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End of Summer = College Football

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It is Friday of Labor Day weekend which to me officially is the end of summer.  One last weekend at the beach before we hope the weather turns a bit cooler. However, as sad as I am about summer being over, it also means that college football has started again.  South Carolina kicked off the season last night against the Tarheels, and yesterday, the whole atmosphere in Charleston was all about college football.  Clearly, tailgates are my favorite part of the whole football season- I am starting to enjoy watching the games a lot more, especially since I recognize some of the names of the players.  But really, it is all about the food.  I was looking on-line today for some great tailgate recipes, and I found it very amusing that the breakfast burrito showed up in a lot of lists- as this is for the serious tailgater who is there in time for breakfast.  So, here is my favorite breakfast burrito recipe in honor of those tailgaters who can last all day.

Breakfast Burritos

Ingredients:

12 eggs

2/3 cup milk

1/2 teaspoon salt

2 tablespoons butter

1 pound bulk pork sausage

2 tablespoons minced garlic

1/2 red onion, diced

20 (6 inch) flour tortillas

1 tomato, diced

1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro

1  package taco seasoning

1 1/2 cups shredded Cheddar cheese

1 can diced jalapenos (optional)

Directions:

Whisk together the eggs, milk, and salt in a large bowl. Heat butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Pour in the egg mixture; cook and stir until eggs are completely set, about 5 minutes. Chop the cooked eggs and place in a large bowl. Set aside.
Heat a large skillet over medium heat and stir in the sausage and garlic. Cook and stir for 5 minutes, then add the onion. Continue cooking and stirring until the sausage is crumbly, evenly browned, and no longer pink. Drain and discard any excess grease. Combine the sausage with the eggs, tomato, cilantro, jalapeno, and taco seasoning. Allow mixture to cool to room temperature, then stir in the Cheddar cheese.
Place a tortilla onto your work surface, then spoon some of the filling halfway between the bottom edge and the center of the tortilla. Flatten the filling into rectangle shape with the back of a spoon. Fold the bottom of the tortilla snugly over the filling, then fold in the left and right edges. Roll the burrito up to the top edge, forming a tight cylinder. Repeat with the remaining ingredients.
Tightly wrap individual burritos with plastic wrap and freeze until ready to serve. Heat in the microwave until hot, 3 to 4 minutes, before serving.

 

Pimento Cheese Part 2 (and Happy Start of College Football Season Day!)

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It is a good thing I like cheese so much- well maybe it isn’t, but the fact is I do, and since I have made so many batches of pimento cheese in the last week, I guess it is a good thing.  To start right off, pimento cheese made with pepper jack is awesome.  My first batch was very simple- 2 cups of shredded pepper jack cheese, 6 tablespoons of Dukes mayonnaise, salt and pepper, and a dash of chili pepper.  This one really can’t even be called pimento cheese since I didn’t even use pimentos.  I thought the “pepper” in the pepper jack might be enough, but it wasn’t.  Second batch was pretty much the same except I added 2 tablespoons of pimentos.  This one had more taste, but I wasn’t happy just yet.  So the third batch, thanks to Frances’s suggestion, I added 1 tablespoon of Worcestershire sauce- this was awesome, except it still didn’t have the color I was hoping for, so finally, for the fourth batch, I used 1 cup of shredded cheddar cheese, once cup of pepper jack cheese, 6 tablespoons of mayonnaise, salt and pepper, 2 tablespoons of pimentos, and 1 tablespoon of Worcestershire sauce.  This recipe is the business!  Now, I am sure that you all know that today is the start of the college football season, and in South Carolina or maybe the South in general, this day for a lot of people is maybe better than Christmas.  It is actually shocking that this is not a holiday  The South Carolina Gamecocks are playing the Vanderbilt Commodores this evening, and we are going of course to a party at a friend’s house to celebrate this wonderful day.  Actually I should be more accurate- the boys will be watching the game while I and my wonderful girlfriends will have forgotten the game is on and be chatting and toasting to it almost being Friday.  And I feel this is the perfect place to test my new recipe, although after four batches and a lot of effort, I really think the party should be about my pimento cheese as opposed to football.  I hope everyone has a wonderful and safe Labor Day weekend and Go Gamecocks!