Now that the Christmas and New Year festivities have come and gone, it’s time for the most famous super-holiday in all of the United States, the Super Bowl. That’s right, Super Bowl 46 is upon us once again with the New York Giants and New England Patriots. That’s a bit of history, 2 teams meeting in the Super Bowl in 5 years, especially in the salary cap era, and I love writing about history, but this article isn’t going to be another stat-filled Super Bowl lovefest.

No, dear reader, you deserve more than that from me. Of course, everyone cares whether or not Eli Manning leads the Giants to another win over Tom Brady’s Patriots, and everyone cares who the game’s MVP will be, etc., but why discuss all of that when it will be written about him? until death and when there are much more serious things to write about?

There are, after all, so many wonderful things about the Super Bowl, so many things that are so American. From the sheer effort and spectacle of the game itself, to the grandeur and pageantry of the presentation and celebrities in attendance, to the excellent sportsmanship displayed in the greatest game itself. Let’s not forget about those wonderful commercials that appear during the Super Bowl too. It is the biggest publicity event of the year.

However, why discuss the history of the sport and the records of Vince Lombardi and Joe Montana or even consider Geico’s amazing and hilarious new ad when we can look at the greatest gift the Super Bowl makes to American society?

There are those delicious parties. Who doesn’t love going to a Super Bowl party? They have become a part of Americana, a huge celebration that even people who hate sports find worth attending. Why is that? Of course, because of the wonderful food one partakes of. I’d like to mention some of the fabulous Super Bowl party staples, so here you go:

The buffalo wing: Chicken wings, particularly spicy Buffalo-style chicken wings, weren’t invented by a member of the Buffalo Bills, but they get their name from the city that sent the Bills to 4 Super Bowls in the mid-1980s. Teresa Bellissimo, owner of the Anchor Inn in Buffalo, made the first chicken wings as a late night snack for her children, serving them with celery and blue cheese, and voila, we have a classic instant snack, without which no Super Bowl would be complete. .

Nachos: What SPORTS EVENT would be complete without nachos? However, nachos are a Mexican dish that originated at the Victory Club, an American-owned restaurant on the Texas border in Coahuila, Mexico, in the 1940s, when some American soldiers entered the Club at the end of the day. The kitchen was destroyed and the owner made do with what he had, tortilla chips and cheese. He sliced ​​and fried the tortillas and melted cheese and there we have it, an instant Tex-Mex classic that now takes many wonderful forms, from nachos and salsa to shrimp nachos.

Chips and salsa: While French fries date back to the 1860s, when they were first served in Sarasota Springs, New York (New York is the well-known party snack capital of the world), the dip phenomenon is much more recent. Most people credit the first real chip dip, of all things, to the Campbell Soup company, which developed a quick dip recipe using sour cream and French onion soup mix. Today there are literally hundreds of types of salsa, and no party would be complete without chips and salsa, but just 50 or 60 years ago, it would have been hard to find chips and salsa at any party!

There you have it, the story of the top three staples of almost every Super Bowl party. I hope you enjoy these delicious treats while you watch the game. I know I will, and now we both know the story behind where these treats come from!