It's hard to believe that two months ago it was snowing in Southern California and I was out at the Sports Licensing and Tailgate Show. While there professional pool player Ewa Mataya Lawrence, the Striking Viking, showed me a pretty sweet trick shot. If I could ever repeat it I would be amazed.
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She also shot a pool ball off of a guy's teeth into the corner pocket and despite the fact she's a good looking woman and was in a booth for "Freedom Tray", I wasn't about to volunteer for that job. I like my teeth.
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If you're looking for something a little stronger to light your fire, try a Dr. Pepper Shot.
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Dr. Pepper Shot
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This drink is actually outlawed in a lot of bars. Some because of the fire and some for the 151. I have no idea how but it really does taste like slamming glass of Dr. Pepper.
Mug of Draft Beer
1 oz Amaretto Almond Liqueur
1/4 oz Bacardi 151 Rum
Pour the Amaretto into a shot glass. Float the 151 on top of the Amaretto and then light the glass on fire. Carefully drop the shot glass into the beer to extinguish the flame and chug. This is one of the all-time great beer cocktails.
6 Cubano peppers or chili peppers, cleaned, cut into 24 strips and rubbed with olive oil
1 red pepper, cleaned, cut into 12 strips and rubbed with olive oil
1 onion, sliced and rubbed with olive oil
1 cup pitted Greek olives
1 cup shredded Parmesan cheese
On an angle, cut bread into 12 slices.
Melt the Butter Mixture ingredients in a small pan on the burner side of the grill. Remove from heat.
Preheat the barbecue grill to medium and place the peppers and onions on the grill. Cook for two minutes on each side. Remove from heat.
Place the bread on the grill and toast on both sides, remove from the grill.
Build the “Fake Hand Off” Hot Pepper Bread right before serving. Top each slice of toast with butter mixture, two slices of Cubano peppers, one slice of red pepper, a few onions, Greek olives and top with Parmesan cheese. These can be placed back on the grill for one minute or served as is. Enjoy as a first course. Makes four to six portions.
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TAILGATE TIP: If you plan to enjoy this away from home, we recommend that you prep the bread, Butter Mixture and Toppings at home. Transport these prepped items to your event in a cooler with sufficient ice or ice packs. Begin again with Step #3 at your event.
Rinse potatoes and dice in bite-sized pieces. Place in a pot and cover with cold water. Bring to a boil and immediately reduce heat to a rolling simmer. Cook just until potato pieces are cooked crisp. DO NOT OVERCOOK.
Pour potatoes into a colander and spray with cold water to stop cooking. Place in a container and refrigerate until completely cooled. Do not cover container tightly until completely cooled. NOTE: Steps #1 & #2 can be completed up to a day in advance.
In a mixing bowl, combine the Sauce ingredients. Cover tightly and refrigerate. NOTE: Step #3 can be completed up to a day in advance so all the flavors combine.
When ready to enjoy, combine the Salad Fixins in a large mixing bowl. Add the sauce and combine.
Let set for 10 minutes prior to serving so some of the sauce will be absorbed into the potatoes. Makes eight servings.
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TAILGATE TIP: If you plan to enjoy this away from home, we recommend that you prep everything at home. Transport these prepped items to your event in a cooler with sufficient ice or ice packs. Begin again with Step #4 at your event.
This is another SEMA edition of Sweet G's Shot of the Week with Courtney Hansen. You might remember her from Overhaulin and now she has a show on Spike called "Great Builds". That's suits her well because she definitely has a great build. She's kind of a staple at SEMA and I actually met her in a bar at the Las Vegas Hilton. I think she was with her boyfriend so we only exchanged pleasantries but let me tell you, she is smokin hot in person. She seems like the kind of girl you could hang out with but she would definitely blow your doors in a drag race. This girl knows cars.
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As for the shot...I chose the Flaming Lamborghini in honor off the dude that passed us on the way out to Vegas in a bright red Lamboghini Diablo. He was only going about 80, which was curious until we realized he had company and I don't think she was searching for her contacts so in honor of him...the Flaming Lamborghini. This would be a sweet drink to make after a night game but probably not quite as awesome during the day.
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Flaming Lamborghini
1 1/2 oz. Galliano
1 1/2 oz. Sambuca
1 1/2 oz. Blue Curacao
1 1/2 oz. Bailey's Irish Cream
Pour Sambuca and Kahlua into a Martini Glass, layering so that the Sambuca is on top and give the drinker a straw. Pour Baileys and Blue Curacao into two separate shot glasses either side of the Martini glass. Light the Martini glass on fire and start drinking through the straw quickly so the straw doesn't melt. As the bottom of the glass is reached put out the fire by pouring the Baileys and Blue Curacao into the cocktail glass and keep drinking till it's all gone! As you can see from the video there are variations so it might take some work to find a bar that puts on this great of a show with it.
Rinse and dry the apple. Core it, remove the seeds and cut into eight slices.
Brush apple pieces with melted butter. Roll in Sweet Success Seasoning Blend OR your seasoning blend.
To make the pastry basket, shape the biscuit dough evenly over the large wood cooking head of the Womp ‘Em Stick. Roast slowly over an open fire or barbecue grill that was heated to medium-high. When golden brown and firm to the touch remove from heat and let cool for a few minutes. CLEVER TIP: If you don’t own the Womp ‘Em Stick, you can buy frozen puffed pastry shells and cook according to instructions on package.
At the same time you’re cooking the dough basket, place the apples on the grill cook for two minutes on each side or until they are caramelized. When cooked, remove apple pieces from the grill.
To build, fill the biscuit basket a third of the way with whipped cream. Add apple pieces, chocolate sauce and top with almonds. Makes four servings.
Trim the fat and membrane from both sides of the skirt steak. With a sharp knife, slice the skirt steak against the grain into thin slices.
Feed the beef slices onto each skewer. Spread out the beef on the skewer to make as thin as possible. Place all 16 skewers into a large plastic container, making sure they are flat.
In a bowl, combine the Marinade ingredients. Pour marinade over skewers, lifting the skewers to make sure they all are covered with the marinade. Cover container and refrigerate a minimum of three hours (overnight is better).
Preheat the barbecue grill to medium-high heat. Place the skewers on the grill and discard the marinade.
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NOTE: Never re-use marinade that was used for raw meat or fish. Cook skewers on both sides until beef is cooked to your desired doneness. DO NOT OVERCOOK or meat will become tough. Makes 16 appetizer portions.
. TAILGATE TIP: If you plan to enjoy this away from home, we recommend that you prep everything at home through Step #3. Transport these prepped items to your event in a cooler with sufficient ice or ice packs. Begin again with Step #4 at your event.
Despite living in San Diego and seriously considering tailgating the Comic Con every year just to see all of the people wandering around downtown in costume (sadly there's no place to park close enough to be interesting) that particular event really isn't my scene. I do however follow Olivia Munn on Twitter and I've watched a few of her reports from the show. Her costume changes alone make it worth checking out. You should see her Wonder Woman outfit. To see what I'm talking about check out her site at OliviaMunn.com.
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The best thing about Olivia? She's clearly into having a good time and she would be a blast to have at one of our tailgate parties. Check out what she has to say about the Freedom Grill FG-900 and a couple of other great tailgating products in this clip from G4's Attack of the Show.
Sunday Sept 27th before the Chargers beat the Dolphins the Freedom Grill crew joined xx1090 Sports Radio and Skinit for a big tailgate party to show off the new Skinit Tailgate Packs. Ever since the Carnivore appeared in their commercial people have been asking to see it out at their tailgates so we brought it out. Of course Skinit didn't dissapoint either with a squad of Skinit Girls handing out samples and having a good time. Even Dave Lamm of Tailgating Ideas and Joe Cahn himself, the Commissioner of Tailgating stopped by. As luck would have it, tailgating next to us with a brand new Margaritaville Tailgating Grill was the California Police Youth Charities with Celebrity Apprentice and former Playboy Playmate of the Year, Brande Roderick. Everyone had a great time as you can see.
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This is how every Sunday should be. The only thing missing was a rack of ribs and some slow, smoked, pulled pork.
