We're all about the football

My family gathers for most holidays as many families in America do. We have a ham dinner at Christmas and Easter, a large turkey with all the fixings at Thanksgiving, and many barbeques in between. Our family's most sacred holiday is the Superbowl though. Some people have to work on the holidays and miss the festivities, some others don't come until after the meal because they were visiting in-laws, but nobody misses the Superbowl game at my dad and stepmom's house. It's not because they have a big screen TV, because theirs is just ordinary. It's not because they have a large gathering area. It is definitely because all we love football, but it is mostly because of the feast my stepmom prepares for this event!

While we gather upstairs to watch the game of all games, we can expect my stepmom to be preparing many plates of goodies in the kitchen. Most years she prepares our usual favorites, like potstickers, BBQ sausages, salt and vinegar chips, Chex Mix, and Bloody Marys, but the menu item that gets all of our mouths watering the most is Cindy's homemade clam chowder served in a sourdough bread bowl. I have tried this same concoction at the Boudin Sourdough factory in San Francisco, but not even that compared to Cindy's. I look forward to that cold Sunday every winter and am ready for my warm soup. I can't count on the Seahawks making it to the Superbowl, but I can always count on Cindy's "Souperbowl" feast to warm my tummy.