This time of year is normally when I’m ready for summer to just STOP IT, ALREADY, but I have to say that right now I am feeling unusually patient with August. We have had a whole bunch of rain in the last month, so everything is still so green and pretty – nothing has that dried up, peaked look that typically shows up around the end of July. This weekend we even had a little bit of a break in the heat, and Saturday was downright pleasant. I could even be so bold as to say that I felt the slightest hint of fall in the air, but I think we all know that saying anything along those lines in mid-August means that I’d be inviting in six weeks of 95-plus degree temperatures with nary a breeze on the horizon.
So let’s just say that the cooler weather was enjoyable and refreshing. And we’ll leave it at that.
Fall seems to be on my mind a lot lately – I’ve been trying to get our calendar squared away and whathaveyou – and I am just as tickled as I can be that football season is right around the corner. I haven’t hit the point of obsession yet, but it does make me a smidge giddy to think about Saturday mornings with ESPN Gameday and a big ole pot of coffee and the SEC Game of the Week kicking off at 11:30. Other people seem to be feeling the same way. Saturday night we went to a cook-out at our next door neighbors’ house, and it cracked me up that everybody (including me) was already talking about football and tailgating and what food they might fix for the games. Neveryoumind that it’ll be 106 the first weekend of the season and everybody will be doing their level best to fight off a heat stroke. The point is that FOOTBALL, IT IS A-COMIN’, and in this part of the country, we can hardly wait.
In what turned out to be an official highlight of the weekend, one of our neighbors brought a dip to the cook-out that I immediately recognized as one I had never tried. I believe that my affinity for dips has been well-established and well-documented, so it took me every bit of four seconds to ask what the dip was called, what was in it, etc. And when I tasted it – OH MY WORD AT THE DELICIOUSNESS. No kidding: it was the best dip I’ve had since Melanie introduced me to Southwestern Tossed Salad. In fact, it was so good that I had a bite or two of it instead of dessert. FANTASTIC.
This afternoon I was about to go to the grocery store when I decided that I’d add the ingredients for the dip to my grocery list. I haven’t gotten the exact recipe from my neighbor yet, but I think that the Google helped me find a pretty close approximation to what we had Saturday night. I couldn’t wait to share it with y’all because, well, college football starts in a little less than three weeks, and it’s important for all of us to have time to plan for our dip-related needs, amen.
(I was going to copy and paste the dip recipe here.)
(But then I was afeared that I’d be in violation of all sorts of copyright shenanigans.)
(So I figured the link would do.)
Anyway, I just wanted to keep y’all posted about the exciting dip developments in our neck of the woods.
And now I guess I’ll just go sit in front of the TV and stare since the Olympics are over. Or maybe I can consult the Google again and find me one of those sassy leotards that Jessie J wore in the closing ceremonies. It was so funny to see her wearing that one with all the appliqués because I totally almost wore the exact same thing to Publix this afternoon.
But I wore my hot pink leotard instead.
Ok……I LOVE how Southerners (I mean this in the most kind and affectionate way) put the word “the” in front of some things. Maybe I’m the only person who doesn’t put “the” in front of Google but I had to giggle when I read it just now. I don’t know how I, personally, have survived without Google. From now on, I will call it The Google. BTW, thanks for the dip recipes! I love a good dip, too!
your title reminds me of Joey Tribbiani, and that’s a good thing! We enjoyed a great weekend too! :)
Here in Big 10 country we are excited for football too! Making my tailgate plans now for the first Michigan State game, August 31st. Dips will me on the menu :-)
Oh, football season…how I love thee! The VOLS first game is August 31st and I cannot wait. We will be camping and I sooo love watching SEC football while camping. NOTHING.ELSE.LIKE.IT.
In other news, I started playing SongPop. It is totally addictive. And, I’m not too bad at it either!
That sounds interesting!!! Please let us know how it tasted!
My husband said to me yesterday, “You know, my coworkers requested treats from you. They love it when you send stuff to work. So, if you aren’t busy this week, they’d like something fun to snack on.”
I think this is just his way of saying, “I’m tired of salads & chicken….please make something that isn’t good for me.”
THIS is just the ticket! Thanks for posting it!
We are also very excited for college football to start. I went to the Ladies Football Clinic at UNT a few weeks ago and the coach’s opening remarks had me ready to get on the field and play! My husband has been making his own custom Mean Green cornhole boards (it’s a game) to get ready for tailgating. I follow our team on Twitter and they’re updating during practices and scrimmages. I just can’t wait.
Yum. And I wish you had been able to simply put the recipe into your post, as I was forced to read the nutritional information at the bottom of the recipe. 435 calories per serving. I can easily burn that off, though, jumping up and down during a Bulldog touchdown.
Everything is burnt up brown here in Kansas. We are all celebrating that it’s “Only going to in the 90’s” this week.
So YES we are ready TO BRING ON FALL!!
I’m anxious to see what my MU Tigers do in the SEC this year. I’m sure my eating dip will help them win. . .or at least make me easier to live with while they’re playing!
What a terrific recipe – thank you for sharing!
Also excited about Fall & (SEC) Football:)
I’ve been making that dip for a few years – we call it “heaven on a cracker” :)
I don’t like football, so I can’t say that I share your excitement…..I love me some baseball though!
I just feel like maybe we should take up a collection to buy Jessie J some pants. And to feed the poor girl some dip. Or a sandwich. Anything with calories, really.
I have to confess that if I looked like that in a leotard, I might be tempted to run around in one, too. Oh, you know, not to church or anywhere like that, but to the Olympic closing ceremonies where Annie Lennox sails in on a skeletal ship? Maybe.
I love summer more than anything (schoolteacher), but I’m going to confess that I’ve been opening my boot boxes to smell the leather lately and I secretly listen to “Rocky Top” when I go to the grocery store. Thank you! I’m liberated! It’s time for some football!!!
YUM!! Thanks for another great recipe, and several great giggles!
Pink goes with your eyes and skin tone better. Good choice! And Boomer Sooner!
I totally appreciate the Beef Trifle homage. Anytime something tastes weird around here we say, “It tastes like feet!”