brain

Diane, a faithful visitor and friend to this website, has started a new blog called
Wouldn't You Like to See Something Strange.

Yes. Yes I would. I always do.

She found this image showing that not all of us are still debating between brains and coffee.

King Unicorn sent me a link of interest for my Brains vs. Coffee debate. It lead me to this image of canned pork brains in milk gravy.

One serving has 1170% of your daily cholesterol.

Once the nausea subsided, I decided to do some research. Armour Star foods, which brings you such tummy-turning snacks as Treet Luncheon Loaf, is part of the Pinnacle Foods Group family. Their website reports that in 1948, Armour made the first deodorant soap Dial (at the time they'd been making soap as a by-product of the meatpacking process. Ew). I guess it makes sense since most of their food products make me feel unclean.

I may need to have this made.

The people at ThatsMyFace.com will take an image of you and use it to create a number of products: an action figure, a mask, a full head, a head cup to hold pencils...or my favourite, a Braincase.

The Braincase is a jar made in the shape and likeness of your head. It has a false brain panel beneath the scalp lid. When both are removed, you can keep your valuables in there. Like cookies. Or change.

Cost varies from $99 to $2999 depending on size.

Not crazy about your own face? That's ok. They can make you look prettier. Or older. Or younger.

I wanted to direct your attention to the new section on the website called Brains vs. Coffee. It started on twitter.com on Feb 20, 2009 when I typed the following tweet:

"Coffee...*stumble*...coooffee...*stumble*...braiiins ...hm? *shakes head* COFFEE.."

I found myself starting the day addressing the same question: Brains or Coffee? What's a ghoul to do? Can coffee really help me resist the urge for brains as I wake in a zombified state?

And now I'm posting these ponderings (containing 140 characters or less) daily to the website. The most recent post will be displayed in the block to the right. If you miss a couple or want to see all of them, click on the "more" link or the picture of the brain itself.

Hopefully some of you will get a kick out of it.

I've come across a couple of interesting ideas for serving watermelon at your next bone-bash. The first, a watermelon brain, comes from two sources and seems pretty straight forward.

You can try following scoochmaroo's detailed instructions (her melon brain is pictured right), or Disney's version.

Feeling a bit more brave and artistic? I got a good chuckle when I saw this idea of having the dead rising out of the grave (or melon, as the case may be).

I've tried to find the original source for this idea. I always feel a bit unclean when I post an image or idea without giving credit. Unfortunately, Kim's Halloween Recipes page where I found this image simply label it 'online idea' without a reference. If anyone knows who came up with this little beauty, I'd love to know.

My first experiment with a brain mould: a classic panna cotta dessert.

Ingredients for the brain:

• 1 cup milk
• 5 teaspoons unflavored gelatin *
• 4 cups heavy cream
• 1 cup sugar
• pinch salt
• 2 Tablespoons vanilla

Ingredients for the sauce:

• 2 tablespoons of jam
• Approx. 1 cup pomegranate or blueberry juice