I continue to be impressed by good people on this planet. I am also impressed on how good food can bring college football foes to the dinner table, tailgate lot and share get them talking. Food for me is an invite, an invite to share my love for this food and my friendship with someone who I may or may not know.
In general, I am a private soul. Nothing delights my soul more than to test recipes all Saturday. Writing about those recipes and taking delight in the loved ones that partake of the food that I provide sustenance for. Good food is something that I live for. Sharing it with the outside world is the next step for me. This blog was the genesis of the start of this journey, and in the last year, my partnership with Danielle Edwards on a Podcast has been a complete joy! Our podcast “Eat & Drink It” has taken this adventure to a whole new level.
A few weeks ago, I went to a Fox13 Fall Preview show up at the University of Utah and My wife introduced me to Big Budah. A little history here – Cindy, my wife has done a few television spots with Fox13 as a part of her role as the Culinary Director at Kitchen Kneads. Now, that is a very fancy title for my wife. In simple terms, she teaches classes and has been featured on several television spots and has worked with Big Budah a local celebrity who does remotes for Good Day Utah the morning news show on the aforementioned television station.
Well, we got started talking about food and football and tailgating came to the front and center of our chat. Little did I know, a couple of weeks later Big Budah would extend an invitation for us to join him on the morning of the Michigan vs. Utah College Football Kick Off.
We were delighted to go up to the University of Utah’s Rice-Eccles Stadium. What we found there was a lot of passionate Utah Staff members who were incredibly gracious to a family of BYU fans who chose to wear their team’s colors, drove a blue truck and had a son that was unabashed in his enthusiasm to stay entertained and engage in rivalry smack talk reminiscent of a Holy Rivals Discussion.
Big Budah is truly professional, he jumped right in and tore into Jalapeño peppers and ate Huli-Huli chicken and chugged down some Tequila Touchdown unleaded of course cocktails. Thank you for the invite kind sir – and we would like to post our recipe round up for the Tailgating remote at Rice-Eccles Stadium:
Tequila Touchdown Cocktail
Ingredients
- 8 oz Patron Silver you can substitute Cactus juice or nectar
- 2 Cups Orange juice
- 6 tablespoons Lemon juice
- 1.5 oz Grenadine
- 3 Cups Lemon-lime soda
Instructions
- In a tall glass on the rocks, add grenadine, orange juice, and lemon juice. Add tequila, and top with lemon-lime soda. Garnish with a twist of lime.
