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We had a Halloween party this weekend, which was generally delightful. In trying to do Halloween themed treats, though, I learned a bunch of things.
- Stenciled on circles of paprika do not substitute for olives on deviled egg eyes. They just look like deviled eggs.
- Ketchup eyes do not show up on hot dog mummies. And you really need French's mustard in its electric yellow glory - Dijon isn't much better.
- If you try to do the thing where you freeze a hand in a latex glove and float it in punch - just do straight up ice. I tried to add some of the simple syrup to it, so it wouldn't dilute the punch so much. I didn't think through the fact that it would change the melting point. Most of my fingers fell off. I also tried to dye it flesh colored. They basically looked like floating raw chicken breasts instead of hands. Wrong kind of creepy.
- Stenciled on circles of paprika do not substitute for olives on deviled egg eyes. They just look like deviled eggs.
- Ketchup eyes do not show up on hot dog mummies. And you really need French's mustard in its electric yellow glory - Dijon isn't much better.
- If you try to do the thing where you freeze a hand in a latex glove and float it in punch - just do straight up ice. I tried to add some of the simple syrup to it, so it wouldn't dilute the punch so much. I didn't think through the fact that it would change the melting point. Most of my fingers fell off. I also tried to dye it flesh colored. They basically looked like floating raw chicken breasts instead of hands. Wrong kind of creepy.
