Here’s a little recipe that I came across today and thought you all might like them.

Brain Cookies

2 sticks unsalted butter, softened
1 cup sugar
3 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 large eggs
1/2 cup very finely chopped walnuts, or pecans
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
About 5 drops red food coloring
About 9 drops blue food coloring
Blood Glaze:
2 cups confectioners’ sugar
35 to 40 drops red food coloring
2 to 4 tablespoons milk, as needed for thinning glaze

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line 2 large baking sheets with parchment paper and set aside. In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar. Into a separate bowl, sift together the flour, baking soda, and salt. Alternating with the eggs, add the flour mixture to the butter mixture, beating well after the addition of each. Fold in the nuts, vanilla, and red and blue food coloring, being careful not to overmix the dough. (The food coloring will make the dough a grayish color, resembling the color of brains.)

Place the dough in batches in a potato ricer and push the dough out onto the prepared baking sheets in long tubes of dough. With your fingers, loosely pat and arrange the dough strands into clumps resembling brains, pushing to form 2 hemispheres and shaping into a walnut-like shape. Bake until golden brown on the bottom, 12 to 14 minutes. Remove from the oven and transfer to a wire rack to cool.

To make the “blood glaze,” in a small bowl, combine the confectioners’ sugar with the food coloring to make a thick glaze, whisking together. Add milk, 1 tablespoon at a time, until the glaze is a good consistency for drizzling. Drizzle the “blood” onto the cookies and serve either warm or at room temperature

ingenious…brain coolies for the little zombies in all of us!!

A short zombie story? You can be the judge, either way it is a good spooky story.

THE MONKEY’S PAW (1902)

from The lady of the barge (1906, 6th ed.)
London and New York
Harper & Brothers, Publishers

by W.W. Jacobs

I.

WITHOUT, the night was cold and wet, but in the small parlour of Laburnam Villa the blinds were drawn and the fire burned brightly. Father and son were at chess, the former, who possessed ideas about the game involving radical changes, putting his king into such sharp and unnecessary perils that it even provoked comment from the white-haired old lady knitting placidly by the fire.

A nice setting for a scarry story don’t you think? for the rest of this story follow this link  http://gaslight.mtroyal.ca/mnkyspaw.htm

interesting read of the day:

      “The Bokor is a powerful, sinister figure in the Vodou religion. He is distinct from the houngan, or priest, in that he practises the black arts, which include the creation of ouangas and wangas-talismans and charms that house spirits:the ouanga, for the purpose of doing good; and the wanga, to bring bad luck.

                  There are many Hatian folk tails about the Bokor, whose doings are shrouded in mystery, and whose powers are respected and feared. The most disturbing of these is that the bokor can create zombies…”    from ” Zombies: the complete guide to the world of the living dead ” by Zachary Graves

      I thought it was interesting little tidbit into where the idea of a “Zombie” came from. Stayed tuned for more Zombie intellect from the grave!