<p>Every year I host a Super Bowl party and I serve food from the cities/areas of the two teams. Some years are easier than others (New England? Piece of cake. Clam chowder, lobster rolls, etc.) But I’m having some trouble getting ideas for this year. So far all I’ve come up with a smoked salmon dip (Seattle). Are there any regional foods from the Denver and Seattle areas that you could suggest? My son suggested pot brownies, but he was kidding - I think. 
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<p>There’s a famous fish house here that serves several types of salmon if you wanted to move away from just the dip. They do salmon chowder, salmon croquets, cold smoked salmon, warm grilled salmon, etc. Coffee, of course, so coffee cake, coffee ice cream, in addition to actual coffee. I gave D a “coffee bar” for Christmas that was a huge hit-a variety of those coffee creams like peppermint stick, caramel, coffee biscuits, caramel topping, cinnamon sugar, etc. You could set one up. Not so much Seattle, but WA is known for its berries, cherries in particular, and apples, so any apple or cherry dish would work. There’s also quite a wine industry. St. Michelle is one of the varieties you should be able to find anywhere.</p>
<p>I think cookies with an outline of a marijuana leaf would be hysterical, but I live in Seattle.
I think Apples & cheese, especially if you can get some Beechers cheese from the Pike Place market.
Denver has a large Hispanic population, maybe nachos?
Coffee is good, we also eat a lot of seafood including clam chowder( doesnt sound that great with nachos though)</p>
<p>Denver sandwiches? Rocky Mountain oysters?</p>
<p>Rocky mt oyster shooters!
I think Ill stick with the salmon.</p>
<p>Aack! Think that I’ll skip the Rocky Mt. oysters 
But I like the other ideas. I was just browsing Pinterest and found a recipe for Starbucks cupcakes: <a href=“http://www.spendwithpennies.com/starbucks-mocha-cupcakes-recipe/”>http://www.spendwithpennies.com/starbucks-mocha-cupcakes-recipe/</a> Very cute!
Emeraldkitty - love the idea for the cookie decoration. I saw an image of a football with the laces in green looking like a marijuana leaf…that might work for the cookies too.</p>
<p>Was tempted to suggest brownies laced with…well, you know… :)) . But, that would be for an adults only crowd living in WA or CO only.</p>
<p>For H’s birthday last Sunday we did all blue and green food: guacamole with blue corn chips, enchiladas with green sauce and topped with cilantro and crushed blue corn chips, blueberry and lime jello (consider adding your favorite libation if it’s an adults only party), cinnamon rolls iced with blue and green frosting, Baskin-Robbins grasshopper pie for dessert( made with mint ice cream). Not a lot of blue food out there, but we got creative and it was a lot of fun.</p>
<p>Those cupcakes sound amazing</p>
<p>^^^^dayum & I generally am not a cake fan. I think I will try those for H birthday.</p>
<p>Some of the vegetarian ideas here for superbowl parties sound yummy too.
<a href=“26 Reasons You Don't Need Meat At Your Super Bowl Party”>http://www.buzzfeed.com/deenashanker/reasons-you-dont-need-meat-at-your-super-bowl-party</a></p>
<p>There’s always Kirkland brand or the usual platters from Costco - our home-grown supplier of everything one could possibly need :). </p>
<p>You can get Beecher’s cheese at Costco and make the World’s Best Mac n Cheese (google for the recipe)
This dip, while from a Spokane, WA hotel, uses Cougar Gold cheese and is delicious. <a href=“Hot Cougar Gold dip a cheesy crowd-pleaser | The Spokesman-Review”>http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2008/nov/19/hot-cougar-gold-dip-a-cheesy-crowd-pleaser/</a>
There’s Theo’s chocolate, Almond Roca, Dungeness crab
I read recently that Dutch Babies, a kind of pancake, were created in Seattle… With an apple or cherry topping, they’d be a great brunch option. </p>
<p>Top it all off with some great Washington wine. </p>
<p>It’s Seattle so invariably someone will serve some kind of salmon. Wish someone would be bold enough to serve geoduck.</p>
<p>Here’s a recipe for a Denver Omelet Pizza that I thought sounded interesting.
<a href=“http://denverlifemagazine.com/2013/01/denver-omelet-pizza/”>http://denverlifemagazine.com/2013/01/denver-omelet-pizza/</a></p>
<p>I am partial to raw oysters over geoduck. It is good for chowder though.
<a href=“http://seattletimes.com/html/travel/2021551577_oystertournorthwestxml.html”>http://seattletimes.com/html/travel/2021551577_oystertournorthwestxml.html</a></p>
<p>Sorry Kitty, but I have never had a bowl of good chowdah in Seattle. Tried that place in Pike Place Market years ago, the spot that advertised itself as having the best chowder in town. What a disappointment! I’m sadden to say that if you want a cup or bowl of great clam chowder, take I-95 north anywhere from Providence, RI.</p>
<p>Since Seattle is big on craft beer here are some ideas for the type of beer to serve at your party: <a href=“http://www.cnbc.com/id/101343869”>http://www.cnbc.com/id/101343869</a> </p>
<p>I think salmon dip is great for Seattle and I like the Starbucks cupcake idea. Seattle restaurants like to serve local food so just buying ingredients from local farms (no matter where you live) would be doing things in the spirit of Seattle. </p>
<p>I was going to suggest the brownies your son suggested LOL. The truth is that Washington is behind on getting everything legalized. You can now possess pot but can’t legally buy it unless you have a license/permit (not sure what it is exactly) to buy medical pot. We just had a pot transaction go wrong down the road from us. Five gang members set up a buy and they were going to rob the dealer. When the dealer wouldn’t show the pot because the kids (16-19) wouldn’t show their money (they had none), a 17-year-old shot and killed the dealer. A bunch of lives ended/ruined because of pot.</p>
<p>People have covered Seattle fairly well. I think of beef and ranching when I think of Denver, plus Coors beer. </p>
<p>Denver Omelets came to mind. Mexican is another common but not unique Colorado tradition. Healthy foods would also epitomize Colorado - trail mix comes to mind. </p>
<p>“You can get Beecher’s cheese at Costco and make the World’s Best Mac n Cheese (google for the recipe)”</p>
<p>Oh God, that is so good. I can’t think of anything that tastes better! I love the Mariachi version.</p>
<p>Starbucks coffee, some regional beers are delicious(Mannys, Mac n Jacks, Pyramid—forget Rainer-yuck!). Chateau St Michelle wine (the cabs are very tasty and reasonable). Seattle Chocolates.</p>
<p>Whats the place at the market?
Ivars & Dukes chowder is kinda heavy but Tom Douglas makes a nice oyster stew & there are some great places for chowder on Whidbey. Ballard market had a pretty good one too.
I have a medical marijuana prescription that I got several years ago, because I couldn’t tolerate the side effects from the pain meds my rheumatologist was prescribing.
It’s always a shame that teens are buying illegal drugs and it’s doubly a shame when weapons are involved.
I would blame the outcome of the incident you mentioned more on the weapons than the pot.
Trying to gang up on the felon you are doing " business" with and rob him, doesn’t sound very smart either.
( The case I read about was in October in Federal way& the dealer was the one who shot the kids, is there a more recent incident?)
The medical marijuana dispensary I frequent requires a legal prescription, every time.</p>