Life's Little Observations

Friday, January 02, 2004

Football Food?
It’s around New Year’s time and what comes to your mind? Well to my mind comes FOOTBALL. We have the Orange Bowl, Rose Bowl, and the Alamo Bowl. Then there is the Fiesta Bowl, Gator Bowl, Sonic Bowl, and Sugar Bowl. Strap yourself in for the Tangerine Bowl, Houston Bowl, Hula Bowl, Motor City Bowl, Music City Bowl, Sun Bowl, Liberty Bowl, Peach Bowl, Cotton Bowl, Silicon Valley Football Classic, Independence Bowl and finally the Super Bowl.

Without going into the calculations, which I don’t understand anyway, it takes about 1,050 cows to supply the National Football League (NFL) with footballs for one year. Each home team must supply an average of 30 footballs for each game.

Just think about what the NFL does for the nation’s economy! Something has to be done with the cows after they donate their skins and become Sunday’s All-Stars. These cows provide tons of Short Ribs, T-bones, Corned Beef, Briskets, Rump Roasts, Round Steaks, and Rib Eyes. They also provide the main ingredient in steak subs that you have delivered to your door during half time.

Then you have to have something to drink, not to mention the side orders of cole slaw and potato salad that your local grocer provides.

By now you’ve probably considered the different types of meat dishes and side dishes that can be made because of the sacrifices made by the 1,000+ cows. So for me, and maybe you too, the NFL means New Food List.