed cowboy ribeye's tailgate potatoes (diced potatoes, Carmelites sweet onions, diced bacon, cheddar), asparagus, tastycake's for dessert

 

[Dooley]

Made philly cheesesteaks last year at the Temple game and they came out good. Probably will wind up doing it again for Nova.

 

[Husky25]

Getting clams and steamers from Grossmans in Groton for an appetizer before I head up to East Hartford. Gonna finalize the menu tonight, I believe, when I get together with the others in my group. Cheese steaks may very will be on the menu. However, if CheezWiz and Steak'ums are required to make it a "Philly," then I won't be havin' it. Provolone on sliced sirloin, mushrooms and onions please.

 

[SonsOfNutmeg]

Anyone else have any cool menu items they're rolling out for this 'Nova game Thursday?

 

[HuskiesFan1014]

Ginger teriyaki shrimp kabobs. And teriyaki chicken kabobs for the landlubbers.
Jarhead making cheesesteaks with a big-ass box of shaved steak.

And beer. More beer.

 

[coachcap]

because of the variety of peppers in my garden, may make poppers with New Mexico chilis, cheese, & bacon as an app.

 

[Bonehead]

steak tips, steamers and PBR...

 

[pepband99]

PBR? Are you giving out fedoras and moustache wax at your tailgate, too?

 

[Bonehead]

PBR? Are you giving out fedoras and moustache wax at your tailgate, too?

I'm old school...
http://pabstblueribbon.com/pbr-history/
I don't do crafts,ciders, green bottles...actually if it were up to me it would be a Jack Daniels and coca cola nite but I am on lock down still from last episode.

 

[uchusky32]

I'm old school...
http://pabstblueribbon.com/pbr-history/
I don't do crafts,ciders, green bottles...actually if it were up to me it would be a Jack Daniels and coca cola nite but I am on lock down still from last episode.

Gentleman Jack on ice!

 

[gioff23]

because of the variety of peppers in my garden, may make poppers with New Mexico chilis, cheese, & bacon as an app.

consider adding philly cream cheese as filler!

 

[businesslawyer]

Cheesesteaks, while necessary for the opponent, just didn't seem up to how nice the night should be. So:

Give the weather it's due and start with some chilled tomato and melon soup (also saves time of grilling an appetizer, given that weekday drives to night games sucks):

Then, grilled filets with a gorgonzola sauce (so upscale cheesesteaks), along with grilled asparagus and potato salad.

And red wine for a late summer's night dinner.

 

[Fishy]

Cheesesteaks, while necessary for the opponent, just didn't seem up to how nice the night should be. So:

Give the weather it's due and start with some chilled tomato and melon soup (also saves time of grilling an appetizer, given that weekday drives to night games sucks):

Then, grilled filets with a gorgonzola sauce (so upscale cheesesteaks), along with grilled asparagus and potato salad.

And red wine for a late summer's night dinner.

You are a fancy, fancy man.

If traffic permits, we're having chicken sandwiches and french fries from the McDonald's at exit 32 on 84.

 

[businesslawyer]

You are a fancy, fancy man.

If traffic permits, we're having chicken sandwiches and french fries from the McDonald's at exit 32 on 84.

I do not cook except for tailgates. So I'm not beyond pushing myself a little depending on whom I'm going with.