Halloween Funky Foods

          Why do we celebrate Halloween? Why do we like eating things that are scary looking? You would think that if it looked scary and we didn't know what it was, that we wouldn't want to eat it, but there is something about this day. Halloween takes our fears away and makes us do things we normally wouldn't. For instance, this....

 How gross is that? It actually looks like this persons skin was burnt off, and those teeth? Come on now? Now we know that this is actually ham wrapped around a fake skull but it looks completely real! Personally i would not eat this because it looks too real but there are many people out there that would not mind.




 
Dont worry, for those out there that are like me and you see something like that above you get sick to your stomach, there are actually some Halloween foods out there that we can tell what they are and they do look edible.

Thats much better. I can actually tell what these foods are made of and they are just so cute that i need to eat them anyway. Obviously the top ones are little piggies in a blanket except they are made into little mummies. The ones below are little taco monsters, and come on, who doesn't like tacos? Then on the bottom, there are little gravestone pudding cups. The tombstone is a sugar cookie, the dirt is Oreo crumbs, and the mud is the chocolate pudding. Not only do these look cute, they look delicious, and because we know what they are made of we are okay with eating them.

But what makes us want to eat things that are so cute and fit with the theme?

My theory is that we eat this stuff simply because everyone else is doing it. It is a fun way to eat also. By making our foods into something that they usually are, more people are going to want to eat it because it is out of the norm for food. It gives us something fun to do in our normal boring lives.


Other Halloween things to ponder......

Why?

• Why do we feel the need to scare people?
• Why does scaring people give us so much satisfaction and why is it humorous?
• Why do we eat the foods that we do on Halloween
• Why do we eat things that do not look appetizing on Halloween?

How?

• How much Halloween food do you eat on the holiday?
• How do you scare people?
• How much does it take for you to get scared?

What?

• What kind of Halloween foods have you made on the holiday before?
• Whats the weirdest Halloween food you have ever eaten?
• Whats the best thing you have ever been for Halloween?
• What is the best way you have ever scared someone? 
• What is the scariest thing you have ever been for Halloween?

 Here is a fun Halloween video to watch! But seriously, watch it. Enjoy :)

•  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jz_htyaQQkQ&safe=active