[Sca-cooks] crunchy jello and squid ink

[Kathleen A Roberts]

On Fri, 9 Sep 2005 01:11:55 -0500
  Stefan li Rous <StefanliRous at austin.rr.com> wrote:
> Adamantius commented:
  I don't think I've ever
>>had yams baked
>> with little marshmallows on top, either ;-). Need I even 
>>mention the
>> pictures of them that I've seen?
> 
> Shudder.

or the lurid photos of jello molds with something 
suspended in them (beleif, perhaps?) that decorate the 
pages of the '40s and '50s encyclopedic cookbooks!  8)

  
> Can anyone think of any other all black food, either 
>period or  modern? 

um.... my barbequed chicken?

i once saw some kids eating birthday cake with black icing 
(on the decorative train on top) and red icing.   all that 
red and black dye... looked like night of the living dead, 
but they were having fun grossing each other out. 8)

cailte
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