Sweet-N-Peppered Mixed Nuts – Family recipes and a few of my own

Whether you are a Patriots Fan or rooting for Philly, everyone has to eat!  Super Bowl Sunday is the second biggest food day of the year, next to Thanksgiving… or so I have heard…

Here is a rundown via http://www.pursuitist.com  ®

8 million: Total pounds of popcorn consumed on Super Bowl Sunday.

28 million: Pounds of potato chips consumed.

53.5 million: Pounds of avocados consumed.

222,792: Number of football fields worth of farmland to grow all that
corn, potatoes, and avocados.

11.8: Depth, in feet, of guacamole consumed if it were spread across the football field.

293,000: Number of miles of potato chips, laid end to end, consumed during the game.

1 billion: Number of chicken wings consumed on Super Bowl Sunday.

325.5 million: Gallons of beer drank by Americans that day.

493: Number of Olympic-sized swimming pools that could be filled with all that beer.

20%: Increase in ant-acid sales the Monday after the game.

Okay that last one…. made me giggle

I don’t see nuts on that list…. but I know their number has to be high too…..I have had this recipe for a long time so , in honor of America..and the great game …. this is for y’all !!

  • 1 egg white
  • 1 teaspoon McCormick® Pure Vanilla Extract
  • 3 cups nuts of any kind. I used Peanuts, Cashews and Pecans
  • ½ cup brown sugar
  • 2 teaspoons McCormick Ground Cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon sea salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon McCormick® Course Ground Black Pepper