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Old 03-10-2015, 15:01
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It being that time of year, I'm getting ready for a Halloween meal. Idea is for it to look decayed/disgusting but be edible and tasty.

So I've made some powders, mushroom and pea to give me grey & green 'mold'.. Which is fine for powdery mold, but any idea how I could make a furry looking version? So far best I've managed is using dusted & colored kiwi fruit skins.

I could grow some real mold, ie penicilin or culture from some blue cheese but then may have to check guests for allergies in advance..
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Old 03-10-2015, 15:29
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Get a takeaway.
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Old 03-10-2015, 16:27
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All that would put me off eating it, even though I knew it was just for show and was edible.
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Old 03-10-2015, 17:31
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It being that time of year, I'm getting ready for a Halloween meal. Idea is for it to look decayed/disgusting but be edible and tasty.

So I've made some powders, mushroom and pea to give me grey & green 'mold'.. Which is fine for powdery mold, but any idea how I could make a furry looking version? So far best I've managed is using dusted & colored kiwi fruit skins.

I could grow some real mold, ie penicilin or culture from some blue cheese but then may have to check guests for allergies in advance..
Like the sound of those ideas. While searching around for a form in my teenage son's school bag once, I was surprised to find my hand submerging into what felt like cold soup! I tentatively pulled it out, and found the remains of what looked like half a basket ball covered in green mush! "Ohhhh I forgot all about that" he said, "they were giving out free pumpkins at school!"
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Old 03-10-2015, 18:00
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All that would put me off eating it, even though I knew it was just for show and was edible.
Well, we eat spoiled milk flavored and colored with mold already. So why is stilton good and my food bad?

Tis the season to be a bit gross after all and my creme de menthe & cassis cocktails need some food to accompany them..
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Old 03-10-2015, 18:01
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I tentatively pulled it out, and found the remains of what looked like half a basket ball covered in green mush! "Ohhhh I forgot all about that" he said, "they were giving out free pumpkins at school!"
Kids, bless them.. Mind you, I've done that myself with stray satsumas in my selection of manbags..
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Old 03-10-2015, 18:51
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Was looking on Pinterest to see if I could find anything hairy, not found anything as yet but came across this which I quite like 😀

http://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/worms-for-brains
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Old 03-10-2015, 19:07
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Was looking on Pinterest to see if I could find anything hairy, not found anything as yet but came across this which I quite like 😀
TY, think I'll give those a go. Wonder if they're a fun way to get kids to eat peppers? When I was a kid, I hated them. Now I'm a.. big kid, I love them.

But when I was in Thailand browsing a shop, I saw a packet of hairy crisps. No idea what was in them but the description was the only bit in English. So I had to buy them. They were some kind of vegetable crisp with one side smooth, the other side kind of coarse fibres/hairs.
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Old 03-10-2015, 21:54
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Candy floss?
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Old 03-10-2015, 22:03
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I was wondering about some sort of spun sugar effect. Candy floss can be coloured to suit too.
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Old 03-10-2015, 23:02
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Yep, had thought about candy floss. It's the kind of texture I'm looking for, but not sure about the sweetness.. Or how to make it. Basically looking to make party food like pizza, burgers, fingers on sticks & various other noxious nibbles.

Plus as there's a few weeks to go.. I don't want too much sweet stuff given I have to eat most of my experiments. Although it's quite fun. SWMBO called.

Her: Are you busy?
Me: Not really, just shaving some kiwis
<silence>
Her: So.... shall I come over then?
Me: Yes please

Then being asked why I've got a slice of moldy pizza in the kitchen. For inspiration, obviously. I guess I could have just photographed it..
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Old 04-10-2015, 19:22
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So today I made finger food.

Plan was to have fingers on sticks. Fingers start out as chunky chippolatas so they're more finger sized once cooked than some skinny/cocktail sized sausies.

To get a finger effect, I broke off one rounded end. Make a small hole in that end. Chop a section of the white bit of a spring onion stem, and poke a bit out of the middle to make a ring. Fill hole with beetroot and poke ring into the hole in the end of sausage to make a finger bone.

For fingernails, I experimented. I got some fake nails to use as moulds, but then figured they may not be food-safe, especially for making caramel nails. Nails you can chew! But those didn't look very good anyway.

So cut onion in half and then vertically into segments a bit more than finger width wide. Cut segment into a bit more than a finger nail length from the wide end. Should end up with chunks sort of finger nail shaped. Give them a quick fry in some butter or cooking fat/fat substitute of choice till they go translucent.

So then create a nail bed in t'other end of the sausage. Easiest to do that when cold with a sharp knife, but also discovered cutting the skin when hot meant it peeled back in an interestingly disgusting way. Then still onion nail section in place.

Final flourish was to slap a bit of rice skin in the middle to make a knuckle efffect. I basically took a disc-ish bit and scrunched the ends together so it wrinkled a bit. Brush with some soy sauce to get it sausage coloured.
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Old 05-10-2015, 15:21
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How about Tripe
or Chitterlings ?
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Old 05-10-2015, 15:31
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Yup, I may do something like that, or prairie oysters. Also got pointed at the Hairy Bikers in Sweden, and their 'blood pancake'. Thinking if I can get some pigs blood I can make those and then maggot rolls with rice or pasta maggots. Obviously not suitable for vegetarians, but should be like a black pudding/crepe/spring roll kinda thing..
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Old 05-10-2015, 23:04
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So today I made finger food.

Plan was to have fingers on sticks. Fingers start out as chunky chippolatas so they're more finger sized once cooked than some skinny/cocktail sized sausies.

To get a finger effect, I broke off one rounded end. Make a small hole in that end. Chop a section of the white bit of a spring onion stem, and poke a bit out of the middle to make a ring. Fill hole with beetroot and poke ring into the hole in the end of sausage to make a finger bone.

For fingernails, I experimented. I got some fake nails to use as moulds, but then figured they may not be food-safe, especially for making caramel nails. Nails you can chew! But those didn't look very good anyway.

So cut onion in half and then vertically into segments a bit more than finger width wide. Cut segment into a bit more than a finger nail length from the wide end. Should end up with chunks sort of finger nail shaped. Give them a quick fry in some butter or cooking fat/fat substitute of choice till they go translucent.

So then create a nail bed in t'other end of the sausage. Easiest to do that when cold with a sharp knife, but also discovered cutting the skin when hot meant it peeled back in an interestingly disgusting way. Then still onion nail section in place.

Final flourish was to slap a bit of rice skin in the middle to make a knuckle efffect. I basically took a disc-ish bit and scrunched the ends together so it wrinkled a bit. Brush with some soy sauce to get it sausage coloured.
I think it's time you provided us with some pictures
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Old 06-10-2015, 01:02
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I think it's time you provided us with some pictures
Hmm.. to do that, I'd have to cook more sausages. And end up with more cold sausages. Such sacrifices I'm prepared to make.. But prolly have to wait till the weekend
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Old 06-10-2015, 21:02
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Hmm.. to do that, I'd have to cook more sausages. And end up with more cold sausages. Such sacrifices I'm prepared to make.. But prolly have to wait till the weekend
It would be nice. I'm no cook but a keen voyeur. Are you just doing savoury stuff or is the sweet stuff just more obvious?
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Old 06-10-2015, 21:55
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Are you just doing savoury stuff or is the sweet stuff just more obvious?
Ah, well.. I'm.. err.. Improvising as I think of stuff I could potentially make. So started with drinks from a '70s thread in GD, which lead to suggestion for a Halloween party and now Ima cookin!

Soo.. only thought I've had for desserts so far is still finger-based. Finger sponges on a trifle so I could still try caramel fingernails or I've been musing about ladies fingers and icing nails. Or dark/milk/white chocolate fingers with iced nails around a trifle of doom... Decisions decisions.

(oh, and making a marzipan skull to stick my sticky fingers into)
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Old 07-10-2015, 15:11
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Its not edible, but what about the 'choke' from an artichoke? Its hairy and could look suitably like mould
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Old 07-10-2015, 22:45
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Ah, well.. I'm.. err.. Improvising as I think of stuff I could potentially make. So started with drinks from a '70s thread in GD, which lead to suggestion for a Halloween party and now Ima cookin!

Soo.. only thought I've had for desserts so far is still finger-based. Finger sponges on a trifle so I could still try caramel fingernails or I've been musing about ladies fingers and icing nails. Or dark/milk/white chocolate fingers with iced nails around a trifle of doom... Decisions decisions.

(oh, and making a marzipan skull to stick my sticky fingers into)
There are some good ideas which could be used without the cupcakes from Lily Vanilli
http://www.amazon.co.uk/A-Zombie-Ate.../dp/1908862068
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Old 07-10-2015, 23:15
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Its not edible, but what about the 'choke' from an artichoke? Its hairy and could look suitably like mould
Hmm.. Soo... wiki says-

the mass of immature florets in the center of the bud is called the "choke" or beard. These are inedible in older, larger flowers.

So presumably edible in younger artichokes? Assuming I can find those on sale.. Also the flowering ones look possible, and didn't know they got made into tea. But then again, I've never really liked artichokes.

Currently I'm thinking the candyfloss idea might work, especially as I can use it for the horizontal threads in some molds/fungii as well. I have a feeling this experiment's going to get me into a few sticky situations though
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Old 07-10-2015, 23:22
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There are some good ideas which could be used without the cupcakes from Lily Vanilli
TY, inspiration is always useful

For the skulls, I've found this guide-

http://www.spookybaker.com/Product_p...pan_skull.html

and I also like these-

http://www.spookybaker.com/Product_p..._cupcakes.html

For the skull, I want it kinda life-size, so would be a lot of marzipan, which I don't really like so am plotting how I could fit something like a strawberry sponge inside it so that can be fed to unsuspecting vict.. I mean guests as well.
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Old 26-10-2015, 22:03
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There's a show on Food Network at the moment called Halloween Wars.
It's some kind of competition and possibly all to do with cakes but it might give you some ideas.
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