Porter's Annual Disgusting Dinner Delight

On Tuesday the 26th of October we celebrated all things Halloweeny by serving our annual Disgusting Dinner Delight.  Four of the kid's friends (the Tobiassons) joined us for the meal.  The menu for this year is as follows:

Porter’s Annual
Disgusting Dinner Delight

2010

 Please select three #1s, three #2s, three #3s, three #4s. 

Proceed at your own risk . . . .

_____Alien eyeballs                         _____ Blood

_____Scab picker                            _____ Wolfman’s Special

_____ Bloody cat hearts                  _____ Zombie Intestines

_____Dastardly Torture Spikes        _____ Goblin Droppings

_____Shivering Slimy Ghosts            _____ Empty tomb with Witch’s Brew

_____Arachnid nightmare                 _____ Vampire Vomit

_____Leftover toejam                      _____Slimey bat brains 

_____Crunchy toenails                      

It's always an adventure to choose food from the Disgusting Dinner menu.  For instance, if you chose a Scab picker, Goblin Droppings, and Empty Tomb with Witch's Brew, you would receive a spoon, a roll, and a spooky-looking drink in a Halloween cup. After each person receives his or her items for each course, there is a flurry of activity as the kids try to match up the ghoulish names with the actual food.  They soon discovered that Wolfman's Special was awesome (pepperoni pizza), as was the Arachnid Nightmare (the super cool spider cookies I made with chocolate dipped pretzels for legs and no-bake cookie as the body base).

Also pictured below:  Shivering Slimy Ghosts, Alien Eyeballs, and Vampire Vomit.

 We set the stage for the dinner with decorations, spooky music, and candles flickering. We set up a barrier on the counter so the kids couldn't see what food was being prepared.

I didn't get a lot of great pictures this year because Dan was gone at a work dinner meeting, so I was the cook, hostess, server, and photographer until he arrived home to help with cleanup.

It was a really fun night.  I love these kinds of fun experiences . . . hanging out with the kids and their friends, laughing together, talking, making memories. It's worth every bit of effort and preparation.