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One of the great recreational activities is an exciting and fun-filled tailgating party. It’s more than just drinks at the back of an SUV or a truck; tailgating parties are a big hit at any sports event. This is where everyone gets together to celebrate the game, or maybe just for a get together where all of you can have fun, share stories and laughter.

But aside from that, no party is complete without food and drinks. Food is a very important part of tailgating. Make sure your food is in the Safe Zone. If you do not, end run will mean something completely different!

The most important thing to stress about tailgating is keeping the food at safe temperatures. That is below 40 degrees or above 140 degrees. This means ice and a food thermometer are two of your most important aspects of tailgating equipment.

Did you know that between the temperatures 40 degrees and 140 degrees, bacteria grow at the fastest rate? Therefore, the great thing to do is to make sure that you keep cooked meat to their proper temperature and you have kept cold foods under 40 degrees.

High protein foods, such as meat, eggs and milk products must be stored less than 40 degrees. Melons should be washed on the outside, cut up at home, and then stored under 40 degrees until serving. And, the food should never sit out more than two hours if you are taking “takeout” or fully cooked food to an outdoor event. In addition, make sure to keep insects especially flies to stay away from your foods.

Try to estimate how much food you’ll eat at the event. Taking home leftovers is not encouraged by experienced tailgaters. In the end, be prepared and plan.

You might want to consider some of these suggested recipes. They are just simply great and delicious, a perennial favourite of many experienced tailgaters.

For your main dish, grilled shrimp is easy to prepare.

Peel shrimp leaving tail section intact. Pour one small bottle of Italian dressing in an 8 1/2 x 11-inch pan. Place shrimp in pan. Sprinkle a splash of teriyaki sauce on each shrimp. Lightly sprinkle garlic salt across the entire pan. For extra zest, splash lemon on shrimp.

Chill in refrigerator for two – three hours to marinade, then grill for 10 minutes. Turn occasionally for browning effect. Do not overcook, as shrimp will get tough.

For you beverages, you could prepare summer time punch.

Mix 2 cups of water, ¼ cup powdered iced tea mix, 3 cups orange juice, 1 cup unsweetened pineapple juice, ¼-cup grenadine, 1 ginger ale and the raspberry sherbet and add a champagne or white wine for extra taste. This will be great drink for your party.

Finally, for your desert, try the apple peach pie. This is just easy: combine a cup of sugar, ¼ tsp of salt and 2 tbsp of flour. Then add 1 tsp of lemon juice, 1 tsp. cinnamon and the sliced apples. Add the top crust add seal around edges. Cut slits in top. Bake it at 425 degrees for 40 minutes and let it cool for 15 minutes.

Before the time has come for the party to start and your friends to arrive, you are already done preparing the foods and drinks. All you have to do is sit back relax and enjoy.

Nicola Kennedy has been organizing tailgate parties and picnics for nearly 12 years. Her site TailgaterEssentials.info offers news, tips and great ideas about TailgaterEssentials.info tailgating parties.

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Many families have favorite family holiday recipes that bring warm memories of a loved one. Quite often, many family recipes can be linked back to generations long gone. Loving family members carry on family recipe traditions that started years before by cooking recipes that were handed down through the generations.

Some recipes are simply expected to be found on the holiday table, while many are prepared and given as Christmas gifts to friends and family. There are specific family recipes as well that are always prepared for certain times like Christmas breakfast or a family Christmas dinner. Last Christmas, I prepared my family a delicious Christmas Crock Pot Breakfast. Imagine the aroma filling house when the kids awoke Christmas morning after the crock pot had been working all night long! And breakfast was a breeze.

Christmas Crock Pot Breakfast Recipe

1 bag (32 oz.) frozen hash brown potatoes
1 lb bacon, cut into pieces, fried and drained
1/2 c diced onions
1 green pepper, diced
3/4 lb cheddar cheese diced
1 dozen eggs
1 c milk
1/2 tsp dry mustard
salt & pepper

Layer the hash browns, bacon, onions, green pepper and cheese in a slow cooker, layered. Add the cheese. Beat eggs, milk and mustard, salt & pepper together; pour over mixture and cook on Low for 10 hours. Serves 8.

And to continue the recipe tradition throughout Christmas Day, here, I have a special Cornbread Dressing recipe that is sure to become a holiday favorite and may be handed-down throughout your own family. Give it a try!

Old Fashioned Cornbread Dressing Recipe

10 cornbread muffins, crumbled
6 slices wheat bread, crumbled
5 c chicken broth
1 med onion, chopped
3 stalks celery, chopped
3 tbsp margarine or butter
½ lb mild pork sausage
2 eggs, beaten
Salt & pepper

Soak cornbread and wheat bread in chicken broth in a large bowl until the liquid is absorbed. Sauté’ onion and celery in butter until tender and then add sausage and then cook until browned; drain. Add sausage mixture to bread and then add eggs, salt and pepper, mixing well. Spoon dressing into a greased 13×9 inch baking dish and bake for 1 hour at 350 F or until lightly browned. Serves 8.

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Among a wide variety of candies, perhaps one of the most popular is chocolate. This is because when it comes to these sweet delights, the possibilities seem endless as to how they can be enjoyed. Chocolate comes in different flavors and shapes, and they can be mixed with a wide variety of ingredients such as nuts and fruits. Chocolate is also used to coat other delectable desserts such as ice cream and cakes. Given this, it can be expected that chocolate would become more popular among children and adults in the generations to come.

Getting chocolate

Due to its popularity, it can be expected that there would be countless chocolate brands available in the market. Indeed, there are quite a number of them already. A simple visit to a candy store or to the supermarket will present a person with endless choices, from the most common types of chocolate bars to some of the more exotic varieties. However, in recent times, chocolate is now also widely available on the Internet as individuals and candy companies use web sites to sell their products.

Making chocolate candy

Apart from being widely popular, chocolate candy are also easy to make, as different kinds of chocolate are widely available in the market and the accessories needed to make them are also readily available in the market. This has made it possible for people to enjoy chocolate candy that they have made themselves. It has also allowed people to give personalized gifts in the form of the chocolate candies that they have made. Apart from this, knowing how to make chocolate candies can also serve as a good business opportunity, especially on the Internet, as individuals who may want to sell the candy that they make could simply build a web site and receive orders.

The ways of enjoying chocolate have come a long way from the way ancient people brewed cocoa seeds as a beverage. Nowadays, there are countless ways by which chocolate can be prepared and enjoyed as seen in the numerous flavors and shapes of chocolate that are available in the market. However, chocolates do not only provide delectable desserts, this is because they could also provide a good business opportunity for people who may want to share their chocolate recipes with the world.

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Toasting is the strongest and most formal in Germany, Scandinavia and Eastern European countries.

In France, Italy and Spain the toast is even given German names. In Spain and Italy, to toast is called brindar and came from the German phrase “Ich bring dir” which means “I bring it to you”.

In France you will hear them say “trinquer” which comes from the German word “trinken” and means “to drink”.

And just incase you are wondering where the english phrase “toast” comes from, it comes from the practice of floating a piece of burnt toast on top of the wine of the loving cup. The reason for this was that the toast took away some of the acidity of the wine. Back years ago wine wasn’t as good as it is today, so this floating piece of burnt toast worked well to tone down the sharpness of the wine. It was an ancient custom that was popular during the roman and Greek times dating as far back as the 6th Century B.C. After the bowl was passed around and shared by all the people, the host would be the last one to drink what was left and this included eating the wine saturated piece of toast. This was always done in honor of the guests.

There are lots of ways that toasts were done in ancient history, but the main point was that it was an offering from man to his Deity (God). Throughout history, man has always expressed his highest honors to the Deity in the form of a drink and the offering of toasts.

How the Toast Started

Many years ago, in Greece, the people would perform what was called a libation. A libation (an alcoholic drink which is offered as a religious ritual) was considered a prayer and a sharing of wine with the gods. They would stand up and while holding a cup full of wine in one hand, look up into the sky, and pray with both arms and cup raised, then drink the wine. Of course, they realized the gods didn’t really share the wine, but they knew their gift was accepted and a connection with the gods were made…

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