Film Food: HARE Witch Project

In honor of our first  annual Halloween Bash on Nov. 2nd, we are sharing a week-long film food series highlighting spooky recipes that are inspired by our favorite Halloween movies.

Remember when we all fell for this story and how we all thought that this was “found footage” from a group of amateur filmmakers?? We do! Today, we highlight 1999’s chilling horror film The Blair Witch Project. To keep it themed this recipe was inspired by the known neighbors of the woods…rabbit! We introduce the HARE Witch Project!

Synopsis: Three film students travel to Maryland to make a student film about a local urban legend… The Blair Witch. The three went into the woods on a two day hike to find the Blair Witch, and never came back. One year later, the student’s film and video was found in the woods. The footage was compiled and made into a movie. The Blair Witch Project.

HARE Witch Project Recipe:
– 1 full rabbit
-Coarse salt
-Ground pepper
-Garlic powder
-6 clove garlic
– Juice 1 lemon
-1/3 cup dried rosemary leaves
– 3/4 cup garlic infused olive oil
– 8-10 small potatoes
-1 onion
-1 tbl butter
-1/2 cup of white wine
-Sweet Spanish Paprika

 Season the rabbit with salt, pepper and garlic powder. Chop three cloves of garlic into larger pieces and mix with the lemon juice, half of the rosemary and half of the garlic olive oil. Pour onto the rabbit blending marinade thoroughly. Cover and refrigerate overnight, turning occasionally.

 Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place potatoes in a separate bowl. Add garlic olive oil, salt, pepper, garlic powder and rosemary. Toss the potatoes so that they are coated and won’t stick to the pan. Place the rabbit in a roasting pan and pour on the marinade. Cut remaining garlic cloves into fours and stuff the rabbit with the garlic pieces. Cut the butter in half and place it on the two ends of the rabbit for a browning effect.  Add the wine to the pan. Place the seasoned potatoes and an onion (which should be cute in quarters) around the rabbit and sprinkle a dash of lemon juice. Cover the rabbit with a piece of foil.

 Roast for 25 minutes then remove the foil. Roast for another 25 minutes, or until tender and lightly browned. Enjoy your Hare Witch project. 

Film Food: Pet SematarIYAKI

In honor of our first  annual Halloween Bash on Nov. 2nd, we are sharing a week-long film food series highlighting spooky recipes that are inspired by our favorite Halloween movies.

This pet horror classic is a memorable one. A parent would do anything for his child, but bring them back to life?? Only Stephen King could master this story in the Pet Sematary. But can Stephen create this SematarIYAKI??

Synopsis: After moving into their new home the Creed family’s cat is killed after wondering onto the highway. An elderly neighbor shows the father, to an isolated hill behind the local Pet Cemetery and instructs him to bury the deceased feline there. Not long after the cat reappears at the Creed home, only he is not the same. The docile cat is now vicious and destructive. When their youngest son meets with a fatal accident, the distraught fatherburies him in the same location hoping to revive him. Unfortunately he unleashes far more than he had bargained for.

*Pet Semeteriyaki Recipe:
-Boneless beef short ribs, cut to look like an animal body (we went with lizard/gator)
-1/4 cup soy sauce
-5 tbl sriracha
-1 tbl ground ginger powder
-1 tbl garlic powder
-1 tbl smoked soy sauce (available at specialty stores)
-1 tbl honey

Mix ingredients, marinate beef for 1 hour. Preheat oven to 375 degrees, bake on foil lined pan about 15-20 min. Play with your food; accessorizes; then eat!

*Recipe brought to you by BigBite friends, Jess & Kap!

Film Food: Children of the CornDOGS

In honor of our first  annual Halloween Bash on Nov. 2nd, we are sharing a week-long film food series highlighting spooky recipes that are inspired by our favorite Halloween movies.

What’s creepier than monsters, zombies, and wolves? Little farm kids with weapons. Brought to you by horror genius, Stephen King, The Children of The Corn is an instant horror classic that makes you rethink baby-sitting your cousins in central PA.
Synopsis: A boy preacher named Isaac goes to a town in Nebraska called Gatlin and gets all the children to murder every adult in town. A young couple have a murder to report and they go to the nearest town (Gatlin) to seek help but the town seems deserted. They are soon trapped in Gatlin with little chance of getting out alive.

Children of the CornDOGS

*Children of the CornDOGS Recipe:
– 1 box Jiffy cornbread mix, prepared according to instructions but using two eggs instead of one
-1 package hot dogs, cut into 1 inch pieces 
-Special equipment: mini muffin/cupcake pan

Preheat oven to 325 and thoroughly grease/flour pan.  Pour prepared cornbread mix into mini muffin/cupcake pan about halfway in each cup.  Add hotdog piece so that it’s standing up vertically in each cup in the center of the cornbread mixture.  Bake until cornbread mix is set and golden, about 45 min depending on your oven.

*Recipe brought to you by BigBite friends, Jess & Kap!

Film Food: REDRUM Cocktail

In honor of our first  annual Halloween Bash on Nov. 2nd, we are sharing a week-long film food series highlighting spooky recipes that are inspired by our favorite Halloween movies.

This recipe comes from what Ja-Rule would describe as…MUUURDAAA!!! One of many notable scenes from Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining is when little possessed Danny goes on a red lipstick graffiti rampage – writing the word “REDRUM” in his mothers bedroom, while also creepily chanting the word. Soon after, she realizes that her son is writing the word “Murder” backwards. Because of this twisted, creepy scene we were inspired to make a “REDRUM” drink, simply called Red Rum.

Synopsis: A man, his son and wife become the winter caretakers of an isolated hotel where the son sees disturbing visions of the hotel’s past using a telepathic gift known as “The Shining”. The father is underway in a writing project when he slowly slips into insanity as a result of cabin fever and former guests of the hotel’s ghosts. After being convinced by a waiter’s ghost to “correct” the family, Jack goes completely insane. The only thing that can save Danny and his mother is “The Shining”.

RedRum Cocktail

REDRUM Cocktail Recipe: 
– Don Q white rum
-1/3 cup of Sprite
-6 cherries
– 2 lime slices
-Grenadine
-Ice

In a rocks glass, add cherries and muddle until juiced. Pack in ice tightly. Add a shot of Don Q rum, followed by the Sprite. Squeeze lime and stir a bit. Top drink with a dash of grenadine. Drink!

Interesting Facts:
1. Danny, the son, was “a phenomenon,” with an “astonishing face and control of himself.” He was chosen through a search of thousands of children; he was six years old and had no acting experience. He also came up with the idea to hold up his finger and talk to it.
2. The snow outside was either pulverized Styrofoam (falling snow) or dairy salt (on the ground). Over 900 tons of salt was used.
3. Body count: 1

Film Food: BURGER from the Black LEGUME sliders topped with Texas ChainSLAW Massacre

In honor of our first  annual Halloween Bash on Nov. 2nd, we are sharing a week-long film food series highlighting spooky recipes that are inspired by our favorite Halloween movies.

Today we pay homage to two classic scary/slasher flicks: The Creature from the Black Lagoon and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

 

Synopsis CBL: A scientific expedition along the Amazon River discover a prehistoric Gill-Man in the legendary Black Lagoon. The explorers capture the mysterious creature, but it breaks free. The Gill-Man returns to kidnap the lovely Kay, fiancée of one of the expedition, with whom it has fallen in love.

Snopsis TCM: Driving through the backwoods of Texas, five teenagers pick up a traumatized hitchhiker, who slashes both himself & one of the five friends. Shaken by the incident, the group seeks help from the locals, but their situation becomes even more surreal when they knock on the door of a remote homestead. It’s quickly apparent that the residents are a family of inbred psychopaths, and the unlucky teenagers suddenly find themselves running for their lives. In hot pursuit is a disfigured, chainsaw-wielding cannibal known as Leatherface.

BURGER from the Black LEGUME sliders topped with Texas ChainSLAW Massacre

 *BURGER from the Black LEGUME Slider Recipe:

-3 12oz cans of black beans, rinsed and divided
-Small onion, minced
-Fresh poblano pepper, minced
-1 Tbl garlic powder
-1 tsp cumin
-1 tsp chili powder
-1 tsp salt
-¼ cup soy sauce
-1 tsp black pepper
-1 cup
-quinoa, cooked according to package directions
-Egg (if needed)
-Oil for cooking
-Martin’s dinner rolls (12 per pack)

Sauté onion and poblano until fragrant and caramelized.  Add two cans of black beans and seasonings.  Cook on medium heat, and mash with wooden spoon when soft/tender.  Remove from heat.  Stir in third can of black beans and quinoa.  Mixture will be sticky and thick enough to shape into small patties.  If needed, add an egg to help hold the mixture together. Make patties and set aside on parchment paper.  Add oil to skillet on medium heat and sauté each side until crisp/browned (oil is needed to help brown the patties since there isn’t much fat in them).  Top with Texas Chainslaw Massacre and serve on buns.  Makes 24 sliders.

*Texas ChainSLAW Massacre Recipe:
-Half head of napa cabbage, washed and sliced into thin strips
-4 red beets, washed, boiled and sliced into matchsticks (we used candy cane beets)
-1 bunch radishes, washed and sliced into matchsticks
-½ cup vinegar
-½ cup salt
-½ cup sugar

Mix ingredients and let sit at least 30 min. Serve over sliders. 

*Recipe brought to you by BigBite friends, Jess & Kap!

FILM FOOD: PoltergICED TEA

To kick-off the scariest week of the year and to gear up for our 1^st ever, BigBite Halloween Bash on November 2^nd at Board Walk Bar, we have decided to share some of our spooky film foods inspired by our favorite Halloween movies!

Today we pay homage to Steven Spielberg’s 1980’s horror film classic – Poltergeist. “It’s here”… the PoltergICED TEA!

Synopsis: In her family’s suburban home, ghosts begin communicating with five-year-old Carol Anne through a dead channel on the television. At first seeming like harmless ghosts, they play tricks and amuse the family. It is not for long when the mysterious beings use the television as their portal to enter the house and finally abduct Carol Anne.  As her desperate family tries to rescue the little girl, they are terrorized by the ghosts and their demonic leader.

PoltergICED TEA

*Recipe:
-Wave Vodka – yup, Wave Vodka
-Arizona Iced Tea
-Aperol

Mix equal portions of Wave Vodka and Arizona Iced Tea. Add a splash of Aperol. Serve over polter-ice.

Interesting Facts:
1. The Poltergeist franchise is believed to be cursed due to the premature deaths of several people associated with the film. The production used real human skeletons when filming the swimming pool scene which led many to believe the “curse” on the film series was because of using those skeletons.
2. Drew Barrymore took part in the audition for Annes role, then she got the role of Gertie in the E.T.
3. The roaring of the MGM lion was originally the sound of the poltergeist that attacked the home of the main heroes.
4. Spielberg worked on E.T. and Poltergeist at the same time.
5. In the scene where the clown was trying to strangle Robbie – the boy really couldn’t breathe, but the filming crew thought that he was acting.  After his face became blue, Spielberg realized that it was real and saved him from death.
5. Body Count: 0

Best Food Scene: The infamous kitchen scene with the possessed t-bone steak!

*Recipe brought to you by BigBite friends, Jess & Kap!

FILM FOOD: The Hills Have EYES CREAM SANDWICHES

To kick-off the scariest week of the year and to gear up for our 1^st ever, BigBite Halloween Bash on November 2^nd at Board Walk Bar (behind the Piazza, next to North Shore Pool Club), we have decided to share some of our spooky film foods inspired by our favorite Halloween movies!

Today we pay homage to the slasher king – Wes Craven and his 2006 action horror film The Hills Have Eyes.

Synopsis: A family is taking a cross-country road trip when their trailer breaks down, leaving them stranded in the desert of New Mexico. There, they find themselves under attack by the savage “hill people,” who were deformed by radiation during nuclear testing.

The Hills Have EYES CREAM SANDWICHES

*Recipe:
-Pepperidge Farms soft baked sugar cookies OR Anna’s ginger crisps
-Vanilla ice cream
-Pumpkin pie spice

 Let ice cream soften.  Mix in pumpkin pie spice to taste.  Spread ice cream on cookies and freeze immediately until hard (about an hour). 

Interesting Movie Facts:
1. This movie is a remake of Wes Craven‘s 1977 film The Hills Have Eyes.
2. Originally, the film was given an X-rating which would have relegated it to the porno circuit and severely hurt the box-office returns. Wes Craven cut the film enough to secure an R rating. The original director’s cut is thought to be no longer in existence.
3. For the scene where the feral family is eating Bob, the actors were actually eating a leg of lamb roast (yum).
4. Body count: 17

*Recipe brought to you by BigBite friends, Jess & Kap!

BigBite Philly’s HALLOWEEN BASH – Nov 2nd!

Halloween never ends!

Join the BigBite Philly team as we celebrate our favorite holiday – HALLOWEEN – on Saturday, Nov 2nd at Boardwalk Bar (next to North Shore) in Northern Liberties. Help us raise funds for the 2014 Philly Chili Bowl!

Halloween Bash 2013

Dance your face paint away with tunes by DJ Emynd, and make sure your costume is not too tight for the midnight Ghoul Train Line.

Doors open at 9 PM and spooky Stoli Vodka drink specials will flow from 9-11 PM! Get there early!

Prizes for best food-related costume (a North Shore BeachClub membership) and for best group costume!

TICKETS: $7 Pre-Sale. $10 at the door. BUY TICKETS!

*Proceeds of this event will go towards the Philly Chili Bowl 2014!! Help us create an even bigger event!! 

Don’t be scared…it’ll be a ghoul’o time!

The Ultimate Marshmallow Roast Cone

With bonfire season in full effect, we decided to get a little creative as temperatures continue to drop. When one is in charge of bringing s’mores to a bonfire party – one must play it proper. When BigBite is in charge of things like this – we go big.

And big we did. We brought a s’mores buffet to the party so that guest could create their very own s’mores sensations.

S’more Buffet

On the menu:
-Traditional marshmallows
–Jumbo marshmallows – they are massive
-Traditional honey gram crackers
-Chocolate gram crackers
-Traditional milk chocolate bars
-Dark chocolate bars
-Hersey’s cookie’s and cream bars
-Chocolate syrup
-Nutella
-Strawberries
-Banana
-Coconut chips
-Waffle cones

BAM! Options galore.

Our most favorite and prized concoction was our very own creation:

The Ultimate Marshmallow Roast Cone

The Ultimate Marshmallow Roast Cone. Not this wimpy artificial goop that most of us grew up on, but a legit jumbo marshmallow roasted to perfection, stuffed with a sliver of milk chocolate, then affixed to a waffle cone  – which is slightly roasted again. Before adding the marshmallow to the cone, add Nutella, strawberries and Cookie’s and Cream chocolate bars into the cone. Stuff the jumbo marshmallow into the cone – and then top it off with more strawberries and Nutella, coconut chips, and bananas. NOTE: For an even better sugar high, also add chocolate syrup at the bottom of the cone, before adding the marshmallow and other fixings.

BOOM! Bonfire explosion in your mouth! It’s like a Summer and Fall mashup on a cone!

Be the talk of your next bonfire gathering – and bring The Ultimate Marshmallow Roast Cone as your gift offering. They won’t be disappointed.

Enjoy and stay warm.

-Ryllis