Saucy legs, cornbread and grass

 

 

Saucy Snout kicked off its first tailgate event of the season at the Arkansas v. Northern Illinois game this past weekend.  The Convivial Boar gives a shout out to two young snouts, Alex and Christian, who helped bring this feast together.

 

The Hogs rooted up another opponent!  The featured dish for this feast celebrated our renewed running game, and helper Alex matched the sauces with the running backs: Collins —spicy; Williams —tangy; and Marshall —sweet.    And the opening kickoff validated Alex’s selections because it was “s-w-e-e-t!!”

 

Speaking of exciting moments, Saucy Snout was visited by a live pig prompting one fun-loving snout to heckle from behind the Expedition Bar,  “we can put that on the smoker.”  Of course, that comment opened up the whole “should you eat your mascot on game day” debate.  But that’s a post for another time…

 

Thanks to connections (my father-in-law) the Convivial Boar’s party had great seats for the game and a bit of street theatre as well.  A nearby fan began desperately yelling at the concessionaires (who were more than fifty rows from her),  “W-a-t-e-r!  W-a-t-e-r!  W-a-t-e-r!” —as though she had just walked across a scorching desert (and couldn’t muster the few steps to the concession stand).  No response.

Undaunted, she continued her throat-crackling mantra each time a backpack-burdened young man popped out anywhere in the stadium.  Alas, her pleas were denied as the concessionaires, rather inconsiderately, peddled their goods to other fans (the ones they could actually see and hear).

But I’m happy to report that her pleas did not go unrequited.  Another fan, sitting a few rows below her, heard her cries and summoning the same throaty tones of desperation yelled,  “W-h-i-s-k-e-y!  W-h-i-s-k-e-y!             W-h-i-s-k-e-y!”

Nothing like being at the game, my friend…

Below is a reproduction of the email invite for the Saucy Snout tailgate event which includes the plan for our feast.

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Fellow Snouts,

It is time to get saucy again!   That’s right Big-Jan and the Convivial Boar present another edition of Saucy Snout tailgating.   We will begin our festivities around noon and continue right up until we panic that we might miss kickoff —of course, our panic response may be a bit impaired if we congregate around the Expedition Bar in which case…

The dry spell is over! The dry spell is over!

After two years without football, we appear to be playing again! So far our team has been invited to play three times and has shown up each time —it did clock out early in the first game but in its defense (something that would have come in handy during that game), we had just made the trip to hell and back to retrieve our snowball… (we left bread crumbs for Nichols State to follow the next week). And then in week three, our team strolled over the Red Raiders with relative comfort —at least that’s Brandon Allen’s story, somebody get that boy a lawn chair.

Time to get our snout saucy again, bar’s open!

Southern Comfort

While the full Expedition Bar will be in action, our focus this week will be on Southern Comfort.   It just seems to fit the moment…

In the mid-1800’s (just before Petrino’s ill-fated motorcycle ride), a creative mixologist named M. W. Heron (same ilk as Big-Jan) was asked to improve the taste of stale barrels of whiskey that had been left afloat too long (not unlike the request Long made of Bielema).  Heron dressed the whiskey up with fruit and spice (think gray anthracite uniforms).  He named the drink “Cuffs & Buttons” in response to another popular drink of the day “White Ties & Tails” —eerily similar to the name of the new documentary about the first couple of Razorback football, “White Windbreaker & Tail.”

Ahh, the mysteries of life… revealed through Southern Comfort.  Tune in Saturday for more revelations…

First Course: Medley of Smoked Sausage

In moments of success, it is important to remember the moments that went before.  In our case, the grinder.  Enjoy the sausage.  Pairs well with regret —also known as tequila.

Second Course: Saucy Legs, Cornbread and Grass

I don’t know if anyone else noticed, but our running game seems to be improved this year —or maybe that was Wisconsin the announcer wasn’t quite sure.

Either way, it is the inspiration for our main course.  Envision smoked chicken legs adorned with a trio of sauces (in celebration of our three running backs) nestled behind a big slab of smoked cornbread (in honor of our corn-fed boys up front) atop a field of citrus cole slaw.

Now that’s Southern Comfort —right Brandon?

Third Course: Cuffs & Buttons on a Pineapple

The third course is a celebration of the sweet feeling of winning again.  It will feature smoked pineapple brushed with a Southern Comfort glaze.

Enjoy the sweet moments of life, my friend.