I know Halloween is so, like, last week; I just wanted to share some last minute things that we did around here. I was so excited to go trick or treating this year with the boys. One of the school mums clued me up to the fact that her neighborhood was being Very Organised this year, and all the residents within a few blocks had been letter dropped a note saying that if they wanted to participate, to put an enclosed balloon on their letterbox, and be prepared for parent accompanied trick or treaters between 5.30 & 7.30PM. It was a few streets away from us and I bought candy to give to the informative school mum to hand out, so we wouldn't feel like too much of a free loader/neighborhood hijacker. Then on the day itself, the gentleman woke up and was vomiting from both ends. Poor chicken.
And I was all!
By the end of the day he had somewhat recovered, but obviously there would be no trick or treating, it was very sad. But then I was all!
Lets just do Halloween at home! Guys, I've got this!
I decorated the lounge room a little bit, then hit the kitchen.
I made my basic pizza dough, and then made most of it into the shape of a
Tomato baseBlood? Check.BaconSkin? CheckLuncheon meatHeart? CheckCapsicumRibs? CheckOliveEyes? Check
I could have gone on and included noodle guts, cauliflower brains, dried apricot ears, and peanut toenails, but The Gentleman was already vomiting and I didn't want to get too gross. Because more vomit would have been truly horrifying.
With the leftover pizza dough I made Witches Fingers, using almonds for fingernails. There are many variations of this on the internet, with most being sweet biscuit versions or unnervingly lifelike fingers made of peeled hot dogs. These where more like bread sticks, and super easy to make. I rolled the dough into a flat rectangle which I then cut into strips, then rolled the strips into a rounded shape. I basted lightly with milk and stuck an
They went perfectly with an easy pumpkin soup, and I had lots of fun telling everyone to stop biting their nails at the table, because that is disgusting.
It was time for the Dead Man Pizza to come out of the oven, and I served him up on a
- In a large bowl, mix 2 sachets of dried yeast (about 14g) with 2 teaspoons of sugar or honey and half a cup of warm water. Mix it to combine, then leave it alone for maybe 10 minutes if the weather is warm so the yeast can eat the sugar and get bubbly.
- Add 4 cups of plain flour, and a pinch of salt. Stir until it's combined, adding more water as needed. Depending on the flour you might need another cups worth, but add it in a few tablespoons at a time so it doesn't get over wet.
- Add a big glug of olive oil (big glug = 2 or 3 tablespoons) and mix by hand until it is a reasonably smooth dough. It's still in the bowl at this stage, I don't like messy counter tops.
- Sprinkle a bit of oil over the top and cover with plastic wrap, pressing it onto the dough so it's not in contact with the air. Cover with a tea towel and leave in a warms spot to rise.
- Once it's risen, take it out and knead the crap out of it on a floured surface. Now it's ready to use!
Onto Desert...
Desert was
Desert was also some
After dinner we got down to the business of watching Hocus Pocus, which is a traditional Halloween activity in the Chaos House.
What did you get up to on Halloween?
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