h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

A fully functional edible FSM has been constructed.

http://www.evilmadscientist.com/article.php/edibleeyes

Oh, my... I'm bookmarking that site.

For Halloween last year we made a Panna Cotta Brain with Cranberry... quite realistic, if you've got the 6-cup brain mold.

http://lina-lee.com/blog/wp-images/upload/halloween_brain_finger.jpg

Ours didn't look quite as gory - guess we need to try some sort of dark red jelly next time, instead of the cranberry jell.

Nice!

I remember Mikey made a multi-coloured jelly brain.

The brain looks awesome!

A local shop here sells a brain-shaped Jell-O mold. Too bad I can't eat Jell-O (I'm vegetarian), because the photos of the finished brain look so cool. Can't think of anything else that would mold properly.

There's a gelatin substitute called agar agar which has some good reviews - here's a recipe

http://www.foodiesite.com/recipes/2002-02:cocjell

You can also get a halal Jell-O which is also vegetarian. Although maybe the mango flavoured one isn't quite the right colour.

Checked out the recipe, Christopher. I'll keep an eye open for those flakes. Meanwhile, I'd never heard of using gelatin in jelly! Usually it just contains fruit, sugar, and pectin. I can't imagine what kind of sandwich one would use coconut jelly on- though perhaps it'd be OK on toast or a bagel.

Didn't know about the halal Jell-O, either, but there is no shortage of halal grocers within reasonable proximity to home. I'll look there, too.

The mango flavored one would probably work if you added food coloring. They're expensive as hell, but I know just where to get all-natural food coloring.

Ok, I see what's wrong here.

Jell-O = Jelly
Jelly = Jam

Of course, brains should be spicy.

Yeah..and typing 'Jell-O' when I meant 'Jelly' didn't come naturally.

PS, I need recommendations for fun in Leeds. F19585?thread=4985727

Ah... I see. Jelly= fruity spread with chunks of fruit in it; jam= fruity spread, puree style, without chunks of fruit in it. Jell-O= fruit flavored gelatin dessert.

I've never been to Leeds.

Brains should be spicy? I'd always imagined they were a little on the bland side. If I used peach "Jell-O" and a splash of cranberry juice, would I have Sex On The Brain?

Isn't that a song?

I've been to paradise but I've never been to Leeds.

>>Jelly= fruity spread with chunks of fruit in it

S'even more complicated, 'fraid. We'd expect a jelly in the jam sense to be a set spread with any chunky bits filtered out. Although jelly in the Jell-O sense can contain optional chunks.

Then it's trifle.

I miss my son... my wife divorced me after I spilt trifle all over her. She got custody.

Apparently Leeds is only good for football violence and radical Islam. *sigh*

I don't know as that I'm familiar with the concept of "trifle".

Jelly in the "jam sense" would be the same thing as "preserve". It doesn't have really big chunks of fruit, but strawberry jelly (or preserve) might have the seeds in, while jam would have all the bits filtered out. Jell-O, on the other hand, can have fruit or veg chunks in it or not, whichever one prefers. When I was a kid, I liked orange Jell-O with grated carrot, and green Jell-O with pears. I haven't had Jell-O in nearly 20 years, though, not knowing there was a flesh-of-the-dead-free version.

Sorry for derailing yet another convo, Christopher. From brains to fruit preserve in six postings flat...

That's fine, just don't bring God into it.

Nice irony though, finding a vegetarian alternative in order to make spicy brains.

Anyone seen 28 Weeks Later??

Nope. The first one didn't impress me too much (it was OK, but not worth all the hype, IMO), so I didn't see the sequel. Was it better than the first?

Lots of other good zombie flicks have found their way into the queue, and my DVD player, over the last year though, including *anything* with mutant zombie livestock.

Re: the zombie livestock- I just get a kick out of watching the cows/sheep/pigs/etc eat *people* for a chance. Justice!