Gridiron Life

Well, for those of you who aren't up on things we are back into football season. I, am a Pittsburgh Steeler fan. On this blog, it doesn't matter what football team you are a fan. So don't worry, there will be no bickering over teams. Unfortunately, this past Sunday the Steelers were not victourious, and even more unfortunate, I was not a tailgater. I did however cook up some food for the halftime show. It was dinner time. Nothing says football like some good food and great beer. This Sunday was no exception. I did decide to forgo burgers and dogs this weekend in favor of some great fried food. And for someone who loves beer, and doesn't mind to cook, there's always...........cooking with beer. And no, I don't mean cooking with beer in just me, but actually cooking with beer.

First off, there was the deep fried turkey. Basically, this is just a deep fried turkey that I injected with a marinade of 1 cup Franks Red Hot with 12 ounces of High Life. This is good for a nice moist bird. Please be careful if you try this. Make sure the turkey is fully thawed and that you read the directions of your deep fryer. Don't put too much oil in it like I did. Don't worry, I'm fine.

The side dishes consisted of various things that my buddy and I decided beer batter and fry. I got a great recipe from this website: http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Beer-Batter/Detail.aspx . Of course I used High Life as the beer of choice for the recipe. A couple nice big vidalia onions were dipped and fried. Oreos and ice cream were dipped and fried for dessert, along with some deep fried banana pieces to keep things healthy.

Lastly, everything was washed down with multiple servings of that golden refreshment know as High Life. That's what we were living anyways. Cooking out in the driveways with my buddies listening to the pregame, just enjoying life.

****other beers can be used, but I wouldn't advise it. High Life delivers a nice golden brown batter that taste sweet and delicious.****