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Halloween is once again around the corner, but this year rather than presenting something new (though I may have something fresh planned for Instagram!) I thought I’d dive into my Halloween archives and give a fun little recipe (well, a preparation at least!) we used to have at parties when I was a kid a new lick of paint with some new photos as they prove to be so popular year on year: let me re-introduce you to my Bloody Axemans Snacks.
Classic hot dogs, carved with radish finger nails to look suitably gruesome stuffed into a bun with lots of ketchup blood they’re quick, simple, but I hope you’ll agree also very visually effective! My parents originally found the recipe in a book of Halloween ideas for my first Halloween party (the same book from which came these Miniature Jelly Pumpkins, in fact) but for the life of me I can’t even figure out what it was called browsing on Amazon. Anyone recognise these deliciously horrible treats?
A Halloween treat from my childhood, frankfurters, hot dog rolls, radishes and tomato ketchup are turned into a tasty, gore-filled treat for October 31st.
Ingredients
Scale
6 frankfurter sausages
6 soft finger or hot dog rolls
2 large radishes
tomato ketchup
Instructions
Cook the hot dog sausages as per the manufacturers instructions.
Meanwhile, using the handle of a wooden spoon make a hole down the middle of each soft roll, leaving the bottom sealed.
Slice the radishes into thick slices and cut into triangles, with a sharp tip and one end and a strip of skin at the top to make the fingernails.
Cut beds out of the top of the sausages with a sharp knife for the fingernails and push them into the sausage, sharp end first. I think the above photo makes it pretty self explanatory.
Squeeze ketchup in lieu of blood into the hole in each roll and insert a ‘finger’.
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