Believe it or not, some of you may actually be watching the Super Bowl later today.
According to the Hass Avocado Board, almost 60 million pounds of avocados were shipped into the U.S. last week. Out of this amount of avocados, 93 percent were sourced from Mexico, 3.6 percent originated from California, 2.7 percent came from the Dominican Republic while Chile supplied 0.7 percent. Approximately 50 million individual avocados – are sold in preparation just for the game. To shovel that guac into gaping maws, approximately 14,000 tons of chips are used to scoop it up.
This year, the National Chicken Council predicts that folks will wolf down more than 1.45 billion wings during this year’s Super Bowl, which is again up 2%, or 30 million wings, from last year. To put that in visual terms — 1.45 billion wings is enough for every man, woman and child in the United States to eat four wings each.
Americans will be washing down those snacks by drinking 50 million cases of beer.
Super Bowl LVII played on February 12, 2023 and broadcast by Fox in the U.S., was watched by more than 113 million viewers viewers in the United States, making it the third-highest-rated Super Bowl of all time. (Nielson rating were up even more even during the halftime show with Rihanna .) Nearly 18.8 million employees said they planned on missing work on Super Bowl Monday, otherwise known as “Super Sick Monday.”
This year, a study found that 10 million employees had the good graces to already requested the day off on Monday.
Should you find that there’s a lull in the conversation during the game and you don’t want to mention Taylor Swift, bring up that it’s Peppermint Patty Day –
No, not this one – (her real name is Patricia Reichart.) This one –
It’s minty chocolatey goodness.
Enjoy the game
The Haus of Dcaligari 