Food for Thought : Football Tailgating

Tailgating ia an American pastime from different walks of life to come together for one common cause : to cheer on their favoriate team . Each team and many families have traditions related to tailgating and most of these traditions involves some type of food or beverage . Here are a few tips to help you safely tailgate this season :

1 . If you can't keep hot food hot during your drive to your tailgate , plan ahead and chill the food before packing it in a cooler . Reheat to 165 degrees before serving . If you are bringing hot take-out food , make sure to eat it within two hours of purchase or within one hour if the temperatureis above 90 degrees .

2 . Make sure you pack several sets of utensils . You should have at least one set for placing food on the grill and at least one set for serving food . Pack extras in case you drop one .

3 . Never serve marinades that have come in contact with raw meats .

4 . Pack clean , wet , disposable cloths or paper towels for cleaning hands and eating surfaces .

Happy tailgating .Words of Wisdom :

"Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition."

"Use your heart. Understand. Learn to see things in the now, not as they were or will be, or as they might or should be, but as they are, right now, in this moment. The heart sees the now; the mind only sees the next. If you can't learn to see the now, you'll never see what's truly there, and then where will you be?"

"I have come to a deeper, more soulful beauty and clarity like an oasis in the desert. From that place of clarity, a vision of what I could have, what I could do, who I could be has emerged ... if I allow my heart to become a place of compassion, acceptance and forgiveness."

"If you’re not stubborn, you’ll give up on experiments too soon. And if you’re not flexible, you’ll pound your head against the wall and you won’t see a different solution to a problem you’re trying to solve."

"Worry is like a rocking chair: it gives you something to do but never gets you anywhere."

"Some of the biggest challenges in relationships come from the fact that most people enter a relationship in order to get something: they’re trying to find someone who’s going to make them feel good. In reality, the only way a relationship will last is if you see your relationship as a place that you go to give, and not a place that you go to take."
A proud grandpoppa                 G.