Greetings, all!
I found this forum late in the season last year, so wasn't on much, but this year, I have lots of time to pick the forum brains, so to speak (and hopefully add something helpful too...).
We had our guests vote last year on the theme for this year, and the "Haunted Hospital" theme won by a landslide (against "Killer Carnival" and "Heaven & Hell"). Naturally, we've been planning since November 1st...and I can say that here without everyone thinking I'm kooky, which is cool!
Anyways, I know I saw some toe-tag invites around here last year that I hope to get some great ideas from, and a toe-tag game...and hubby and I are already working on props. One of our major "props" though is the "Corpse Buffet" that we want to lay out on our dining room table (aka either "Surgery" or "Autopsy Room 1") for dinner that night.
Whatever we end up making, I'm going to lay it out in the shape of a body, and cover it loosely with skin-colored fondant (so it will appear "loose" over the dishes of food). I figure that way I can make things that still taste good without having to worry too much about whether they look *enough* like actual body parts underneath. Naturally I'll have a brain mold and heart mold - there's a recipe online for a heart that "leaks" blood when cut into...when I find it again, I'll post a link here (if it's not here already).
So what I'm wondering (finally) is if anyone has any finger-food type recipes that could "sort of" resemble body parts, but still be good to eat (and not look *too* gross for our guests)? Say, mini-sandwich sticks for "shin splints", something for a "funny bone"...that sort of thing? We'll probably do spaghetti for the "main dish"/entrails (heck, maybe rib platters for the "ribs"), but I'd like finger-type foods for the respective limbs.
Any ideas???
Thanks!
Jamie
I found this forum late in the season last year, so wasn't on much, but this year, I have lots of time to pick the forum brains, so to speak (and hopefully add something helpful too...).
We had our guests vote last year on the theme for this year, and the "Haunted Hospital" theme won by a landslide (against "Killer Carnival" and "Heaven & Hell"). Naturally, we've been planning since November 1st...and I can say that here without everyone thinking I'm kooky, which is cool!
Anyways, I know I saw some toe-tag invites around here last year that I hope to get some great ideas from, and a toe-tag game...and hubby and I are already working on props. One of our major "props" though is the "Corpse Buffet" that we want to lay out on our dining room table (aka either "Surgery" or "Autopsy Room 1") for dinner that night.
Whatever we end up making, I'm going to lay it out in the shape of a body, and cover it loosely with skin-colored fondant (so it will appear "loose" over the dishes of food). I figure that way I can make things that still taste good without having to worry too much about whether they look *enough* like actual body parts underneath. Naturally I'll have a brain mold and heart mold - there's a recipe online for a heart that "leaks" blood when cut into...when I find it again, I'll post a link here (if it's not here already).
So what I'm wondering (finally) is if anyone has any finger-food type recipes that could "sort of" resemble body parts, but still be good to eat (and not look *too* gross for our guests)? Say, mini-sandwich sticks for "shin splints", something for a "funny bone"...that sort of thing? We'll probably do spaghetti for the "main dish"/entrails (heck, maybe rib platters for the "ribs"), but I'd like finger-type foods for the respective limbs.
Any ideas???
Thanks!
Jamie