Post by JenWould love to know some other gross recipes, thanks.
Woops, I never got back to this. Apologies for the length of this to
other newsgroupers because it's for Jen - others need not read it!
You can make a terrific edible brain with pink instant pudding (extra
added gelatine for firmness) and very little mixing in of the powder
which will cause the undisolved speck to bleed red. We needed it to
look real so invested in a "brain mould" found in a trick/magic type toy
shop - but you could probably get away with pouring the thick mix into a
very crumpled plastic bag placed in the bottom of a wide-ish mixing bowl
that you continue to 'shape' into a brain as it sets. When solidly set,
cut away the bag carefully and using powdered (red) food colouring, drag
little veins with the powder colour on a barely dampened fine paint
brush in many of the ridges. (We didn't have a problem with the pattern
of a brain coz we used a mould but if you need more you can carve them
in with a skewer.)
It seems like lots of trouble but it depends what you need it for.
We also needed edible realistic looking 'dog food' and it was worth
going to elaborate lengths. Seeing as I was the one who had to do the
eating I opted to make it myself because I didn't want to eat the
mixture out of a real dog food can. Urk! (And we needed to make a
couple of back-ups in case we needed to shoot another take.)
I bought the same (large) size cans of fruit as large Pal dog food cans
because I wanted to use the label on the fruit cans. (We actually had to
alter the labels and parody them because of copyright regs but normally
you wouldn't worry about that.)
Using a good sharp can opener open and discard (or save for home use)
the fruit (and the fruit label of course.) Into the bottom of the fruit
can pour a small amount of gelatine mixture (to form a skin) which if
desired you can slightly colour with a couple of grains of instant
coffee. Let the rest run down to the base of the can (it was to be
re-labelled and opened upside-down for the stunt so seeing this aspic
type skin on top of a newly opened can looked genuine.)
Get a few packets of that light coloured instant chocolate mousse. Mix
it to a more concentrated mixture - mix by hand with a whisk not a
beater as darker specks/colorations help the end result. Keeping the
mix thicker than usual plop it into the prepared fruit can (no dog food
label on it at this stage - that's at the end) and every now and then
drop a large pink marshmallow that has been halved, cut/shaped with
scissors - cut away the powdered coating on the marshmallows that would
prevent the mousse mix soaking in a tiny bit) - when the mix is set and
cut it looks like those pinkish chunks in dog food.
Fill to the brim, pour another bit of thick gelatine mix on top and
gently sit the (fruit) can lid back on top. Refrigerate overnight for a
good firm set - also the ridges of the can will be evident on the set
form. Next day we lightly sealed that replaced lid with a little
silicone (we knew we weren't eating to the bottom of the can but you
could use some other non-toxic sealer or even invisible tape closely
applied.
Turn it upside down - important! Apply the dog food label with a couple
of dabs from a hot glue gun. This way you can actually use a can opener
to open it in front of those you want to make squirm - it really looks
like you're eating a new can of dog food. For what we wanted our plan
was to shake, slide and "schloop" out the "dog food" as a whole onto a
plate. This is why the aspic type skin looked great and also why when
tucking in with a spoon or knife and fork momentarily revealed those set
pink bits.
It actually tasted great but just the thought of it being dog food made
me gag for real - a lot! The others thought I was just acting all the
retching but the tears in my eyes were real. It's a pretty funny stunt.
Seeing as the first can worked a treat we had a few left over so just
for the hell of it we shot a couple of bits using them as pate put on
crackers as 'pensioner snacks.'
We did a lot more food based stunts but I've already gone on far too
long here - I told you others NOT TO READ IT so don't complain!