Tailgating Hacks and Recipes for Game Day
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I hope you enjoy Genius Tailgating Recipes and Hacks as we enter football season! The perfect football party or tailgate starts with the right recipes, decorations, and gear!
SEC football is like a religion here in the South. I love to watch the game and I love to socialize at the tailgate. I’m fortunate to tailgate on one of the prettiest campuses in the SEC, The University of Mississippi! We love our Rebels, we love the Grove and we love to tailgate! Sharing friendships, memories, food and, yes, cocktails is what we do best.
Genius Tailgating Recipes and Hacks
If you’re looking for inspiration on what to serve to get the party started while tailgating this football season, check out these delicious recipe ideas!
Here are a few more kitchen hacks that will save you time. And, Baking hacks to amp up boxed cake mix are an excellent resource for game day planning.
I got crafty for table decorations and painted these bottles.
The Grove at Ole Miss
The photos below are from The Grove during various home football games at the University of MS.
Chocolate Coated Banana Bread Cake Balls and Caramel Coconut Cream Bread Pudding make a great tailgating snack. Also, check out Awesome Tailgating Dessert Recipes.
The city of Oxford has two double-decker buses that run from The Grove to the Square (downtown) on game day, transporting people to the popular shopping area.
so how do you keep hot items hot, cold items cold, and bugs and debris off of everything? For me, keeping everything at the correct temp, not drying out, etc is overwhelming. We arrive at UGA at 7am and the tailgate may not end until 10pm. Just wonder how you handle it. Thanks
We usually serve the mains in trays with sterno warmers (like this https://amzn.to/3AuyoeI) under them. We don’t put them out until 11ish and take them up when they’re empty. (Doesn’t take long…2 hours.) We leave the other dips/chips, desserts, etc out the whole time with food covers like this https://amzn.to/3PveSTK . We don’t really tailgate 12 hours. Usually 11ish until after the game for 2 pm game, or 2ish until after for 6pm game.