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10 Minute Tailgate: UVA

By Mike Holmes | November 28
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Hate Week

BEAT UVA!

It's the Saturday after Thanksgiving and everyone has been stuffing themselves to two straight days.  This week the menu is a little lighter.  I made a Commonwealth inspired roasted Chex-Mix that you can snack on all day while you wait for the Hokies to beat the Hoos. For the cocktail, I made a Boulevardier, a Bourbon cocktail that is light and tasty and when garnished is orange and maroon! Enjoy, GO HOKIES and beat those stinking wahoos!

Virginia Roasted Chex Mix

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Ingredients:

3 cups Corn Chex

3 cups Rice Chex

3 cups Wheat Chex

2 cups Virginia Peanuts (Whitleys)

2 cups Goldfish

2 cups Mini Pretzels

1/2 cup Melted butter

1/3 cup Worcestershire sauce

1 tsp Seasoned Salt

1 tsp Granulated Garlic

1 tsp Onion Powder

 

Procedure:

Preheat Oven to 250 

Mix ingredients into large bowl stir to combine

Bake at 250 for One Hour, stirring every 15 minutes

Remove and let cool. Enjoy

 

Boulevardier

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Ingredients:

1.5 oz Bourbon

1oz Campari

1oz Sweet Vermouth

Orange for Garnish 

Procedure:

Combine all ingredients into glass with ice and stir to combine.  Pour over ice in Rocks Glass and express orange peel over drink and leave peel on top of ice

10 Minute Tailgate: UVA

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I am a 5th Generation Hokie. I have Orange and Maroon blood coursing through my veins. I was lucky enough to attend VT from 1999-2003 and graduated with a history degree. I became a history teacher and football coach working my way to spending multiple seasons as Head Coach at schools in North Carolina and Colorado.


I now live in Colorado, with my wife and son and do what I can to follow the Hokies from afar. The outstanding team here at Sons of Saturday was gracious enough to let me talk some football and be able to impart some my knowledge gained from years spent on the sideline.


Aside from following the Hokies in all sports, I am a fan of the Carolina Panthers, Atlanta Braves, and Carolina Hurricanes. I also try to play a lot of golf and enjoy skiing out here in the rockies!

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