Super Bowl Party 2013

Our Super Bowl party was super fun this year.  

We made the party a New Orleans theme since the game was being played in the Super Dome in New Orleans.

And since we were recently just there in January, we stocked up on Southern cuisine items to bring home such as the Hurricane and Cyclone drinks which are very popular in New Orleans.

They were a big hit and went down very easy.

Everyone brought incredible Southern food like mustard greens and polenta, shrimp and beans/rice, okra, black-eyed peas, gumbo,

which was gumbo from a mix we brought back from New Orleans.

Our main entree was baked ham which we always prepare for our Super Bowl party

but instead of our usual au gratin potatoes that go with ham, this year we had cheese grits

which are excellent with ham. We had the usual football food, too, to keep with a football theme.

I had to throw a few vegetables into the mix

but after everyone added their dishes, we had a lovely selection of appetizers to munch on

until half-time when we put out the serious food with a few Mardi Gras beads to go with it.

          Dessert was my traditional Super Bowl cookies that are always so fun to decorate

but I also had to add a Southern pecan pie, too.

The Super Bowl party would not be complete without the betting board.

Each column is $1 and people can buy as many columns as they want.  It does take awhile to fill out and think about your answers.  It fills up fast.  It's hard to stop socializing and go take the time to fill in your answers.  

Every time anything happens during the game, everyone runs out to look at the board

and maybe grab a cookie while you're at it.

At the end of the game, it takes awhile to add up all the points to see who comes in 1st place, 2nd place and last place and then the money is divided.

The Super Bowl party is always a really fun time and everyone is full of good food and drink and tired out.