Happy Melted Cheese on Everything Day
and Good SuperBowl Sunday to All who Celebrate
Two quick things and then I’ll let you get back to making your world-famous hot sauce or figuring out how to work 2 more layers into a 7-layer dip.
I once did that on the Today Show. I found the link online from a million-trillion years ago, when poor Lester Holt still had to do things like talk about SuperBowl crafts and football-shaped brownies. He was exceedingly nice, as you’ll see. You’ll also see my daughter is teeny (now she is 20, albeit still v. cute) and no one dressed me as I am looking like a frump in that sweater. Someday I’d like a job with a fancy wardrobe allowance.
Anyhoo, Happy Melted Cheese on Everything Sunday for all who celebrate. And for those that also enjoy the SuperBowl, go Eagles!
Today, along with Christmas Eve, is one of my favorite days of the year to go to the supermarket. The carrot, celery and sour cream shelves are bare for the first and only time all year. There are the people wrapped head-to-toe in Lulu Lemon near audibly figuring how long they will spend at the gym tomorrow as they hoist 4 pounds of cheddar cheese, an economy size Hellman’s mayo, 2 cans of refried beans and 3 bags of Tostitos into their basket. Every single person has chips of some variety in their basket. Every person.
And then there is me, who was forced to climb the shelves to paw the last box of Lipton’s French onion soup mix off the very back of the top shelf and and into my cart. I’ve made onion soup dip from scratch many a time, but on today of all days, I have to return to my 1970’s food roots.
We’re also making spare ribs (dry rub, slow roast in beer and soy sauce until tender, finish on the grill), there will be a queso made with Velveeta (which would make a fabulous name for an orange cat) and my brother Paul has decided we need to do a vanilla ice cream tasting so he is bringing all this:
If you’re looking for something else to do, may I politely encourage you to listen to the latest episode of The Secret Life of Cookies podcast? My guest this week was journalist and Emmy-award winning talk show host, Tamron Hall. She is a wonder and our time together was inspiring. I hope you enjoy.
Okay! Go! Melt that cheese! Dip those dips! Eat all the things! Rah!
What are you making? Eating? Bringing? Do you watch the Puppy Bowl instead? Will you only tune in for Rihanna? What do you instead, if you aren’t glued to the TV? And go Eagles, amirite? Please write back so I can read all your answers and not get bored during the game.
You need to find some Tillamook Ice Cream! Many like the Vanila Bean variety the best, my preference is Old-Fashioned, and they also make a French Vanilla. Any of the Tillamook flavors has more butterfat than the government requires of ice cream, and they all have the serious cream-i-ness of ice creams of the 1950s. Really, just go find some!
Tillamook vanilla bean is the best vanilla ice cream!