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Eyes and Ears
From: Mark Hill
TO MAKE THE EARS:
- 1 1/cup cake flour (not self-rising)
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 large egg yolks
- 1 1/2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1/4 cup water
- 3 drops Red food coloring
- Mix all of the dry ingredients together in a mixing bowl.
- In another bowl, mix the wet ingredients together.
- Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and mix.
- Depending on the humidity, you may need to add a little more flour.
- Dump the dough out onto a floured counter and knead well.
- If the dough is still too sticky, add more flour.
- Knead the dough about 5 minutes.
- Let the dough sit while preparing the eyeballs
TO MAKE THE EYEBALLS:
- 1-1/2 of Ground Chicken or more
- 1/8 teaspoon Salt
- 1/8 teaspoon Pepper (white if you have it but black will do)
- 1/8 teaspoon Garlic
- Pitted Medium Green Olives
- Pitted Medium Black Olives
- Dump the ground chicken in a mixing bowl, add the spices, and mix well.
- Make little balls of chicken about 1-1/2 inches in diameter and place on a cookie sheet.
- To make the iris of the eye, take a green olive and cut in half and remove the pimento if you bought that type.
- To make the pupil, cut a black olive into small pieces.
- Now insert the black olive piece into the half of green olive.
- Stick the green olive onto the ground chicken eyeball.
- When you cook the eyeballs, you do not want them to brown, so steam them.
- Steam the eyeballs just like you would steam vegetables.
- It should take about 20 minutes over medium heat.
BACK TO THE PREPARATION OF THE EARS:
- Roll out the dough on a floured counter with a rolling pin.
- The dough should end up about 1/8 inch thick.
- Cut out round pieces of dough using a glass about 3 inches in diameter.
- Cut a small hole in the middle of the 3 inch piece of dough to form the ear canal.
- Roll up the edge of the round piece of dough and form into an ear shape. It helps to have a picture of an ear since you cannot look at your own.
- Put the finished ears on a dishtowel and let dry overnight if possible.
- If you do not have time, an hour or two will suffice.
- Cook the ears in boiling water and 1 tablespoon of olive for about 2 minutes or until they float to the top of the water.
- Drain the ears in a colander.
TO MAKE THE BLOOD:
Simply take a small jar of spaghetti sauce and mix in some red food coloring.
ASSEMBLE THE DISH:
- In a crock-pot or dish, pour the “blood” into bottom.
- Arrange the cooked “eyes” and “ears” and your done.
- It can be easily microwave or heated in a crock pot.

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