Can you really call it “salad” when it has a jar of mayonnaise in it?

For better or worse, Superbowl Sunday is upon us once again. I have to admit that I fall in the “worse” camp; as I mentioned last year, I find watching the Superbowl about as appealing as eating Ortolan. The last time I really enjoyed the event was in 2006, when I made a few hundred dollars selling “XL” imprinted t-shirts and mugs. Always the opportunist, it occurred to me well ahead of time that it’s hard to try and lay exclusive rights to Roman numerals. However, there are a couple of things peripherally related to the game that continue to fascinate me. One is the fact that it’s a time when football fans – who have otherwise been known to pierce drywall with TV remotes because of badly timed commercials – are actually interested in watching them. And although I personally don’t watch TV myself, I’m something of a TV commercial junky. So here, for your enjoyment and mine, is the largest collection of Superbowl commercials in the world. If you can get a connection, that is. Adland.TV’s server was having trouble as of this writing. Why are you trying to watch TV on the Internet anyway? Don’t you have a TV? Anyway, I think they’re lying; you can also try Superbowl-Commercials.org. THEY have 49 years worth, they just make you click through 10 pages to get to each one. So what’s the other thing that fascinates me? The seven layer dip. Yes, there’s a Wikipedia page. I’ve never had it, and I remain – after three years of research – unsure as to what defines it, aside from the fact that well, it has seven layers. So I have a few thoughts on the topic below, but please, feel free to chime in if you have some useful facts or a decent recipe that doesn’t involve mayonnaise, a can of Campbell’s Cream of Mushroom Soup, or canned “black olives”.

Here’s an interesting recipe I found, although I don’t know if you can legitimately call something a “salad” when it has a jar of mayonnaise, 4 eggs, and a “pack” of noodles in it:

7 Layer Salad Recipe

2-3 bunch of salad leaves (or as required)
Carrots chopped (as required)
Peas (as required) (optional)
Egg noodles (1 pack)
Sweet corns (as required)
4 Hard boiled eggs (make its slices)
Capsicum chopped (as required)
Spring onions (as required)
1 jar Mayonnaise (as required)
3 tbspn yogurt
Salt to taste
Pepper to taste
Lemon juice as required
1 tbspn sugar
Shredded cheddar cheese (as required)(optional)
1 cup shredded boil chicken

This is my analysis of what’s REALLY in a seven layer dip:

For a more “SFW” version that doesn’t use the “P-word” click here.

This diagram represents TWO things I don’t understand. Seven layer dip, and Poi Dancing :