Halloween idea

[kengr]

The other day I added some chia seed to my ramen by just pouring it from the container. I added a lot more than I had before.

It worked out ok. Made the broth much thicker. and added some interesting flavor notes and texture.

The texture, and the way the cooked chia seeds looked reminded me of frog eggs, except way smaller. And that's when the evil idea struck me.

Cook up a bunch of chia seed to a sort of pudding, and use it in a Halloween dinner or part of a "haunted house" type scenario.

Harmless, and yet something that presented properly could *really* be gross.

Call it frog spawn or something. :-)

Comments

[stickmaker]

Another potential "grossout" involves warnings not to eat raw chia seeds or they'll get a bad case of sprouts. :-)

[kengr]

Well, the texture of the cooked seeds is kinda odd. The seed is surrounded by a layer of clear gel that's a fair bit larger than the seed.

If the seed is one "unit" in diameter, the seed+gel sphere is 4 or 5 units.

Hmm. Just had another thought. Wonder if there's a way to strip the "skin" of pomegranate seeds and leave the pulp intact?

That'd give you larger "spawn" but with a red-purple color.