Cheeseheads Unite as the Green Bay Packers Get Ready for the Super Bowl!

Yes, it s true the Green Bay Packers are going to the Super Bowl! The last time they won the title rings was way back in 1996 at Super Bowl XXXI. It's more than time to go again - this time south to Dallas.

So get ready for some grind iron fun and half-time snacks as we all wait for the opening toss. It's going to be a great game. Just don t forget to wear your cheesehead.

Never heard of a cheesehead? Well, this unique attire is as much a part of the Packer's proud legacy as Vince Lombardi and Brett Favre. And it all began with an insult and a devoted fan who just wasn't going to take the anti-cheese anti-team jeers for another year.

During the 1980s Illinois football and baseball fans had a habit of yelling "CHEESEHEADS!" at any sports team from Wisconsin.

As Wisconsin had long made some of America's greatest cheese, they did not look favorably on the negative cat calling. By 1987 Ralph Bruno had had enough.

Bruno carved a yellow piece of foam into a cheese wedge shape and defiantly wore it on his head to the next game. There the center-fielder Rick Manning saw it and the rest, as they say, is history.

Bruno went on to found Foamation, Inc. in St Francis Wisconsin (where else would the company be but Wisconsin?). That is where the hat (yes, it has been legally declared a 'hat') is still crafted along with all things foam and cheese.

If you want to be part of this great Packer heritage and be an official cheesehead come February 6th, you will need to order right away as currently the company is supplying 'hats' to all 50 states and 30 foreign nations! Now that's fan support!

But if you still feel wearing a cheesehead in your non-Wisconsin neighborhood might be viewed as well, a little 'cheesy', you can always support the team by serving appetizers that highlight Wisconsin cheese on game day. Trega Cheese is one sure winner. Your culinary choices will be nearly endless. Be assured your guests will love every bite as they cheer on the Green Bay Packers and you'll score a big party touchdown!

Your Culinary World copyright Ana Kinkaid/Peter Schlagel 2011

Shackleton’s Newly Discovered Scottish Whisky Found in Antarctica

Matching the recently recovered 185 year old cases of Veuve Clicquot Champagne from the Baltic Sea are three crates of whisky found beneath the floorboards of Ernest Shackleton’s Antarctic hut.

This famed arctic explorer, who earned everlasting fame because he brought all his stranded men safely home, apparently enjoyed a wee sip of Scotland’s best when icy winds blew.

First discovered in 2006, the Antarctic Heritage Trust, which oversees and monitors historic South Pole sites, chose to wait and remove the bottles only when the proper archeology tools became available. 

In November of last year the bottles, still wrapped in insulating straw, were carefully transferred to the nearest museum in Christchurch, New Zealand. 

Slowly ever so slowly the staff there have been defrosting the bottles. The curators are getting excited as they can now hear some of the golden liquid moving within the bottles.

And who created this long-lasting whisky? Why now Charles McKinlay & Company, presently owned by Whyte & Mackay of Glasgow. And here’s where the fun begins.

Richard Paterson, the master blender at Whyte & Mackay, is hoping that the 100 plus year old whisky can be recreated once a sample of this amazing beverage is evaluated.

When reproduced the blend will be made available to the public for purchase.  

Just imagine enjoying the warmth of a whisky that once cheered one of the twentieth century’s most courageous leaders though storm and trials.  That’s not just “liquid courage”, it’s literally a taste of time.

Your Culinary World copyright Ana Kinkaid/Peter Schlagel 2011