FEATURE/From New England to the Carolinas -- Entertaining Tips for the 'Big Game'; How to Create a Virtual Championship Party on Sunday, February 1st.To download high-resolution, print-ready JPEG JPEG in full Joint Photographic Experts Group Standard computer file format for storing graphic images in a compressed form for general use. JPEG images are compressed using a mathematical algorithm. images, click on the thumbnail image above. WARNING: these images are very large (800K+) Click here for caption Lifestyle Editors/Feature Editors MULTIMEDIA AVAILABLE: http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/mmg.cgi?eid=4556787 FEATURE...Super Bowl XXXVIII Super Bowl XXXVIII was the 38th championship game of the modern National Football League (NFL). The game was played on February 1, 2004 at Reliant Stadium in Houston, Texas following the 2003 regular season. BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 23, 2004 With New England New England, name applied to the region comprising six states of the NE United States—Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. The region is thought to have been so named by Capt. returning to the Big Game for the second time in three years, their fans crushed at not being able to make it to Houston this year are using good ol' American ingenuity to at least feel like they're there. Carolina fans alike, upset at the prospect of missing their first ever trip to the Big Game, will surely be concocting plans of their own to bring the biggest event for football fans closer to home. Like football fans everywhere, they're throwing virtual football parties at home--with those having the biggest "thirst" for all that implies (food, friends and lots of liquid refreshments) really getting into the spirit of things. So obsessed ob·sess v. ob·sessed, ob·sess·ing, ob·sess·es v.tr. To preoccupy the mind of excessively. v.intr. are some of these fans with hosting the perfect bash, that the only surprise may be that no one has channeled the spirit of Howard Cosell to provide personal commentary of the game during their party. Aside from using your driveway for tailgating Tailgating The action of a broker or advisor purchasing or selling a security for his or her client(s) and then immediately making the same transaction in his or her own account. , here are some helpful tips you can adapt for your own Big Game bash? -- Arrange furniture in a semi-circle to simulate stadium seating. -- Make friendly wagers on game-day action, ranging from who'll win the coin toss to which player will have his mouth guard knocked out first. -- Install an extra television in the bathroom so no one misses any of those flying mouth guards--or the commercials, for that matter, which have a well-deserved reputation for being among the most inspired Madison Avenue produces all year. -- Place beverage coolers, adorned with team pennants, as close to the couch and chairs as possible so guests don't miss any touchdowns in the 10 seconds it takes to hit the fridge for a cold beer like Samuel Adams. -- To really get into things, offer guests body paint and spell out the names of your favorite team, letter by letter, on everyone. When the team scores a touchdown, perform a wave in letter order. -- Designate drivers or arrange for taxis to ferry everyone home safely. As for food, the makers of Samuel Adams(R) beer have come up with a special Big Game, beer-based recipe that brings together the Carolina favorite, ribs, and the New England favorite, Samuel Adams beer. Sam Adams Light(R) Marinated Ribs 1 6 pack of Sam Adams Light 4 pounds pork spareribs 1/4 cup honey 1/4 cup ketchup 1/4 cup cider vinegar 1/4 cup apple juice 2 garlic cloves, minced 1 tablespoon Tabasco sauce 1 tablespoon cumin 1/2 teaspoon salt Place spareribs spare·ribs pl.n. Pork ribs with most of the meat trimmed off. [Alteration of obsolete ribspare, from Low German ribbesper, pickled pork ribs roasted on a spit in 6-quart dutch oven and cover with 4 of the Sam Adams Light bottles and water as needed as needed prn. See prn order. . Bring to boiling over high heat. Reduce heat to low; cover and simmer for 1 hour or until ribs are fork-tender. Drain. Meanwhile, heat honey, ketchup, vinegar, apple juice, garlic, cumin cumin or cummin (both: kŭm`ĭn), low annual herb (Cuminum cyminum) of the family Umbelliferae (parsley family), long cultivated in the Old World for the aromatic seedlike fruits. , Tabasco sauce, salt and 1 cup of Sam Adams Light to boiling in 1-quart saucepan over high heat. Reduce heat to low; simmer, uncovered, 5 minutes or until mixture is thickened thick·en tr. & intr.v. thick·ened, thick·en·ing, thick·ens 1. To make or become thick or thicker: Thicken the sauce with cornstarch. The crowd thickened near the doorway. 2. . Preheat grill to medium or preheat oven to 450 degrees F. Place ribs on rack of grill or in broiler broiler a young (about 8 weeks old) male or female chicken weighing 3 to 3.5 lb. pan, fat side up. Brush ribs with honey mixture. Cook 20 minutes or until heated through, brushing occasionally with honey mixture and turning once. This recipe and more are available on www.samadams.com. 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