Ghoulish Fun Recipe

With Halloween approaching, here is a fun and unique way to bring business to your Street Food.

Wow the kids and gross out Mom!

If you are a food vendor or a product vendor, here is a neat-treat for Halloween!  Great for the kids and some Ghoulish fun!  This is for fry vendors that want a twist on an old standard, one that will add a little bump in your business.  If you are parents of kids above 3 yrs old I'm sure you have the same reaction to the gross things kids seem to revel on these days, so, how about "Fried Road Kill" for an amusing treat.

Fried Road Kill

1 1/2 cups milk

1 teaspoon salt

2 Tablespoons sugar

1/4 cup + 1 dash vegetable oil

2 Tablespoons dry yeast

4 cups all-purpose flour

Topping:

1 cup melted butter

1cup cinnamon sugar mix  (1/3 cup cinnamon and 2/3 cups sugar)

gummy worms

red licorice strings

small amount of cooked rice

green olives

sliced strawberries

(read the recipe and use your imagination!)

Place salt, sugar and shortening in a pan and mix. (Heat if necessary.)  Heat milk to 110°F, add yeast, stir and let rest for 5 minutes.

In a bowl place flour and make a well in the center.  Add milk and yeast mixture to the well;  cut with a pastry blender or a knife and fork. 

Add sugar, salt, and shortening; mix and/or knead until it forms a soft dough.  Cover and let rest for 30 minutes.

Melt butter and make the cinnamon and sugar topping.

Heat 1 inch of oil in a pan or commercial fryer to a temperature between 375°F and 385°F.

Roll the dough out to 3/8 inch flats; pull off pieces and roll into balls according to how big or small you want your dead animal to be.  Baseball size is good for home use, commercial vendors use soft ball size pieces.

Lightly flour surface and roll out each ball to about 1/2 inch thick.

Pick it up and pull it into what ever animal shape you want, head, ears, legs, tail etc.

Drop the animal into oil and fry to med to light brown, over frying will make them crisp.  This should take 2 to 3 minutes on each side.

Remove from fryer to drain pan or paper towels.  Brush with melted butter and decorate with gummy worms etc in appropriate places, (Half a green, an olive or strawberry slice make good eyes.  The cooked rice is for maggots.)

Sprinkle liberally with cinnamon sugar mix .  Have a camera handy.  The kids will remember this treat forever.