You are here: Home / tailgate No. Wait. I found some photos. No blog posts, though. But then again, it was 2014 so that explains a lot. Given the evidence, perhaps we can figure this out. Here’s what we know. The top picture was taken at 6:10pm on October 29. It has the look of a shopping trip for condiments for
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We have jumped ahead in our tale of the 2013 shrimp boil tailgate. There are many good photos of the tailgate itself and of preparations taking place in the wee hours. But we must make our way to 2014, and then 2015, because the real fun starts in 2016. This is the last post on
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This would be a good time to explain what was happening, and what will happen. The College of Arts & Sciences (A&S) hosts several home game tailgates. When we got here, Good and Organized Dean and his wife, together with Good and Very Organized Ass’t Dean and his wife, ran the show. Throughout the season,
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I am abbreviating this one. There were a lot of photographs of people meant for friends and family who read the blog. Game Day! We Did It!! Published on September 8, 2012 by Marica Company arrived shortly after 8am and the male folk set off for the game. Meanwhile… We beat Auburn! Go Dawgs. Added 9/4/2020 Mike &
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This part comes the day after the day we smoked all of the meat. How to Cook… : Part 4? No Rest for the Weary Published on September 7, 2012 by Marica Updated as I’m able. Scroll down for parts 1-3.~~I am so mother… tired of this. I hope I hear someone complain about the seasonings. So I
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I see I have made mistake. I shall correct it. Looks as if I missed several parts of the 2012 tailgate. I certainly did not intend to rob you of the full experience. So I’ll fill you in. This post should be inserted between this one and the smoking post. How to Cook For /
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Geeze. I’m tired just reading this. And it’s only 2012. How to Cook For / Feed 150 People: Part Three, Smokin’ Published on September 6, 2012 by Marica Updated throughout the day with newest on top. The take away message is that Mr. Big Food is very organized! ~~FINAL UPDATE. Done. Did I mention that we have company coming?
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This was our second tailgate. It was sponsored by Mr. Big Food’s department. If I recall, his colleagues brought side dishes. This is actually parts 1 & 2. Part 3 coming up. (Also, I was younger then.) How to Cook For / Feed 150 People: Part 1 Published on September 5, 2012 by Marica Mr. Big Food &
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I have posted this before from time to time. Here it is again! 260 pieces of chicken! Published on September 23, 2011 by Marica | Edit This is big BIG food! Let me walk you through the photo. The guy in the white shirt is Mr. Big Food, and the very proud owner of all three grills. Two of the
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As I begin going through the tailgating posts, I’ll serve this up to get started. Unfortunately, and unbelievably, I cannot find the recipe. [Insert short walk to the Bunkhouse where Mr. Big Food is working. Questions. Indignity. “I would never cook anything but my own recipe for a chili cook off! John’s chili.” With chorizo?”
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For five years, Mr. Big Food and I, along with some of his colleagues, cooked for one A&S Tailgate each year. From 2016-2018 the two of us were in charge of the whole sheebang– cooking, setting up and taking down. I was also in charge of the A&S Tailgate trailer (more on this to come).
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We’ll track the progress on this little project and check in from time to time. We did the tailgates (for about 120 people) for three years. Shown below is the A&S tailgate trailer which we had just taken custody of. Stay tuned. In the Vast Space of ‘How you Make Sense of the World’ Published
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This post, from just one year ago, is the essence of Blast from the Past. Laid out on the bar in the Bunkhouse are all of the nonperishable things we needed to do the Cold Salad Tailgate for the Kentucky game. (Menu at bottom. It was great!) In a couple of weeks, Mr. Big Food
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Eight-five (85) flavors of popcorn. Sweets, too! There’re new signs on Main Street: “10 minute curbside pickup.” And a cop on his scooter thing tagging rear tires with some magic fairy dust to apprehend offeners. Also new in Starkvegas– increased sales tax. I don’t like the idea but am sympathetic– sort of. I don’t know
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That was back in the days when we did one (1) tailgate a year. For those, all we did was one main dish. It was a lot easier to get onto campus on Game Days back then and folks brought sides. That was then and this is now. Mr. Big Food has a nice relationship
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Long time readers may be wondering why I haven’t been talking about the Mississippi State A&S tailgates yet. New readers may be wondering what I’m taking about. For the past three years, Mr. Big Food and I have not only cooked for the 120 or more who attend the Arts & Sciences tailgate, we were
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I know everyone’s excited about Kavanaugh– as well we should be. Let’s Celebrate! Celebrate! Dance to the Music! But here in the Real World the Story is that State Won!!!!! We Beat Auburn! This is what matters. This is what we want to matter. We “normals” want the outcomes of football games to be what
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A sheet of menu cards I’d like to draw your attention to a few things. First, appreciate how accommodating Mr. Big Food is with respect to menu planning. Something for everyone. ABCVegVGF. We had to make a separate stop in our Tuesday is tailgate shopping day to get GF bread. [No sides are listed b/c
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and we have! Well, Mr Big Food, The Dean, and I have. The others are new to the game. But it went extremely well. Fast efficient setup. No major problems. Well, Mara thought her boyfriend had died in a car accident but he showed up alive at the tailgate. Far more people turned out than
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Food is in the coolers. Truck is packed. Now we’re just sitting around waiting until it’s time to leave. Nothing like experience to hone one’s tailgating skills. Shirts courtesy of Dyed & Co. Link coming. UPDATE: And here is the link to Dyed & Co.
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