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By Kwala Mandel | Yahoo! OMG – Sun, Feb 5, 2012 12:10 AM PST
Pitbull performs at the Bud Light Hotel concert.The Bud Light Hotel concert entertained Super Bowl fans with
performances by 50 Cent, Lil Jon and Pitbull. Lil Jon opened the show and
included a brief cameo with Nelly (who came on stage and hugged Lil Jon during
his performance), and 50 Cent also brought friends up with him. Boxer Floyd
Mayweather ran out with a bedazzled backpack that he unzipped to reveal bundles
of $100 bills. It never hurts to remind your audience of the benefits of
talent. But the most crowd-rousing moment may have been Pitbull’s mysterious
goodbye after his set.
[ Photos: More images from the Bud Light Hotel concert ]
While he was on stage, Pitbull switched from English to
Spanish during his farewell. The audience was riled up in response to his
message, where he said in no uncertain terms that he doesn’t care if people
like him or not. He kept his
trademark shades on throughout.
In addition to his own songs, Pitbull made the most of
favorites from other artists. He sampled the immediately identifiable
Read More »By Kwala Mandel | Yahoo! OMG – Sat, Feb 4, 2012 12:40 PM PST By Kwala Mandel | Yahoo! OMG – Thu, Feb 2, 2012 3:21 PM PST
Photo by: © Stockbyte/ThinkstockA projected 71.5 million pounds of avocados will be consumed during the Super Bowl, and it's hard to avoid all the guacamole and chips (in fact, some Super Bowl parties are first and foremost Guac Bowls, where the competition gets vicious for the title of best spread). But before attempting to throw any old ingredients together with an avocado, take some advice from the experts.
The most important ingredient is ripe avocados. The least is the avocado pit, which people often leave in guacamole bowls thanks to a belief that it will prevent the oxidation that turns guac brown. It's a common mistake, but leaving the pit won't offer any kind of protection. "It will keep the area directly under the pit from browning, but no more," says Jan DeLizer of the California Avocado Commission.
The real solution, says Golden Door spa executive chef Curtis Cooke, is to place a piece of plastic cling wrap directly on the surface of the guacamole to protect it from oxygen exposure. "I also use lime
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