While we continue to search for a new kitchen here is a fun little short I put together for April Fools Day! Every year, it is my tradition to make "sushi" for all my friends. Everyone gets excited/grossed out about the prospect of a delicious fish and rice combo and then get the the surprise of something completely different. As is the custom on this day of fools!
The Recipe
Candy Sushi
This recipe makes about 40-45 small sushi or 4-5 rolls
2 Tablespoons Unsalted Butter
1 Bag Marshmallows (about 40 large marshmallows)
5 Cups Crispy Rice Cereal
2 Tablespoons Vegetable Oil
Toppings! Gummy fish and sea creatures, chocolates, cotton candy, twizzlers
Green Fruit Rolls for 'Seaweed'
Pink Bubble Gum for 'Ginger'
Green Frosting for Wasabi
In a large pot, combine butter and marshmallow and heat on medium till melted.
Add the rice cereal and mix well to coat.
While the rice is still hot, (be careful!!) form the bottoms of your sushi, you can either press them into molds, or form them with your hands. Coat your molds or hands in oil to keep the rice from sticking.
Top the rice with your candy toppings.
Cut the green fruit rolls into long strips and wrap them around the rice and topping, securing them together.
Repeat the process until all sushi are wrapped!
To make rolls, using hot rice (be careful!!) press the rice into a mold, or using a sushi mat, spread the rice out flat and fill with toppings. If the rice is too cold, it will not roll or press into the mold well.
Roll up sushi mat or top mold with more rice and let sit till rice has cooled.
Slice with a Very Sharp knife. Chocolate fillings are easiest to cut.
With a rolling pin or your fingers, flatten out a few pieces of bubble gum for ginger (if the gum is hard, throw it in the microwave for about 7-10 seconds)
The Costume
No costumes per say in this episode. We did a closet raid and began to put together outfits getting crazier and crazier as the night went on! As I am sure many of the cosplayers out there know, we are guilty of buying things and saying "OMG THIS WOULD BE SO COOL FOR A COSTUME!" and sadly, it sits there in the closet for a while before it eventually gets pulled out and used for something completely different. So we went and found all that stuff and here is what we came up with!
The Episode
I am still in mid-move so many friends have offered up the use of their homes for my costuming and filming. Lunairetic and Poisonous Butterfly have been my adopted family for the last 13+ years. So when I made my glorious return from Atlanta back to the Baltimore area, a reunion party was of course in order. And how better to do that than with booze and silly hats?! We spent an entire day coming up with (and testing!) the cocktail recipes and starting filming the next day. Many thanks to them both for the use of their closets and liquor cabinets!
The Recipes
Remember 1 standard sized shot glass = 1 ounce
The Keep It Going
To be made in either 3 shot glasses or a martini glass.
Chocolate Sauce
1oz Irish Cream
2oz Kahlua
1oz Milk
3oz Coffee or Espresso
Whipped Cream
Drizzle your glass of choice with chocolate sauce
In a cocktail shaker full of ice combine all liquor plus the milk and coffee
Shake well and pour into glass
Garnish with whipped cream
The Pricked Finger
This recipe makes 1 shot
1/2 oz chilled peach schnapps
1/2 oz chilled vodka
Grenadine
1 Cherry on a skewer
Pour the peach schnapps and vodka into a shot glass
Gently pour the grenadine along the side of the glass and it will settle at the bottom
Garnish with the cheery
Thread The Bobbin
Here is where things get tricky, remember not to rush this one, the slower you pour the better.
If it does not layer right, fear not, it will still taste great! Plus now you have an excuse to make another!
It is ok to not be exact with the measurements on this one, feel free to eyeball it. Just remember to use mostly the rum and cassis
This recipe makes 1 shot, try and find a tall glass to make it easier to see the layers
1/3 oz Mango rum
1/3 oz Crème de cassis 1/4 oz Grenadine 1/4 oz Pineapple Juice
1 piece of Red String Licorice
In the order listed gently pour the ingredients one at a time over the back of a spoon or against the side of your shot glass.
Garnish with Licorice
The Hot Glue Gun
This one is my favorite! Remember, Flaming shots are cool as hell, but Dangerous as S*IT. So for the love of all the things, be careful. For this drink, you douse the flame by dropping it into your beer.
This recipe makes 1 drink
1/4 oz Everclear 151 - This is needed to light the shot, if you don't want to light it, feel free to omit
1 oz Ameretto
3 oz Coke
10 oz Yuengling Beer
3 white Gummy Bears (This is your "Hot Glue"!)
In a pint glass, combine coke and beer
In a shot glass add the gummy bears pour the amaretto and slowly pour the 151 on top
Now the fun part!
With a long lighter or match, ignite the shot
Raise the shot over the beer and drop it in! If you are uncomfortable picking up the flaming shot, you can put it out first with the bottom of the pint glass or suspend the shot glass over the beer with a pair of chopsticks and simply push them apart to drop the shot. DO NOT blow on the shot to put it out. It will blow fire all over you, your table and your friends.
Unlike an Irish Car Bomb where you have to chug before the drink curdles, this drink can be enjoyed slowly.
Pattern Directions
Don't be afraid, It is actually quite good. If you enjoy Dirty Martinis, you will enjoy this.
This recipe makes 1 drink
2 oz Vodka
1 oz Sweet Pickle Juice
1 Sweet Pickle
Vermouth if you so choose
Rim a martini glass with pickle juice then dip it into a sugar salt mixture (I used 3 tablespoons sugar and 1 teaspoon salt)
In a cocktail shaker full of ice, combine vodka, pickle juice and vermouth, shake well.
Pour into martini glass and garnish with a pickle.
The Coat Hanger
A fun little creation, great for using up leftover champagne or for a girls day!
This recipe makes 1 drink
1 oz Nuvo Red Velvet Liquor
1 oz X-Rated Liquor (Kinky or Hypnotic is also acceptable)
Champagne
Fruit slice on a toothpick
In a Champagne glass, combine both liquors and top with Champagne.
Add fruit slice for garnish and enjoy!
