Home-gating Sandwiches

This time of year, as the weather gets colder, it's time to move the pre-game (and during game) festivities indoors! So, maybe instead of burgers and dogs on game day, try this instant "home-gating" classic.

What you'll need (for each batch):

Beano's Deli Mustard

Beano's Submarine Dressing

1 package of King Hawaiian dinner rolls

1 pound Isaly's chipped chopped ham

5 pieces of your favorite cheese (we used white American cheese)

Without breaking the dinner rolls apart, cut them in half long ways and put the bottom half on a slightly greased baking pan. Put the top half aside.

Spread the Isaly's chipped chopped ham out on top of the bread.

Add the Beano's Deli Mustard. You can put as much as you want, but it seemed like one good pass was the perfect amount.

Add the cheese. 

Put the top layer of the buns on top.

Top the buns with a light even coating of Beano's Submarine Dressing.

Bake at 350 degrees F for 20 minutes or until the bread is toasted and the cheese is melted.

Enjoy while you cheer on your favorite team!

Have suggestions to make this recipe even better or want to share pictures of home-gating sandwiches you've made? We'd love to hear from you: beanos@conroyfoods.com

Beano's Crescent Sandwich Ring

While you're getting your menu ready for game day, you'll want to take a peek at this. Who doesn't love a good sandwich ring? Add Isaly's Chipped Chopped Ham and Beano's Submarine Dressing to the beloved sandwich ring and you'll have people begging you to make this time and time again!

So first, the ingredients:

2 cans of crescent rolls

1/4 pound of genoa salami

1/4 pound of hot capicola

1/2 pound of Isaly's Chipped Chopped ham

Beano's Original Submarine Dressing

1/4 pound of pepperjack cheese

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.

Open the cans of crescent rolls and break into 8 rectangles

Then add the genoa salami, hot capicola, Isaly's Chipped Chopped Ham, Beano's Original Submarine Dressing, and pepperjack cheese.

Fold the crescent dough in and push it into the dough underneath the deli meats.

Bake in the oven for approximately 20 minutes or until golden brown.

And there you have it! Easy game day sandwich ring! For a spicy twist, add banana peppers before you add the cheese.

Tee-Shirt Bag Tutorial

So, we got new tee-shirt designs made and they are FANTASTIC (tee-shirts). My old Beano's tee-shirt has seen much better days, so I looked for ways to make use of my old Beano's tee-shirt to make room for the new ones! I needed a new lunch bag and just general tote bag. I tend to throw things in a plastic grocery bag on my way out the door, so I'm thinking this will be a much better alternative.

Start with a tee-shirt. The bigger you want the bag, the bigger tee-shirt you should use. This is an adult large.

Cut the arms and the bottom seam off. Make sure you hold onto the bottom seam! This is also where you can cut the neck section away for the opening of your bag. I, apparently was very anxious to cut the fringe and didn't cut the neck until afterward, see picture below.

Place the bottom seam about 5 inches from the newly cut bottom. This will act as your fringe cutting guide. Feel free to pin it in place if you'd like!

Fringe the bottom in roughly 1 inch intervals. We still have one more use for that bottom piece of the shirt we cut off, so make sure you don't pitch it!

The cut around the neck will determine the size and shape of the opening of your bag. This is really dealer's choice. I cut it to have thick handles because I know that I carry heavier items in my lunch (bottles of juice, cans of soup, etc.).

Back to the fringe: I used the bottom part of the shirt that we cut off and used as our fringe guide to increase the strength of the base of my bag. Interlace the fringe so that one whole cut is above, the next one under, etc. For the ends, put the cut piece inside of the band.

Now, tie the fringe together! I tied one whole cut piece of fringe to the piece next to it and it's pretty sturdy! I put several items in the bag and it held up like a champ.

The final product! I have to say, I'm thinking about making several more of these and just using them as my shopping bags!