I hate being sick...

So it turns out that whenever a New York wins a championship I get horribly ill. In 2000 when the Yankees won the World Series I badly wanted to go to the parade but I came down with a case of appendicitis and missed a week of school.

This year, after seasons of watching the Giants struggle with inconsistency, I was excited for the possibility of a New York Giants Super Bowl celebration. However…After scarfing down a ton of delicious food this weekend including a super bowl bo ssam and lots of wings, I fell horribly ill during the third quarter of the Giants game.

It was that point that although I felt terrible (without going into too much detail I pulled a muscle in my neck while hunched over the toilet) I had a sense the Giants might actually win. In the end my team came through with a 17-14 victory and again I couldn’t celebrate.

Since the game I’ve been on a steady diet of toast and ginger ale. Although today I’ve actually been able to move on to another one of life’s great joys—Kozy Shack Rice Pudding. It’s seriously good. You should get some.

To the Super Bowl Champs and to my Health…Maybe if I become chronically ill the Knicks can turn their season around.

How to Eat on Superbowl Sunday

The Super Bowl is this weekend and I’m psyched! I get to spend a four hour block of time rooting for my favorite football to beat my least favorite football team (and hopefully make some townies cry in the process) and hopefully win the greatest trophy in team sports. Because this Superbowl has such large implications on my well being and sanity as a sports fan (ask my friends how I acted after the Giants lost the Superbowl in 2000) I decided not to cook or put any effort into food preparation. Instead I’m going to order pork shoulder from my favorite shrine of pig eating—Momofuku Ssam Bar. For what amounts to about 45 dollar a person (including delivery and tip) we are being treated to the following:

Bo Ssam (rice, bibb lettuce, kimchi, oysters, assorted condiments)
Kewpie cole slaw
Smoked Chicken Wings
Seasonal Pickles Cracker Jacks

Muddy Buddy Chex Mix

Pine nut/Macadamia nut brittle

In addition, if my stomach is feeling particularly ambitious this Sunday I’ll even pick up a bucket of wings from my favorite Korean fried chicken place, Bon Bon chicken.

Osi Umenyiora is a football god. It is also the
name of a consistently strong fantasy football team.

I can’t think of anything better than watching the Giants win a Superbowl and eating Bo Ssam in the same night. Now it’s up to the Giants to keep up their part of the bargain.