Tomato Hornworm Wipeouts^

* Exported from MasterCook *

Tomato Hornworm Wipeouts^

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Serving Size : 1 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Halloween

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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1 Cucumber
1 Extra large ripe tomato
1 package (4oz) string cheese
8 ounces Container whipped cream
Cheese
1 tablespoon To 2 salad dressing
-----TOOLS-----
Carrot peeler
Paring knife
Cutting board
Bowl
Spoon
Butter knife
Plate

With an adult's help, use a carrot peeler to remove the cucumber skin. Discard
the skin and continue peeling long thin strips the entire length of the
cucumber
until you reach theseedy core. Set these strips aside. Dice the seedy core into
tiny pieces abo
You now need to remove the top of the tomato, much as you would the top of a
pumpkin to make a jack-o-lantern. Ask an adult to do the following: Take a
paring knife and carefully poke it into the tomato, about 1 inch from the stem,
pointing the knife at a
Using a spoon, scoop out the tomato's center, leaving a large, bowl shaped
space inside the tomato. Chop these tomato insides into tiny pieces, drain off
excess juice and add themto the cucumber.

Pull apart the pieces of string cheese into strips that are about the width of
a pencil. Cut each strip into thirds and set aside.

To make hornworms, use a butter knife to spread thin layers of cream cheese
onto each side of a cucumber strip. Then, using the cream cheese as a "glue",
wrap the cucumber in a coiling fashion around a piece of string cheese, from
one
end of the cheese to
Blend the remaining cream cheese with one or two tablespoons of your favorite
salad dressing and stir into the cucumber and tomato. Spoon this into your
hollowed out tomato and refrigerate any extra.

Place the tomato on the center of a plate. Ask an adult to use a paring knife
to carve out three or four holes the same diameter as the worms in various
places on the tomato. Carefully insert the worms into the holes and arrange
others on the plate. Serve
Sicko serving suggestion: Cover the plate with torn lettuce leaves and arrange
worms crawling through gnawed out holes. Use cream cheese to seal one worm
inside a folded leaf as if it had made a cocoon.

From the Book: Gross Grub by Cheryl Porter Random House ISBN 0-679-86693-0
Shared by Carolyn Shaw 10-95

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