Special Halloween Meal?
As I think about Halloween approaching I wonder do any of you have a special meal you always prepare for Halloween? Some folks always get a pizza delivered. We always have chili. Is there something you always serve for Halloween either by design or by default.
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gingercookiewithlime at 7:43PM on 10/19/09
Heck, I remember a soup with chicken broth, veggies, elbow macaroni,and chicken hearts...hehehe!
ChelseaGuy52 at 8:12PM on 10/19/09
Since I do catering and events my halloween food is always a creative endeavor of design and food. www.annetteaaronevents. or www.annette aaronblog to see the menu. -
Annette Aaron Eventfiulls at 7:06AM on 10/20/09
I make buffalo chicken wing dip every Halloween. I just happened to make it one Halloween night 5 years ago and now it's sort of a tradition.
caramel at 9:05AM on 10/20/09
During grade school, we used have pizza parties and apple bobbing when I was VERY young. However, to be honest, any regular food I ate on Halloween was quite unmemorable and merely a warm up for sweets--not just candy, but special decorated cupcakes, cookies, and brownies, too.
HeartofGlass at 9:18AM on 10/20/09
chili is always a hit, but you could try serving it in small hollowed out pumpkins or squashes to add to the theme. also halloween begs for some hot mulled cider.
wilma at 12:49PM on 10/20/09
I vote for Nigella Lawson's Blood and Guts Potatoes. Bake or microwave a bunch of russets (5-6 med). Halve the cooked potatoes, and scoop out the insides, leaving hollowed out potato boats. Take the insides and mash lightly. Squirt in 3-4 generous Tbs of good ketchup (more if you like) and mix in with 1-2 cups of shredded or cubed mozzarella (she used fresh, but I find that shredded works just as well). Fill the boats with this mixture and bake at 400F until hot and cheese is melted. Drizzle with a bit more ketchup and serve immediately. This is really good and the kids like it because of the ketchup and cheese.
AnnieNT at 12:58PM on 10/20/09
Martha Stewart has some great suggestions, including very easy spookified recipes. This year, I'm going to try the ice cream sandwiches that look like witch's hats or the Boston Scream Pie, and I've also decorated cookies to look like fingers and made the witch cupcakes in the past.
Her "Rigaboney" recipe is almost identical to my family baked ziti recipe, and I've taken to using rigatoni for it since seeing one of her Halloween shows.
MMinNYC at 2:34PM on 10/20/09
For some reason, we always end up ordering Chinese food. Mmmmm. Eggrolls.
gbania at 2:49PM on 10/20/09
A friend usually holds a pot luck birthday for her husband, born on Hallowe'en, so I can't remember having to make a full meal. I often make a plate of eyeballs, using the circular half of egg-shaped jello molds. It's the circular half that has the pouring hole. I insert a blueberry in the hole to plug it, flavor some milk and gelatin with vanilla, and pour it in. The gelatin sneaks around the blueberry a little, and they look disgustingly real. If I make them for a Hallowe'en bento I'll link to a picture.
lemonfair at 4:15PM on 10/20/09
I order shill salad from Annette Arron Eventfulls
dmcavanagh at 7:12PM on 10/20/09
Good one, @dmcavanagh. I was thinking the same thing.
I've made pumpkin soup, all cute in little hollowed-out pumpkins - but really, all everyone wanted was to head out trick or treating.
pourgirl at 7:18PM on 10/20/09
When I was growing up my mother always made chili. Halloween was the only time she would make it. (I make it all the time) I didn't know it was a big halloween thing. Anyway when I went off to college, she stopped and my dad really started to miss it. Now that im back, we'll def. be having chili.
Good topic by the way.
rumanddiet at 11:13AM on 10/21/09
When i was young my mother would always cook us some kind of big meaty dish. One that i particularly remember was i must have been 13 or so and she kooked a braised pork loin with this Awesome apircot sauce on in. It was Great, I guess here reasoing was my kidds are about to go out for 4 to 6 hours hunting down as much candy that they could find so i better fill them up with lots of protein.
Recently though all my friends are in College,i dropped out for various reasons. And every year we all get dressed up in the goofiest looking out fits we can find and we go down town and always have a really crazy good time. So on the day of halloween im taking it easy and loading up on breads and fluids to prepare my body for what it is about to be put through :) My last too halloween night partying didnt stop till about 7 or 8 AM. At that point people were starting to finally think about sleep! I love Halloween, ever since i was a kid it almost took Christmas as number one for me, but Xmas always won my a hair.
oldmanonastick at 2:37AM on 10/22/09