I’ve become a connoisseur of food you can get at sports events lately. One reason is I am not the most eat-on-schedule person you probably know. For example, yesterday I didn’t eat breakfast, forgot to eat lunch as I was covering a ballgame during the day, and had a barbecue sandwich at the high school as they were out of everything else.

My wife used to get angry with me, claiming “What, do I have to feed you too?” My wife would come to the games quite often with me, and her favorite was nachos. After one of our outings, I said I wasn’t really that hungry, strange since I didn’t remember to eat three meals thus far. She told me she bought some cookies at Walmart, so I said it would do. She said no, I needed to get something good to eat, and made the choice of McDonald’s.

I said really, you can get something good to eat before bed at 9 p.m. at McDonald’s? We ended up getting Big Macs. I might have been better off with the cookies since I ate them too when I got home.

Anyway, due to my less-than-perfect eating habits, I tend to dine somewhat exclusively at concession stands across the county. That and any hospitality rooms there may be at the high school basketball games. How come all the schools don’t have that? I guess there’s not too much press covering games around the county, but I would settle for a small desk and a chair. Heck the radio station gets that at the local games. I have to steal season ticket holder chairs and vacate if they arrive. That usually only happens at a varsity basketball game, as at soccer, freshman basketball and other events I have my pick.

So, with so many meals being consumed at concessions around the county, I have found some places have certain specialties I tend to enjoy. Epicurean it is not, but I just like them anyway. Boyd Christian School in Warren County has the best pulled pork sandwiches anywhere so far. I know the hospitality room at the Pioneer game has good pulled pork as well but it’s not on a sandwich. Usually my wife used the pass. She’s better at picking food items than I am.

Hot dogs are good at some of the other county schools.

A lot of schools have popcorn but,  if I eat the popcorn I’ll probably have a stroke as there’s more salt on it than out on a cow field on a post.

My wife will invariably get the nachos, which isn’t an option for me as I have to gobble it up during halftime or a time out. I would be wearing more of the nachos with cheese if I ate them at the speed I consume the pizza or hot dog.

If anyone wants to start a media room don’t worry. I’ll be sure to use it. You already know what to stock it up with.