

Our pioneer was usually mild-mannered Cheryl Porter with her 1995 "Gross Grub." Add ice ring made of fluorescent-green Mountain Dew.Īs All Hallo Eve has moved from pagan excess to secular party central, circa late 1800s, the cottage industry of recipes with gutsy names is groaning. Even the punch bowl is ripe for scarifying:Īllow a half gallon of lime sherbet to melt in a punch bowl. A ubiquitous six-layer taco dip would look insipid undressed for the season. Note that every dish on your buffet must be Halloweenized. Examples: Clam fritter squashed bats, toasted tongues, tortured tomatoes with bird-dropping dressing and a personal favorite, worm burgers with cheese.ġ 10 1/2 -ounce can chicken with rice soup We've seen Halloween food so gross, dogs won't touch it. If you go to enough Halloween parties, you'll soon discover normally mild-mannered cooks are head cases over the holiday's food.

A few drips of maraschino cherry juice in your martini shaker makes a Plasma Martian. Sour cream piped into a spider web on your salsa dip. String cheese cut on an angle topped with a red-radish slice looks like a severed finger. Rest assured: Any food becomes Halloween food when you add eyeballs and cobwebs.īread dough makes perfect bone and mummy material. Assure yourself: No panic attacks this year over Halloween parties.
