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Good morning, folks.
A reader of this mailing sent a note last week to tell me about their snacking habits during Jets games. I sometimes think this should be a food and bikes newsletter, instead of sports.
The note described how this particular fan heads straight to the kitchen for a popcorn fix after their stationary bike ride — all while watching the action on the ice, I presume. The author added that they’ve got the movie-house flavour down pat. OK, that caught my attention.
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I’ll let them do the honour of describing the ritual:
“Food grade collapsible silicon Salbree on Amazon. Was a hot air guy for years, but too dry even with melted butter. This one’s easy: fill bottom of container with kernels, top with oil (canola or coconut) and salt, then microwave for approximately three minutes… it comes out movie-theatre moist… bought one for each family member.”
Personally, I have a domed Betty Crocker Movie Night popcorn maker that I like very much, but this Salbree thing looks interesting. My good buddy Dillan would say both are blasphemous — that popcorn should be made in hot oil in a large pot — but I’m not that hardcore. I will say that I’ve sworn off the packaged microwave stuff.
Our Salbree advocate was also curious whether other Jets fans have a go-to snack during games, so I told them I would ask.
It would have been a late-night snack last night — man, these 9 p.m. starts are lame — but in general what are your favourite snacks during games?
And since we’re on the subject of food: some of you joined me in getting a chuckle out of Jon Hamm’s most recent Skip the Dishes commercial where he is advocating Bressert. He uses cheescake — I’m not a fan — in the shtick, but it got me wondering what would be the quintessential Bressert.
Let’s exclude pastries, because who hasn’t had those for breakfast?
Cheescake seems too nighttime to me — I’m gonna go with a bread pudding, with a vanilla topping… and yes, raisins.
One final confession: I spent a lot of time during the Super Bowl looking at my phone instead of the TV. Yes, I was mostly looking at bikes again. But good news, I bought a new one Monday night — remind me to tell you all about it — so, chances are I paid closer attention to the Jets game last night.
Don’t worry, though — if I didn’t, I know Mike McIntyre did and he has a full report here.
As always, folks, you can reach me by replying to this mailing or by sending me an email here.
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