What food is available at the Super Bowl?
A bespoke menu has been created for fans at today's game, influenced by the Cajun and Creole cuisine to be found in New Orleans. And there'll be a LOT of it. This is what has been produced:
5,000+ alligator sausages (yes, really!!)
6,500+ pounds (almost three tons) of shrimp just for po'boy sandwiches
50,000+ locally-sourced baguettes (from the Leidenheimer bakery, a New Orleans institution… it's not a real po'boy unless it's on Leidenheimer bread)
5,000+ slices of pizza
7,000+ hot dogs
50,000+ cocktails
150,000+ nacho chips
700,000+ ounces of beer expected to be served
A half-ton (800 lbs) of soft-shell crab
1.3 tons of short ribs
12,000 locally-sourced oysters