Super Bowl Sunday Buffalo Slider

Just in time for one more super Sunday supper - the Buffalo slider.

This is a delicious and easy last minute game day small bite for the entire family, afternoon or evening.

I once watched the Superbowl from the famous Anchor Bar in Buffalo. I devoured their hot wings by the dozen., Buffalo chicken wings were invented at the Anchor. Cold mugs of draft beer and my team winning is a delicious memory. Since I could never duplicate those original wings, I adapted the same blue cheese and spicy taste to a slider.

Super Sunday Sliders

Ingredients:

12 dinner rolls sliced in half

6 chicken tenders, fried or baked, then cut in half

1/4 - 1/3 Buffalo wing sauce

1 cup blue cheese dressing for salad. We prefer chunky.

2 teaspoons blackening seasoning, or more if you like em hot and spicy

Method:

Preheat oven to 400F.

Cut each chicken tender in half.

Bake or fry for about 10 -14 minutes or until cooked and crunchy.

Toss with wing sauce.

Add blackened seasoning to blue cheese dressing.

Place chicken in bun, top with blue cheese dressing.

Serve.

Now try to eat only one.

Pairs best with your favorite cold beer.

Makes a dozen, which serves about 4 - 6 fans, depending on what else you enjoy. A super Sunday soup, such as beer and cheddar, and a crisp green salad are good pairings.

Brenda C. Hill
International Food Wine & Travel Writers Association
Books By Hills Success Log Where & What in the World Blog
Finalist in the Writing and Publishing category of the 2009 Next Generation Indie Book Awards, "$uccess, Your Path to a Successful Book"

The Colony's Bongo Bar Delicious Sandbar Smash

Tastes of the Caribbean from Longboat Key.


The Hill Team recently returned from an idyllic journey to several Caribbean Islands with the International Food and Wine Travel Writers Association.

Busy as were were learning, tasting and sipping (someone has to do this), we made time to sample some new and innovative island rum concoctions. You will read the recipes on our blogs and in our columns.

One of the benefits of travel is coming home again. Thirsty for more rum creations, I wandered down the beach to the sand-fringed Bongo Bar at The Colony in Longboat Key, Florida. Known for their tennis fame, award-winning food and wine, we love the casual beach bars that invite guests, locals and celebrities to come in bathing suits and bare feet.

Mixologist April made me this delicious smash at the Bongo Bar for a sunset happy hour. The colors of the cocktail matched the sunset. The taste of the the Sandbar Smash was pure Caribbean.

Bongo Bar Sandbar Smash

1/2 oz banana rum

1 oz Meyer's dark rum

1 oz cranberry juice

1 oz orange juice

1 oz pineapple juice

Method:

Shake and serve over ice in a tall glass.

Garnish with a fresh pineapple spear and perhaps another splash of Meyer's dark rum.

Maralyn and Norm have enjoyed a similar rum creation at my home. I call the drink san souci - without care. The only difference is that I use coconut rum in place of the banana - just as tasty. It all depends on your mood and what is at hand. The delicious little sugar bananas that we devoured in the Caribbean and the Bahamas, made me long for banana rum.

The Colony 1620 Gulf of Mexico Drive Longboat Key, FL 941.383.5558

Brenda C. Hill
International Food Wine & Travel Writers Association
Books By Hills Success Log Where & What in the World Blog
Finalist in the Writing and Publishing category of the 2009 Next Generation Indie Book Awards, "$uccess, Your Path to a Successful Book"