2016 Super Bowl Prediction Using Chicken Wing Bones

Welcome to this year�s installment of �Get Rich Quick with Chef John,� where you cash in on my mystical method for picking Super Bowl winners, using the lost art of wing bone reading. I know it sounds crazy, but if you think this is some kind of joke, think again. In the 49 years I�ve been doing this, there hasn�t been a single (major) university study proving these results aren�t 100% accurate. Not one single study. 

Sure, we�ve had a couple of recent, very minor �discrepancies,� but instead of wasting time arguing who's at fault, or who lost who�s college fund, I prefer to look toward the future. This year the bones point to a decisive Carolina victory, and while I�ll be personally rooting for Old Man Manning, if you want to win money, you�ll put everything you have on the Panthers. 

I�m just glad the Patriots aren�t in it. They�re shady. Anyway, good luck, and I�ll apologize in advance for any income tax issues that pop up after this windfall. Good luck, and as always, enjoy!

Next Up: Something with Peach

I think I�m going to start a new tradition, where the first video I post after a vacation, is whatever the most delicious thing I had during my time away was. I don�t want to spoil the surprise, but I can tell you it involved peaches, and was amazing. Stay tuned!

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Have a Great Fourth of July Weekend!

We�re going to take a couple days off for the holiday, but wanted to wish you a very safe, and festive 4th of July! 

Fabulous summer cookouts are just one of the many things that makes America great, and I hope you�re involved one of those tomorrow; preferably serving something you saw on Food Wishes (like the no-baked cheesecake flag cake pictured here). Enjoy the food, the fireworks, and possibly the adult beverages, and we�ll be back next week with brand-new videos, as usual. Stay tuned! 

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Celebrating Memorial Day � Paying Tribute to Those Who Literally Fight for Your Right to Party

Photo (c) Flickr user Vince Alongi

I always feel a little guilty grilling on Memorial Day. Being surrounded by all kinds of tasty food and cold beer seems inappropriate considering the holiday's solemn meaning. Maybe it would be better to honor our vets by eating what they had to survive on while defending our country.

What if instead of gnawing on a stack of sticky barbecued ribs, while sitting in a lawnchair, we dug a hole in the ground, and enjoyed something squeezed out of a pouch instead? There aren't many delicious things that come in squeezable pouches.

So, if the chicken get a little dry today, or whoever made the beans was just going through the motions, don't think of it as a disappointing meal; think of it as unintentional tribute all those brave souls who sacrificed for our freedoms. Enjoy!

Attn: Lads and Lasses

I just wanted to take a break from the buffalo and bacon meatloaf video I'm working on to share a few St. Patrick's Day menu ideas. I know it's going to be hard to concentrate after hearing about buffalo and bacon meatloaf, but if you can pull it together, take a peek at some of my favorite Irish-inspired recipes below. Just click on the title to see the original post and ingredients. Enjoy!

	Irish Pork Stew with Baby Cabbage Okay, so they're Brussels sprouts, but still, this was one of the best Irish stews I've ever had.
	Shepherd�s Pie A classic comfort food your flock will, well, flock to.
	Coconut Milk Corned Beef and Cabbage I gave the most traditional St. Patrick's Day recipe a little twist. Actually, a pretty big twist.
	Colcannon  The name has nothing to do with viking-killing leprechauns.