My wife Chantelle makes the best stuffed peppers in the world. What can I say – I love them so much I even took a few photographs of a recent blue ribbon batch!

When my mom & dad brought us over some fresh green peppers picked from their garden last week - I pleaded with her to utilize a few to make my favorite dish –

Mmmm…I thought I’d died and gone to heaven!

What I am wondering is:

With the growing trend to serve up alternative’s to the good old fashioned ball park frank - Has anyone EVER heard of, or had these luscious dinner delights at a ballpark?

If you have, (including any minor league parks) could you please send me an email to: scott@waiversharks.com.

If you’re planning a baseball road trip this summer to Pittsburgh, to take in one of WaiverSharks.coms favorite ball parks of all time, PNC Park - We are beyond envious!

The Pirates PNC Park is truly one of most beautiful ballparks in the major leagues. And, despite the Pirates mediocre record – and a possible trade deadline sell off of some of their better players – the Pirates games still provide a fantastic place to witness a major league baseball game - and to try out a Primanti Brothers sandwich!

Primanti Brothers was founded in 1934 and currently has 15 locations in Pittsburgh - including the ones in both PNC Park and Heinz Field.

According to Wikipedia, the sandwich was created during the Great Depression for Steel towns blue collar workers who required a hot meal for lunch that would keep them full all day.

Since the workers didn’t have the time or the utensils for such a hot meal - Primanti Brothers incorporated the ‘sides’ right into the sandwich – thus the reason the hot French fries, tomato slices, and heaping amounts of slaw are built right in.

My mouth is beginning to water just thinking about one of these!

Kudos to Sylvar’s flickr picture that gives a perfect shot of one of these legendary sandwiches – this one includes egg - but ham and other various meats can be lusciously layered inside the thick slices of bread – contained from toppling only by the signature wax paper wrap up.

Now if you’ll excuse me – I have to go make myself something to eat!

If you plan on venturing to Comerica Park in Detroit, Michigan this summer - and you bring yourself a MANLY sized appetite - there is really only one choice of food for you!

Clue: They’re real big and they’re spectacular!

Actually, dirty minds - we’re talking about Comerica Parks Mucho Nacho!

What the popular Detroit Tiger’s Ballpark dish may lack in originality – it more than makes up for in sheer girth!

$8.50 grants you a heaping black plastic basket of restaurant style nacho chips covered in hot melted cheese, a generous amount of ground beef, sour cream, jalapenos (If you don’t like heat - Just let them know you would prefer it “sans jalapenos”) and a decent side container of salsa.

The folks that run the Mexican stand in the Big Cat Court just across from the Tigers carrousel use to toss the salsa right in with the dish, but this year mine came on the side.

Either way - based on Ballpark food standards - it’s a pretty large platter of food that could quite possibly feed two people. So unless you’re stomach is growling like a tiger you may want to share your Mucho Nacho with a friend.

Ballpark Food of the Month

For our first suggestion we didn’t want to stray too far from the good ol’ American Ballpark Frank so we chose:

The Bratwurst! - Miller Park - Milwaukee

There are several reasons this summer to un-stick your sweaty back from the leather lazy-boy, pry your eyes from your 42” basement plasma, and head to a baseball game. But, few are more tempting to the couch caveman than the mouth watering, wafting smells of some fine parking lot dining!

Yes, indeed! Miller Park in Milwaukee is an absolute tail-gaiters haven, and although the setting of That 70’s Show may ultimately be more famous for its’ frothy brews and cheesy heads, we absolutely go hog wild over…the Sausages!

If you get down to Miller Park this season we highly recommend you treat yourself to several of these scrumptious artery cloggers!

After you’ve appropriately ‘pre-gamed’ in the mammoth sized parking lot for an hour or three you may want to pack up the hibachi into the sport-ute ( So as not to entice Ian Snell ) and head to the game so you can route for Ben Sheets, before he lands on the DL!

Once you’ve stumbled upon your game seat, we strongly suggest you kick back with a couple of bun loving Bratwurst smothered in the Brewers’ secret stadium sauce, or choose the spicier Italian sausage if, like Jenna Jameson…you like your meat hot!

Either way, you won’t be dissatisfied with your departure from the more traditional wiener dog. AND, as an added bonus, just as those 6^th inning ales start to take effect, you and the kids will relish more fun than Bernie Brewer can muster, by witnessing Klement’s sausage race!

Pictured from left to right are the current racing sausages. They are the Bratwurst, the Polish, the Hot Dog, the Italian, and 2007’s newest member, the Chorizo! Aye Carumba, that sombrero must slow him down just a tad!

Wolfing down a couple ballpark doggies during a baseball game when we were kids was an integral part of the entire ‘take me out to the ballgame’ experience. I can recall only looking down at the food I was inhaling in between pitches, so as not to miss a glimpse of the action.

Those steamed ballpark frankfurters, loaded with mustard went down splendidly, but as time passed, and tastes became a little more mature and demanding of  variety the traditional hotdog + bun + mustard (or ketch-up if your raised oddly) wasn’t necessarily going to cut it.

Nowadays, most organizations offer almost as many choices of ballpark cuisine as they do over-priced and often useless sports souvenirs. Like Yankees toilette paper for instance! Actually wait, this isn’t useless at all. In fact, I can think of plenty of Red Sox fans who wouldn’t mind ‘sparing a square’ amongst friends, if it meant they could finally treat the Bronx Bombers logo with the utmost disrespect they feel it deserves!

Not to worry Yanks fans, I’m sure a Bean Town TP version exists too if you wanted to get in on the rivalry wipe!

Since more and more lick-your-chops good delicacies have become prevalent in recent years, WaiverSharks.com will feature a new food of the month, each month, to help you decide what you may want to ingest the next time you frequent a particular park.