Armadillo Eggs for the Super Bowl

This evening much of Texas will be situated on couches and in recliners watching muscular millionaires in tight pants and body armor concuss one another while chasing a spheroid made of hide (as well as multiple endorsement contracts). Pigskin fans, in my purview, can greatly enhance the Super Bowl experience by dining upon armadillo eggs during the big game. "Wait a minute!" you might interject. "Armadillos don't lay eggs." And indeed, you would be correct. Armadillos are mammals, and, though I am not a biologist, I can google like a madman, and, ergo, state with great authority that there are no monotremes (egg-laying mammals) in the Western Hemisphere. In fact, Australia is the only continent that has any monotremes at all, with those being the duck-billed platypus and four species of spiny anteater.

"Then what on earth are armadillo eggs?" you might ask. Well, the armadillo eggs to which I am referring are cousins to the jalapeno popper. They are a tasty Super Bowl treat. Below is a link to a recipe from a fellow Texas blogger.

http://www.homesicktexan.com/2011/02/armadillo-eggs-recipe-jalapeno.html