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What better way to keep in the Halloween spirit than by turning your buffet table into a party that can almost turn off their appetites instead of turning them on. Creating a “corpse buffet” will allow them to enjoy what you’ve prepared and leave a lasting impression when it comes to your party decorating skills. There are many ways to do this. Let’s start with the basic supplies and then move on to the food possibilities.

Supplies:

  • 6 foot long table
  • Black tablecloth (8 feet or larger)
  • Battery operated candles and/or table lights (safety first! Battery operated please)
  • Various sizes of serving plates
  • Wig (for the “head” area – optional)
  • old man dress shirt
  • old pair of pants
  • Various foods (see below)

The art of creating a corpse buffet lies in the strategic placement of the corresponding foods. The goal is to create a tasty buffet of food that resembles a corpse, with additional portions of the creations placed in front of the body for easy serving. You can start with body accessories: a wig, a large shirt and pants. The wig is easy, that’s the head. When it comes to the shirt, it should only be buttoned in the “neck” area and put on the open tablecloth, as an additional decoration (sleeves are laid on the table). The pants are the same…wear an old pair, leave the button and zipper open, and put out a serving plate of whatever you’re wearing for the gut/stomach section. However, for the pant legs, cut each pant leg down the center front, just below the crotch, stopping before the hem. Fold open and accommodate serving bowls and plates inside. It helps to shred the clothes a bit for added effect. There are endless ways to vary the buffet and the above is just an example to get your creativity flowing.

As for food, try these options for size:

head – Eyes, bloody ears, and brain matter are key here. First, however, place a bowl of the appropriate size in a wig. This will be your head. Fill it with brain stuff (either leafy salad, pasta salad, or a special brain snack like a cheese ball made from a “brain mold”) and garnish with your choice of edible eyeball creations. It might be a good idea to make the head area a snack section, so that the actual head has a selection, allowing you to fit two additional snacks such as a bowl of Eyeballs (jelly eyeballs, egg eyeballs stuffing, etc.) or a platter of Bloody Ears (shrimp “ears” and cocktail sauce).

Neck/Shoulders – There’s not much to do here. If you’re wearing the shirt, you can pin it over a box and use this area for lighting effects and decorations… like a battery-operated flickering candle with some spiders and cobwebs.

Ribs/Chest – Place a serving dish (slow cooker, saucepan or skillet) in the rib area and fill with boneless barbecue rib meat. Stack the bone-in ribs on another serving plate at an angle in front of the boneless rib meat to create the body “ribs.” If you prefer, you can get some fake bones from a party supply or order some bones from a butcher that you can simply place as decorations, keeping the center meat on a hot plate.

stomach/intestines – Inside the torso of the pants, place your crock pot or serving dish filled with things like spaghetti (or any pasta of your choice), sausages, or any large sausage…it really can be filled with anything you think intestines or the stomach would. It seems. You can choose to stuff it with sweet and sour chicken (the red sauce is pretty grotesque), or even some fried chicken gizzards with some bloody sauce (Marinara or Red Ranch Dip)

Hands – the actual arms will be under some serving plates, cutlery or napkins, but the sleeve cuff can be adjusted to skirt the bowl or platter where appetizer “fingers” can be served. There are many types of finger recipes, from shrimp to cookies. It will be your choice here. Be sure to do a show hand and have the actual items in separate bowls. You can even create a hand out of dead finger appetizers and chicken wings, using the drummette as a swollen, rotten thumb (a light application of BBQ sauce with a bit of red food coloring works great for this effect).

Legacy– This is the area where you can stuff your pant legs with Breadstick Bones, Tinted Kneecaps (dinner rolls), or make them gory-style with a little marinara sauce on hand.

Feet – You can create some toes the same way you do your fingers, or you can just reserve this section for condiments and cutlery, or other additional dishes and desserts you want to place on the table. Just decorate it with old boots or shoes (wash first!). Slide boots and shoes against the far side of the table (for example, against the wall) and cover them with fake cobwebs, bugs, worms, spiders, etc.

It only remains to assemble the table. Put the tablecloth on the table, then place the food according to their respective body parts and clothes. Finish by adding lights and fake spider webs to create the appropriate spooky effect. Since all party sizes are different, use your imagination to arrange the accessories and make your corpse the life of the party!

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