[CH] Another Hornworm recipe

byron bromley (byron.bromley@gsd-co.com)
Mon, 21 Aug 2000 20:54:12 -0400 

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                     *  Exported from  MasterCook  *

                        Tomato Hornworm Wipeouts^

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Serving Size  : 1    Preparation Time :0:00
Categories    : Halloween

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
   1                    Cucumber
   1                    Extra large ripe tomato
   1      package       (4oz) string cheese
   8      ounces        Container whipped cream
                        Cheese
   1      tablespoon    To 2 salad dressing
                        -----TOOLS-----
                        Carrot peeler
                        Paring knife
                        Cutting board
                        Bowl
                        Spoon
                        Butter knife
                        Plate

With an adult's help, use a carrot peeler to remove the cucumber skin.
Discard
the skin and continue peeling long thin strips the entire length of the
cucumber
until you reach theseedy core. Set these strips aside. Dice the seedy core
into
tiny pieces abo
 You now need to remove the top of the tomato, much as you would the top of
a
pumpkin to make a jack-o-lantern. Ask an adult to do the following: Take a
paring knife and carefully poke it into the tomato, about 1 inch from the
stem,
pointing the knife at a
 Using a spoon, scoop out the tomato's center, leaving a large, bowl shaped
space inside the tomato. Chop these tomato insides into tiny pieces, drain
off
excess juice and add themto the cucumber.

  Pull apart the pieces of string cheese into strips that are about the
 width of
a pencil. Cut each strip into thirds and set aside.

 To make hornworms, use a butter knife to spread thin layers of cream cheese
onto each side of a cucumber strip. Then, using the cream cheese as a
"glue",
wrap the cucumber in a coiling fashion around a piece of string cheese,
from one
end of the cheese to
 Blend the remaining cream cheese with one or two tablespoons of your
favorite
salad dressing and stir into the cucumber and tomato. Spoon this into your
hollowed out tomato and refrigerate any extra.

 Place the tomato on the center of a plate. Ask an adult to use a paring
knife
to carve out three or four holes the same diameter as the worms in various
places on the tomato. Carefully insert the worms into the holes and arrange
others on the plate. Serve
  Sicko serving suggestion: Cover the plate with torn lettuce leaves and
 arrange
worms crawling through gnawed out holes. Use cream cheese to seal one worm
inside a folded leaf as if it had made a cocoon.

 From the Book: Gross Grub by Cheryl Porter Random House ISBN 0-679-86693-0
 Shared by Carolyn Shaw 10-95

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