Seahawks (1-4) vs. Cooking (Shrimp with Spanish Rice)
This fall we are combining our love of the football and our dream of learning to cook by preparing a meal from the city of the Seahawks opponent.
Fans of fun facts will appreciate this: there is no such city as Tampa Bay.
The region’s sports franchises are named for the body of water that dry humps the cities of Tampa and St. Petersburg. Besides for these teams the area really doesn’t spend a lot of time in the national consciousness.
Tampa/St. Petersburg is the urban center of the Florida gulf coast, the side of the state you’ll want to pick if you’re ever challenged to a ‘swim until you reach land’ contest.
The Bay is home to several shrimp nurseries, as well as those looking to catch the crustaceans as they move from shallow coastal waters into the Gulf of Mexico to spawn. The Bay would also be a
The next paragraph, from an article about shrimping and conservation in Tampa Bay, is guaranteed to give you your first shrimp related nightmare:
“Pink shrimp are nocturnal. They lay low during the daytime, then hunt for food at night. That is where the headlight comes in. You won't see them moving through the grass, but when they turn to see what large creature is plodding through the grass beds, their eyes glow orange under electric light.”
Holly crap! We think of shrimp as these harmless little fish, when all the while they are giant monsters coming through the night to eat your baby.
This is why, much like the people of the Tampa Bay region, it’s important that we contribute to their death.
As we’ve mentioned before we don’t like seafood, so this meal will be a labor of love for your baby.
Our decision to make an accompanying dish of Spanish rice comes from its popularity in the region due to the large Hispanic population. In fact one could argue that they were there first, but that’s the kind of attitude that forces people to work on Columbus Day.
Spanish rice has a base off rice (dur), onions, peppers, and after that you can add whatever you feel will be true to the recipe. Since there is nothing we love more than cilantro, you can take the 10 ½ points and bet it’s going to be all over our dish. Also because it’s for Florida we’ll probably squeeze in some orange.
We'll report back on Tuesday, and if you think you're so fucking great why not try and make the stuff as well. Then we can all compare notes as our fathers stare at us disapprovingly.
