Comments on: Cthulhu fhtagn! Now feed me!

Question: Cthulhu fhtagn! Now feed me!

Astro Zombie — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 14:44:32 -0800

H.P. Lovecraft-themed foods?

Am Going to a party on Friday where we shall be watching the silent version of Call of Cthulhu and playing some Lovecraft-themed board game. Would like to bring appropriate food. Please suggest. Vegetarian options very welcome.

Because that's how I roll with the Elder Gods, yo.

By: Astro Zombie

Astro Zombie — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 14:45:07 -0800

Cocktail suggestions also appreciated.

By: aubilenon

aubilenon — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 14:47:57 -0800

You could eat Milky Way bars, which is a little like devouring universes (I know, galaxy != universe)

Along similar lines, you could get a pizza with everything.

By: Malla

Malla — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 14:48:59 -0800

Blood Oranges

By: klangklangston

klangklangston — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 14:50:32 -0800

Besides squid?

By: Malla

Malla — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 14:50:51 -0800

Goat with a thousand young cheese pizza.

By: limeonaire

limeonaire — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 14:54:16 -0800

Absolutely squid. Though not deep-sea squid—too much ammonia to be palatable.

By: kaseijin

kaseijin — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 14:55:44 -0800

I keep thinking of some mushroom dish revolving around the fungi from yuggoth. Maybe the "stuffed mushrooms from yuggoth"...

By: kaseijin

kaseijin — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 14:56:33 -0800

...the grilled portabello from yuggoth....

By: kaseijin

kaseijin — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 14:57:43 -0800

...or you could cut blocks of mozzarella cheese into 1's, bread them, fry them up...and serve them with marinara as "Deep (fried) Ones"....

By: BitterOldPunk

BitterOldPunk — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 14:59:12 -0800

Robert E. Howard's letters to Lovecraft were often concerned with food.

He remarked tangentially, too lazy to actually think of suggestions.

By: kaseijin

kaseijin — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 14:59:34 -0800

Shoggoth Smoothies!

By: limeonaire

limeonaire — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 14:59:50 -0800

Also asked my next-door cubemate, a sci-fi aficionado, for suggestions—apparently Lovecraft is from Maine, and a lot of his stories have that kind of bent to them, so lobster, crab...the more gigantic, the better!

By: spec80

spec80 — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 15:08:23 -0800

Calamari with various dipping sauces (Marinara recipe is in the calamari link)

THAI LIME DIPPING SAUCE (from Blue Ginger restaurant)
Makes about 5 cups
Lasts 1 week, refrigerated

2 cups Thai fish sauce (nam pla)
3 cups fresh or bottled lime juice
1/2 cup chopped fresh cilantro
1/2 cup chopped fresh basil
1/2 cup chopped fresh mint
1 tablespoon peeled and minced fresh ginger

AIOLI
1 cup mayonnaise
1/4 cup sour cream
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
1 tablespoon chopped fresh flat-leafed parsley leaves
1 teaspoon minced garlic

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You can also get dried squid snacks at asian markets.

By: spec80

spec80 — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 15:10:58 -0800

There's also this hot dog roaster which you can probably jimmy together with a Punisher mask, foam core and chopsticks.

By: spec80

spec80 — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 15:12:02 -0800

DIY roaster suggestion for display, not for roasting - obviously

By: doncoyote

doncoyote — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 15:43:55 -0800

Lovecraft himself subsisted on a diet of Boston Baked Beans and ice cream, according
to George Kuchar's graphic biography in Arcade Comics #3 (1975). Kuchar loosely based his story on August Derleth's biography of Lovecraft.

By: mrzarquon

mrzarquon — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 16:07:15 -0800

You should go for the insane asylum food route, from the Nellie Bly article, they mention being served:
gruel broth, spoiled meat, bread that was little more than dried dough

Also, anything green and liquiding would work (a la re-animator). A jagermeister / chartreuse (a drink so fine they named a color after it) based mixed drink? Or a Navy Grog.

How about vegetarian chicken strips made like fingers (cut off a bit on the top part to make it look like a nail)?

How about this episode of good eats?

By: mrzarquon

mrzarquon — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 16:09:52 -0800

(you would have to use vegan gelatin depending on the vegetarians level of veggieness)

By: lovecrafty

lovecrafty — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 16:26:18 -0800

Punch! Something strong and unspeakable. You could make an ice ring or block and fill it with creepy toys (fingers, eyeballs, tentacles...), or get some dry ice (always impressive at parties) for that smoky look.

By: ignignokt

ignignokt — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 16:29:20 -0800

Spaghetti with green food coloring? You could also toss together cubes of jello of various flavors, smash 'em up a bit, then call it "non-Euclidean."

By: SPrintF

SPrintF — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 16:46:04 -0800

Pudding. Nothing says, "formless spawn from the dawn of time" like pudding.

By: lorimt

lorimt — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 17:01:26 -0800

Take hot dog. Stand it on end. Slice vertically from the top to about 1/2 way down. Rotate 45 degrees, repeat until symmetrical. When you cook this, it will end up squid shaped. I'm pretty sure I first saw this linked from Bruce Schneier's weblog.

By: porpoise

porpoise — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 17:43:07 -0800

Combine a brain mold and agar almond "tofu" (the "one stick" is kind a vague - you'll want a final agar concentration ~ 0.7 to 1% weight/volume).

You can dribble blackberry (or whatever) jam over top.

Sashimi (raw fish) would be part of my Cthulhu mythos-themed food package. Hm, some Japanese restaurants do really crazy rolls that look like caterpillers or dragons and whatnot.

By: middleclasstool

middleclasstool — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 20:25:12 -0800

Fresh Innsmouth sashimi would be nice. Maybe smeared with a bit of nice, green wasabi for a slime effect.

Beefalo, for your genetic mashup horror animal (it's also lean and very tasty).

By: emmastory

emmastory — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 06:21:43 -0800

Here's what Lovecraft had to say about his own favorite foods. (The list includes but is not limited to beans and ice cream.)

And I agree that lobsters and other sea creatures would be thematically appropriate - I have always thought that shrimp especially looked like sinister little aliens.

By: DevilsAdvocate

DevilsAdvocate — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 07:37:14 -0800

Cthulhu's frozen cthusthard!

By: baphomet

baphomet — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 08:05:24 -0800

Souls. Eat souls.

By: baphomet

baphomet — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 08:12:33 -0800

Also, if the game you're playing is Arkham Horror, pick the scientist. And hope your Ancient One isn't Azatoth.

For a cocktail, nothing suggests the epic struggle of good vs. evil implied by Arkham Horror like a layered Dead Nazi. Pour half a shot of Rumpleminz into a glass, then fill it with Jaegermeister by pouring the Jaeger over the back side of a spoon so the liquor runs down the side of the glass. You should get a nice separation this way (it really helps to use a bartender's pour spout- you can get the plastic ones at Zipp's for less than a buck. The pour spout will have a little hole in the top- covering it with your finger will slow the flow of the liquor considerably. This is hugely helpful when pouring layered shots.)

Hell, I'll invent you a cocktail for this occasion.

Cthulutini
1 1/2 oz. Jaegermeister
1/2 oz. Blackberry Brandy
3 oz. Cranberry Juice

Chill liquor until frozen like The Blackest Incarnation and serve in a martini glass. Garnish with a gummy worm.