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Poker & Food

When you think about poker, you may not necessarily think about food. However, countless number of home poker games involve food. I remember the times of playing a weekly 1/2 NL Holdem cash game once a week, and everyone who came would always be interested in food. Sometimes we would order out, sometimes I would bring some homemade goodies for the group, and sometimes other players would bring munchies.

Even at casinos, poker rooms usually have their own exclusive menu. You've seen it, people place the order, then the waiter/waitress brings out a table, and the person is eating a club sandwich, or Chinese fried rice, while you are waiting for AA. You know you be looking at what they are eating...and who can blame you, poker is a game of hours, and in those hours, there isn't always time to eat.

Humans love to gamble. And humans love to eat. So why not combine the two?!

Would You Eat Your Hand?

As a Lucksacks AFT segment, we will be sharing with you some simple recipes that you can whip up before your poker game. Whether you're playing at home, online, or maybe even anal enough to take your food to the casino (D.N. does it all the time), these dishes will surely bring you some happiness, even if your poker session doesn't...

Today's Starting Hand

99 So apparently a pair of 9's is known as Popeyes. I am not sure why that is. After a google search the only plausible explanation I could come up with was the release date of Popeye the Sailor cartoon...Dec. 19, 1919

Pocket nines is certainly not a bad hand. I like playing pocket nines, may even toss out a small raise with them. If the flop lands low ended, you're pretty golden, if not, they are easily toss-able. And if you happen to hit the set, well get ready for some fireworks. So have at pocket nines, just know when to holdem, and when to foldem.

Today's Dish

Tandoori Chicken - That's right, it's time to get ethnic. The token sizzling chicken dish you see waiters bring out at Indian restaurants. Proper Tandoori chicken is cooked at high temperatures in a clay oven. If the high heat, and fast cooking wasn't enough to keep it moist, the overnight yogurt marinade takes care of any straggling toughness. If you have not tried Indian food as of yet, I highly recommend starting with Tandoori chicken. It is a great entry level Indian flavored dish.

Wait, how is Tandoori chicken and 'Popeyes' the same thing?? Let me tell you...

Well most of you know Popeyes chicken right? Well, now you know Tandoori chicken. Chicken chicken no spinach. That doesn't rhyme, and I don't give a fuck
Today was a lazy ass day, and I didn't feel like making anything difficult, so I found some excuse to make a super easy dish, so you have 99, aka, Popeyes, aka chicken

Recipe

Tandoori masala (Buy a store bought brand - the spices have had a lot of time to dwell with each other, and it adds to the flavor. Plus you don't want to buy 15 diff spices to make one marinade. Let them do that.)
Sour cream
Chicken drumsticks - skin removed
Chicken thights - skin removed
Olive oil
Lemon juice
Red onions
Chaat masala (You can find this at the same store you bought the Tandoori masala from.)

Mix yogurt and tandoori masala together. Coat the chicken with the yogurt mixture and marinate overnight. Take chicken out of fridge, preheat oven to 400 deg F. Place chicken pieces in oven safe pan that has been oiled, and cover with foil. Cook about 35 mins. Remove the access water, and then add onions, cook for another 10 mins without the foil, or until internal temp of chicken reaches 165. Splash with lemon juice, and sprinkle with chaat masala.

If anyone would like precise measurements, please don't hesitate to ask.

Pics

I hate that they use food coloring in Tandoori chicken. But it's "how it's done...". Whatever!

Massage those legs and thighs.

Time to remove the access water from the pan.

Oh yeah, moments away from Indian spicy yumminess.

Tandoori chicken, ladies and gents. Bon appetite.

Till next time, this has been a Lucksacks Poker 'away from table' segment.

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