What better reason to celebrate the last football game of the year with lots of food! I lucked out – my store had jumbo shrimp for $9 for a 2 pound bag!
So it was only appropriate to make the best shrimp cocktail ever! What?? You still haven’t made it yet?? It’s no fail, that’s why I love it so much!
One tradition we’ve had for the last several years is steak tartare. Gross! But the boys love it! First thing you need to know about eating raw meat is that you have to get it at a butcher shop – ask for ground sirloin. We got a pound and a half of meat and it cost just under $9. Now some people might be grossed out my adding raw egg yolk, but in the years I’ve made it, no one has ever gotten sick!
Biz’s Steak Tartare
- 1.5 pounds good quality ground sirloin
- 2 egg yolks
- 1/2 tsp. Worcestershire sauce
- generous pinches of salt and pepper
- 1 tsp. anchovy paste
Mix well. Serve with good rye bread.
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The boys loved it! I still think its gross though 😀 And what’s a party without dip? Guacamole and homemade queso!
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I stumbled across this blog a while back and somehow completely forgot about it! The Homesick Texan. I used some of her ideas and came up with my version – thank you for inspiring this recipe!
Biz’s Queso adapted from The Homesick Texan
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1/2 red pepper
- 1/2 seeded Serrano pepper
- 1/4 of a large jalapeno
- 2 tablespoons flour
- 2 cups skim milk
- 6 cups mixture of jack cheese/Wisconsin American cheese and sharp cheddar
- 1 teaspoon chili powder (thanks for this idea Tony!)
- 1 tablespoon taco seasoning
- pinch of salt
Melt butter and saute peppers for about 5 minutes. Add flour, stir for a couple minutes. Add milk – at this point is when I used my stick blender to puree the peppers. Add cheese and stir until melted. Add chili powder, taco seasoning and salt.
My step-son loves queso. I know he doesn’t like chunks of veggies, so I knew I would puree them. While The Homesick Texan only had 1 cup of milk, I needed to add another cup so that I could use my stick blender – so my version is a bit thinner, but delicious!
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And the deep fryer made an appearance! Frozen taquitos and home made bacon cheese fries.
I am definitely in a food coma this morning! Not even going to think about getting on the scale this week – I definitely need to get back on track – too many licks and tastes are not getting photographed!
Happy Monday! 😀
The pic w/ the yolk looks awesome! Good job! I think the homemade queso is my fav of this post!
oh my god, why didnt i celebrate the super bowl with you?!?! hahaha everything looks so awesome!
hey, its only once a year the superbowl comes.. time to celebrate!!!
Awesome superbowl eats, quite a feast!
Yummy yummy cheese dip!
It all looks great….that cheese dip is speaking to me I do believe.
I’m totally going to make that queso dip!
It looks awesome! I bet you could add a can of Rotel tomatoes too!
girlfriend, next superbowl night i’m coming to your house!
the guacamole looks great!
I think I am going to your house for the next superbowl…lol
bacon cheese fries? Oh yum!!!!
I think steak tartare is gross too. I just can’t stomach the idea of uncooked beef! But I have heard rave reviews from people who are fans.
All looks terrific… A great night for foodies… and Saints fans!
Mmmmmmm, your SB foods look amazing. Well, I don’t know about the tartare lol– yek! Gorgeous shrimp though. 🙂
Jenn
Is it weird that the food that I excited me the most on this post was the shrimp? Hehe. Yuuuummmmmmmyy.
That was enough food for an army! All looked great, though..
Geesh, I missed the party!
this all looks fantastic! we’re still snowed in here (work cancelled today!) so I made homemade pizza for the super bowl last night.
food coma is right! Love it!
Oh wow – i’m in a food coma from just reading the post! That dip looks great and the tanquitos – wow! And what a great price on the shrimp!
Thanks so much for visiting my blog. Good luck on the giveaway!
I am sooo drooling over the bacon cheese fries. Holy wow!!