Look at these creepy dishes that we prepared for a small Halloween gathering at our place.
Note it's not so easy to export Halloween in Siberia, because the stores don't carry the basics: no chemical coloring agents for food, no jello to make the classical oozy brain snacks. For a moment, I even thought I'd have to stuff the olives with paprika myself, like the Greeks were probably doing 2000 years ago. So without the basics to do the typical Halloween recipes that can be found on Google, we had to think hard to get our creativity going. I was happy that Katya turned out to be very imaginative about creepy stuffs, which is a quality I appreciate on a once-a-year basis.
Finger foods were a blast. Everybody drank the old witch's brew like if it were milk. And the mushrooms with pepper made very nice little eyes... As for the caviar-made pumpkins, it's a treat that you won't find in the US.
Happy Halloween!
