Ghosts

[andreajackson]

I am invited to a Halloween party where I have to bring something that is related to ghosts. Does anyone have a cute recipe that would work? I am thinking something creative would be great so that I can throw everyone off! Thanks for all of your help!

[SClementson]

Sunset magazine (I think)had a recipe for meringue (sp.?) ghosts that looked really cute. If you're interested I'll find the recipe and post it for you.

Sarah

[slknight]

I have a ghost-shaped muffin/cupcake tin. You can find them at many kitchen stores. You could do any kind of cupcake or spice cake and then frost with white frosting, chocolate chips or raisins for the eyes.

[bijoux22]

Wow, this is a tough one! How about something with "booberries" or white chocolate lollypops (you can buy the molds at craft stores, they probably even have ghost molds)? I will keep my thinking cap on and try to come up with a few ideas. How about a grave yard cake with ghosts peeking out from behind the headstones (cookies). You could buy regular lollypops and cover the tops with white cloth or napkins, draw a little face and voila, you have a ghost. I think I rambled a little bit, hope this helps. Sounds like a fun party!

Instead of the lollypops you could make ghost cookies and put them in the graveyard cake. I went on williams sonoma page and they have the ghost cookie cutters.

[This message has been edited by bijoux22 (edited 10-07-2000).]

[Beth]

I've seen Pepperidge Farms Milano cookies dipped in white chocolate coating or frosting and decorated with ghost faces.

Another idea is to make a sheet cake and cut it into a ghost shape, frost and decorate.

Someone mentioned the pretzel sticks (large rod type) that were dipped in icing, rolled in icing and had frosting or candy eyes...those could be done in white.

Cut out sandwiches, crackers or appetizers in ghost shapes (quesadillas even?).

Make a cream cheese spread and mold into a ghost shape

Make some ghosts out of stiffened white fabric (post if you need more pointers on how) and make them part of you presentation. For example, let the fabric puddle so the bottoms will hold the ghosts in a standing position and bring them in to one side to create a spot for a bowl to sit. If you're ambitious, you could make the ghost hold the dish or part of the dish (make a well that could hold picks on a ghost that might stand in front of a bowl or tray).

Make stained glass cookies in ghost shapes.

Anything that has a habit of disappearing!

[This message has been edited by Beth (edited 10-08-2000).]

[MaryH]

This month's Sunset magazine does have the ghost meringues. If you need the recipe let me know.

[cookgirl]

Are you ready for this? This is from Cooking Light last year and it's absolutely hillarious! The real name is "The INVISIBLE Salmon WRAPPED IN GHOSTLY Rice Paper Lying IN A tomato BLOOD PUDDLE on BLACK bean PAVEMENT BY A broccoli TREE." WOW!

The Invisible Salmon Wrapped in Ghostly Rice Paper

SOURCE: Cooking Light YEAR: 1999 ISSUE: March PAGE: 164

INGREDIENTS FOR 4 SERVINGS:
Black-bean sauce:
1 teaspoon vegetable oil
1 cup finely chopped onion
2 tablespoons finely chopped peeled fresh ginger
3 garlic cloves, minced
1/2 cup dry sherry
1 (14.5-ounce) can no-salt-added diced tomatoes, undrained
1/4 cup Chinese fermented black beans
1 tablespoon chopped fresh cilantro
1 tablespoon chopped fresh mint
1 tablespoon chopped fresh basil
1 tablespoon fish sauce
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
Salmon:
4 (6-ounce) salmon fillets (about 1 inch thick), skinned
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
1/8 teaspoon salt
4 cilantro sprigs
4 (8-inch) round sheets rice paper
1-1/2 teaspoons vegetable oil
Remaining ingredients:
4 broccoli spears
2 cups hot cooked short-grain rice

INSTRUCTIONS:

The title of this clever dish by Nora Pouillon of Nora in
Washington, D.C., may twist your tongue, but the flavors will
delight it. You can also serve this in a more traditional
fashion--sans the broccoli tree and ghost-shaped salmon.

1. To prepare black-bean sauce, heat 1 teaspoon oil in a medium
saucepan over medium-high heat. Add onion, ginger, and garlic;
saute 5 minutes or until tender. Stir in sherry. Bring to a boil;
cook until reduced to 1/2 cup (about 2 minutes). Add tomatoes;
reduce heat, and simmer 2 minutes. Stir in black beans and next 5
ingredients (black beans through 1/4 teaspoon pepper). Remove
from heat.

2. To prepare salmon, sprinkle 1 side of each fillet with 1/4
teaspoon pepper and salt. Gently press 1 cilantro sprig onto
center of each fillet. Add hot water to a large shallow dish to a
depth of 1 inch. Place 1 rice paper sheet in dish of water. Let
stand 30 seconds. Remove sheet from water. Place sheet on a flat
surface; let stand 30 seconds. Place 1 fillet, cilantro side
down, in the center of sheet. Fold edges of sheet over fillet;
press seams to seal. Cover with a damp towel to prevent fish
packet from drying. Repeat procedure with remaining fish and rice
paper sheets. Heat 1-1/2 teaspoons oil in a large nonstick
skillet over medium-high heat. Add fish packets, cilantro sides
down, to skillet; cook 4 minutes on each side or until fish is
done.

3. Steam broccoli, covered, 2 minutes or until crisp-tender.

4. Place 1 fish packet on each of 4 serving plates; spoon about
2/3 cup black-bean sauce around each fish packet. Arrange 1/2 cup
rice and 1 broccoli spear on each plate. Yield: 4 servings.

Note: Bottled Chinese fermented black beans can be found in Asian
markets.

NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION:
CALORIES 518 (30% from fat); FAT 17.5g (sat 3.2g, mono 7.9g, poly
4.9g); PROTEIN 41.9g; CARB 47.3g; FIBER 3.7g; CHOL 111mg; IRON
3.8mg; SODIUM 780mg; CALC 119mg

[debg]

Prepare a chocolate cake and 1/2 through baking insert those oblong wafer type cookies so that they stick out. When the cake is done, these wafers can be decorated like headstones in a grave yard with sayings like R.I.P., funny names (i.e. U.R. Dead). I hope this is "ghosty" enough!