Dinner whenever possible
By
Stephen Forsha-sforsha@gmail.com
My life during nine of the 12 months of the year usually has me at some gym or field for pretty much six days a week depending on what season the high schools happen to be playing.
I'm not complaining, I love going to games each day, but the routine can mess up a normal eating schedule, in fact, my schedule does allow me to sample the different tastes of the high school concession stand.
If you know me at all, you know I enjoy variety when it comes to food. One of my dream jobs is to be the man who travels all around the country on the TV show and eat at all the different diner's. How awesome would that job
be? Getting paid to travel around the country and eat for free. Some people have all the luck.
With all the different places I visit to cover games, I too, have seen my share of hamburgers, hot dogs and many different foods that are the special of the school.
Like at Unioto, I had this thing called a taco in a bag, or something of that nature. I ordered without even asking what it was, and to my surprise, (in the catch phrase of Emeril), BAM! It was a bag full of goodness. It really was a taco in a bag, but with Doritos. Never thought of that before.
Or at Hillsboro, I had been told for a couple years about the Indian burger. I usually just ate the shredded chicken, but this Indian burger build up got the best of me this year at a Hillsboro football game. Usually I thought a hamburger is a hamburger when it comes to concession stands, but again, I was an instant fan of the Indian burger.
Some may be saying who really cares about what food they sell at games,
but trust me if you have to eat on the run like me, good concession stand food can leave an imprint in your mind that can last years.
When I finally got to go to a Chicago White Sox game this summer all I wanted was to have another Chicago style hot dog.
What is the difference in a hot dog cooked in Chicago than the ones in Ohio?
I honestly can't tell you, but I had wanted a Chicago dog since I was there in 2006 at Wrigley Field. Fenway Franks aren't bad either.
One word of warning, if ever at Safeco Field in Seattle, never eat the free spicy hot sauce. It's a ploy to make you buy overpriced water. Don't say I didn't warn you.
Like I was saying before, late hours, plus below average cooking skills, equals finding the best concession meals and sticking with them for life, possibly forever.
Speaking of the best meal of all concession stands, it's just my humble opinion, but I enjoy concession food at McClain High School.
They have a good sloppy joe sandwich, and I'm told positive things about a pork sirloin sandwich.
Then there is the band booster fish sandwich. The "Mecca" of all concession stand food.
I look forward to high school football season for that reason alone. OK, not just that reason, but it ranks up in the Top 3 reasons.
Anyone who has ever had that fish sandwich can agree it possibly is the best fish in the area. I have never had the Hillsboro fish fry fish sandwich, so I apologize, but if I had to pick one meal for a final meal, I would include the McClain Band Booster fish.
It's that good, also don¹t forget the tarter sauce, and it has to be on rye bread. I don't even like rye bread, but the fish even makes the bread taste good.
So after a couple months of pizza, cookies from the bake sale at Hillsboro football games, hamburgers grilled at Lynchburg-Clay soccer games, hot dogs at too many places to remember, soft pretzels at Washington C.H., and bottles of Coke Zero, Diet Coke, Diet Pepsi, water, Diet Mountain Dew, and one cup of coffee, the question remains: Where are the Tums?
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Stephen Forsha is the sports editor of The Highland County Press. He can
be reached at sforsha@gmail.com
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I'm not complaining, I love going to games each day, but the routine can mess up a normal eating schedule, in fact, my schedule does allow me to sample the different tastes of the high school concession stand.
If you know me at all, you know I enjoy variety when it comes to food. One of my dream jobs is to be the man who travels all around the country on the TV show and eat at all the different diner's. How awesome would that job
be? Getting paid to travel around the country and eat for free. Some people have all the luck.
With all the different places I visit to cover games, I too, have seen my share of hamburgers, hot dogs and many different foods that are the special of the school.
Like at Unioto, I had this thing called a taco in a bag, or something of that nature. I ordered without even asking what it was, and to my surprise, (in the catch phrase of Emeril), BAM! It was a bag full of goodness. It really was a taco in a bag, but with Doritos. Never thought of that before.
Or at Hillsboro, I had been told for a couple years about the Indian burger. I usually just ate the shredded chicken, but this Indian burger build up got the best of me this year at a Hillsboro football game. Usually I thought a hamburger is a hamburger when it comes to concession stands, but again, I was an instant fan of the Indian burger.
Some may be saying who really cares about what food they sell at games,
but trust me if you have to eat on the run like me, good concession stand food can leave an imprint in your mind that can last years.
When I finally got to go to a Chicago White Sox game this summer all I wanted was to have another Chicago style hot dog.
What is the difference in a hot dog cooked in Chicago than the ones in Ohio?
I honestly can't tell you, but I had wanted a Chicago dog since I was there in 2006 at Wrigley Field. Fenway Franks aren't bad either.
One word of warning, if ever at Safeco Field in Seattle, never eat the free spicy hot sauce. It's a ploy to make you buy overpriced water. Don't say I didn't warn you.
Like I was saying before, late hours, plus below average cooking skills, equals finding the best concession meals and sticking with them for life, possibly forever.
Speaking of the best meal of all concession stands, it's just my humble opinion, but I enjoy concession food at McClain High School.
They have a good sloppy joe sandwich, and I'm told positive things about a pork sirloin sandwich.
Then there is the band booster fish sandwich. The "Mecca" of all concession stand food.
I look forward to high school football season for that reason alone. OK, not just that reason, but it ranks up in the Top 3 reasons.
Anyone who has ever had that fish sandwich can agree it possibly is the best fish in the area. I have never had the Hillsboro fish fry fish sandwich, so I apologize, but if I had to pick one meal for a final meal, I would include the McClain Band Booster fish.
It's that good, also don¹t forget the tarter sauce, and it has to be on rye bread. I don't even like rye bread, but the fish even makes the bread taste good.
So after a couple months of pizza, cookies from the bake sale at Hillsboro football games, hamburgers grilled at Lynchburg-Clay soccer games, hot dogs at too many places to remember, soft pretzels at Washington C.H., and bottles of Coke Zero, Diet Coke, Diet Pepsi, water, Diet Mountain Dew, and one cup of coffee, the question remains: Where are the Tums?
- - - -
Stephen Forsha is the sports editor of The Highland County Press. He can
be reached at sforsha@gmail.com
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