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Happy Halloween! My plans for my big Halloween post went up in smoke after the swine flu incident.  I was planning on some pretty cool recipes for this last week, but never got around to them.  Same with the post for today.  But, luckily while I was sick, I was able to surf the web and find some awesome Halloween recipes.  Below is a list of great Halloween recipes.

• Maggot Sliders from Elle’s New England Kitchen – With a little rice for maggots these look delicious.
• Bloody Worms from Macheesmo – Nick made some creepy looking worms.  The oreo dirt is a nice touch.
• Spooky Ghost Meringues from 101 Cookbooks – Light and fluffy meringues make magnificent looking ghosts.
• Meat Hand from not Martha – Meatloaf is a great medium when sculpting body parts.  This meat hand looks pretty real with the onion inspired finger nails.
• Best Food Inspired Halloween Costumes from Serious Eats – Still need a Halloween costume.  Serious Eats has a pretty good list of food costumes.
• Mummy Meatloaf from Family Corner – Wrapped in Lasagna noodles and olives as eyes, this mummy is pretty sweet looking.

Have a happy Halloween.  Sorry for not have a sweet bacon inspired Halloween meal.  I am blaming it on the swine flu.

-Rex

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It is Halloween weekend.  I usually list the culinary events in the DC area, but we are going to go through the best Halloween events today.  I love Halloween.  You get to dress up as someone else and party.  If you are running a little behind and need a costume idea check out the following food related costumes over at Serious Eats.  I think the wheaties box and the deviled egg are the best.

Markoff’s Haunted Forest

Markoffs is Maryland’s original and greatest Halloween event. There is so much going on that you’re sure to soil yourself! Choose from 2 terrifying trails and while you wait, indulge in a dozen other spine tingling events from zip-lines to ghost hunts. The Markoffs have been freaking patrons out for the past 17 years, and every year it gets a little crazier!

Time: They open at Dusk.

Location: Calleva Farm: 19120 Martinsburg Rd. Dickerson, MD 20842

http://www.markoffshauntedforest.com/

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Sorry to everyone for being gone the last couple of days. I appreciate all of your thinking of me. On a side note – Guess who doesn’t have to stand in line for a swine flu shot, Yep me!!! I got the antibodies the hard way. 48 hours with a 102+ temperature. However, I am back. I have come with pizza. Not any pizza, a roasted butternut squash pizza. Savory and Sweet it was the perfect comeback recipe.

Butternut Squash Pizza

Roasted Butternut Squash, Onions, Fresh Mozzarella and Freshly grated Parmesan Cheese.

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Well it appears that I have swine flu. Since I am over 25 the ER told me to go home and take some tylenol. It was like a scene out of Seinfeld, “No tamiflu for you!!” After waiting 3 hours to get denied tamiflu they were nice and only charged me $18 for the two tylenol that they gave me. Hopefully I will be back blogging tomorrow. My fever is almost under control. On the bright side, the swine flu is the greatest diet plan ever. I have lost almost 8 pounds in 4 days. Take that biggest loser. Well I will be back tomorrow.

Rex

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Sorry but I have had the flu for the past 3 days and have been unable to cook. I hope that I will be better by tomorrow. If so, I will have an awesome cocktail waiting for you. Once again, I am truely sorry for not having a post for you guys today. Have a great day, use hand sanitizer and try not to get the swine flu.

-Rex

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Last week I met up with my friend from college Justin.  He invited me to go and brew beer over at Shenandoah Brewery.  Basically it is a brew your own beer brewery.  They had 8-10 steam kettles and a ton of recipes.  We decided to Hellesfest.  Basically it is a 9% alcohol Ocktoberfest Lager.  Pretty potent stuff.  We did the brewing, but still have to wait 9-12 weeks for it to ferment.  The brewing process was really simple and only took about 2 1/2 hours.

The finished beer in the fermenting barrel.

The first step was to bring the steam kettle up to a boil.

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I hate to say it, but I am a huge fan of Noodles & Company. My favorite dish is the Mushroom Stroganoff. So today I wanted to try to recreate it. So I went to the store and picked up 2 lbs of mushrooms. Luckily I had a huge pan as I totally underestimated how many mushrooms were in 2 lbs.

Mushroom Stroganoff

Served over Egg Noodles with a little freshly grated Parmesan cheese, this was a great meal.

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Tips cooks love

The other day I received this book in the mail.  The concept of the book was intriguing.  Written by the culinary minds at Sur La Table with Rick Rodgers, Tips Cooks Love is a quick manual for home cooks.  It contains over 500 tips, techniques and short cuts that will make you a better cook.

This book is filled with tips and tricks to ease your time in the kitchen. Have you ever wondered how to bake even cake layers, how to perfectly roast a turkey, or the difference between the grades of meat. This book answers those questions and more. This book is organized alphabetically for quick reference. You are cooking eggs, turn to E and there is everything that you need to know. Fried, poached, hard boiled and even the difference between white and brown eggs.

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