Game Day Snacks

You never had a game day until you’ve had it with me. I like to add all my favorite snacks to the menu. I have been able to travel and live in many different places so I take with me a culture from the places I’ve lived. I grew up in New Orleans, LA, one of the best places to visit. New Orleans is full of traditions and culture. We have some of the best food in the World. One of my Favorite foods is Shrimp Poboy. A Poboy is a large sandwich that was first made to feed families who were on strike from the New Orleans Street Cars not running. Many families lost money from not working, so the Martin Brothers from the French Market Restaurant in 1929 decided to feed the unemployed workers on Strick because they too were out of work. The Poboy was made to be a long and big sandwich so that when divided into pieces everyone would still get a big portion to eat. My Favorite is the Shrimp Poboy which consists of French Bread, Fried Shrimp, Lettuce, tomatoes, pickles, seasoning and mustard for me. You can add hot sauce or whatever you want after that. I like my poboy Packed with Overflowing Fried Shrimp. A Shrimp poboy sandwich is so big you have to hold it with two hands. Once you bite into it, it feels like heaven. One of the best Sandwiches you will ever taste in your life. The next thing on the menu would be Southern Style Nachos. I used to live in Houston Texas and that is where I learned to make Southern Style Nachos. This style of Nachos is made with Velveeta Cheese or any type of melted cheese that will be creamy and melty. I like to add either Turkey Ground meat cause I don’t eat much beef or Beyond meat for Vegan Lovers and Rotel Tomatoes. No meal like this is complete without Onions, Green Peppers, Garlic and Tony Chachere Seasoning. I use Tony Chachere seasoning on all my food. It is one of the best seasonings in New Orleans with a Cajun Seasoning taste. You know I have to add My New Orleans Traditions to the taste. My Nachos I like to add Tortilla Chips to it or some people like to eat it with Doritos. What Chips you eat it with is all up to you. Southern nachos is one of the best nachos I’ve ever had. It’s like Queso and chips in a Mexican Restaurant but better Bec of the meat. You will love it.

I was living in Denver Colorado when a friend of mine told me about adding Chocolate to my popcorn. Now at first I thought it might taste bad but I’m a chocolate lover so I had to give it a try. Before I tried the sprinkled chocolate on my popcorn; I used to eat my popcorn with Nestle Bunch a Crunch Milk Chocolate Candy Bites. I would just pop the bites in my mouth followed by some popcorn. It was so good to me. A great combination. One day I went to Big Lots Store and I found a bag of Popcorn with Chocolate strips and decided to try it. I ate the entire bag. I couldn’t stop eating it. It taste just like my Nestle Chocolate and popcorn combination. It was so good. If you love chocolate and popcorn then do yourself a favor and try it. The whole family will love it. You can buy your own Chocolate and melt it and sprinkle it all over a bowl of popcorn. This way you control how much chocolate you put on your popcorn. Try it. You will love it. The last snack I want to tell you about is Jamaican Island Fruit Punch. I used to go to this Jamaican Restaurant in Denver and it was a family owned business and the owner used to make this fruit punch and it was the best fruit punch I ever had. When I tasted that fruit punch I could tell it was home made. I could taste the pineapple, guava, strawberry and whatever else she added to give it that wonderful flavor. She didn’t have the fruit punch on the menu so once I found out about it, I ordered it every time. I couldn’t stop drinking it. I know many people when they go to parties they always drink the fruit punch but this fruit punch is special. It doesn’t taste like the normal traditional fruit punch that had the fruit cocktail in it. There was no fruit in this fruit punch and it had so much flavor in it. It was a flavor that you always want to stay in your mouth. I was obsessed with this fruit punch more then the Jamaican food. Sometimes I would go to the restaurant just to order the fruit punch. It was heaven to me. Made me want to go live in Jamaica just to keep drinking it. There are some things in life that you just want to hold on to and flavors and food you never want to forget. I want everyone to experience all the great food that I was blessed to try so I learned how to make these awesome dishes myself. It is good to travel. I’ve traveled and experienced wonderful food dishes along the way. Don’t just stay in your city Bec you will never know what’s out in the world and the wonderful things and traditions that you can be apart of. I’m thankful fir all my adventures so that I can make my Super Bowl parties fun and interesting. What are some of the traditional dishes that you’ve tried? If I hadn’t lived in many places I would not have eaten such great food. No matter where you go always take a piece of the traditions with you. Your experiences in life can shape your own traditions and how your culture can be. I like to learn about different cultures Bec there is a culture of different people and experiences that I didn’t grow up with. I challenge you to travel so that when you have a Super Bowl party you can make your traditional party a non traditional one. Step outside of your comfort zone. You will be glad you did and your family and friends will too. Thanks for reading my story and I hope you decide to incorporate these dishes into your Super Bowl party too.