• 1 lb. macaroni noodles
• ½ stick of butter
• 1 ½ cup milk
• 1 pouch Velveeta cheese sauce
• 1 cup shredded sharp cheddar
• 1 cup shredded Monterey jack cheese
• 1 cup shredded smoked cheddar (It is important to make sure it is smoked cheddar – for the flavor!)
• 1 egg
• 1 sleeve Ritz crackers
• ½ lb. sauteed shrimp
• ½ lb. cooked lump crab meat
• Seasonings: salt, pepper, garlic powder, onion powder, seasoning salt, Old Bay, and paprika (Feel free to add or subtract whatever seasonings you prefer!)

1. Bring a pot of water to boil. Add a pinch of salt and a splash of olive oil to the water.
2. Add noodles to the water and cook until soft.
3. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease a large baking dish.
4. In a mixing bowl, combine milk, egg, seasonings, and shredded cheeses. If you want your mac a little richer, add a splash of heavy whipping cream with the milk.
5. Stir half of the ½ stick of butter and Velveeta sauce pouch into the noodles until well combined.
6. Pour the milk and cheese mixture into the noodles and mix. Pour into baking dish.
7. Add sauteed shrimp and cooked crab meat into pan.
8. Melt remaining butter, crush Ritz crackers, combine and top the pan with mixture. If you don’t like a lot of crust, you don’t have to use the whole sleeve of crackers.
9. Bake 20-25 minutes.

Ada is home to the Wilson football factory, where all footballs used by the NFL are made. Since 1941, Wilson Sporting Goods has supplied every ball for every point, every fumble, and every touchdown that has been made in the U.S. on the professional field.

Most of Wilson’s employees have spent their lives making the footballs you see every week during the season. Each ball is carefully made by hand in a streamlined, assembly process. No football leaves the factory until every employee has touched it in some way.

The Superbowl is a big event for the factory. They open the doors late at night after the last playoff game is over to burn the names of the teams competing in the Superbowl on the special game balls.

Watch how the factory prepares the special Superbowl footballs:

The next time you’re watching a game and the ball is thrown high and hard across the field, take a moment and think about Ada, Ohio, and the proud workers that each had a hand in that play.