# Calling all bad punsters, and the ghoulish-minded **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 7, 2003, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-all-bad-punsters-and-the-ghoulish-minded/206048 "2003-10-07T13:33:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![lachesis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@lachesis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lachesis)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2003, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-all-bad-punsters-and-the-ghoulish-minded/206048/1 "2003-10-07T13:33:30Z")
… and you know who you are. i guess this is as close to a poll as anything, so this seemed like the right place for my request. it’s that time of year again o happiness sublime i’m in high-gear planning mode for the annual Halloween extravaganza. for several years i’ve been loaning out the use of my extensive collection of scary props (and minimal expertise) to various groups that put on Haunted Trails and the like as a holiday scare event. this year, to my joy, the Park Authority is trying to obtain use of the county Fairgrounds… which means _gasp_ SHELTER FROM THE ELEMENTS!! _annnndddd_… **TONS OF ELECTRICAL ACCESS!!!** pardon me, i need a moment to recover from my swoon of bliss. there, that’s better. anyway, the only reason anyone here is likely to care about any of this is because i need that far-out creative spirit that is soooo abundant among all you members. each barn has a “theme” for the setup; one of them happens to be The Ghoul’s Restaurant. we’re planning to have separate kitchen and dining areas that customers will pass through. what i need is additional inspiration for menu items that could be displayed. so far i’ve got: Daily Specials: Chuck roast Chuck steak Ground Chuck Steak Diane Hungarian goulash (“Made with _real_ Hungarians”) Fettucini Alfred O. Crepes Suzette Regular Features: Chef’s salad (sign nearby: “Wanted: New chef”) Virginia hand sandwich Barbequed ribs “Person”-alized pizza so, for anyone whose mind runs in similar frightening channels – any other suggestions for menu items? ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2003, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-all-bad-punsters-and-the-ghoulish-minded/206048/2 "2003-10-07T14:24:16Z")
Hushed puppies Blue-eyed peas Butterfingers Orange navels Patty cakes Jack’s flaps Hot dogs Chilly dogs Baby back ribs Adam’s apple pie Pecan Sandy It’s finger-lickin’ good, folks! ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2003, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-all-bad-punsters-and-the-ghoulish-minded/206048/3 "2003-10-07T14:34:17Z")
Lady Fingers (of course). ---
**Author:** ![TPWombat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbce88/32.png) [@TPWombat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TPWombat)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2003, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-all-bad-punsters-and-the-ghoulish-minded/206048/4 "2003-10-07T14:45:35Z")
Shepherd’s Pie Toad-in-the-Hole Welsh Rarebit ---
**Author:** ![Gorgon\_Heap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f475e1/32.png) [@Gorgon\_Heap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorgon_Heap)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2003, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-all-bad-punsters-and-the-ghoulish-minded/206048/5 "2003-10-07T14:50:57Z")
Duh, Girl Scout Cookies. Open-faced sandwiches. Liver o’youngins … er, and onions. ---
**Author:** ![quothz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/da6949/32.png) [@quothz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quothz)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2003, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-all-bad-punsters-and-the-ghoulish-minded/206048/6 "2003-10-07T14:53:11Z")
Lady Fingers Spotted Dick (must… not… snicker…) Deader and Onions Potatoes au Rotten Tommy’s Toes Soup Brandy Pudding Clem Chowder Peg-in-a-Blanket Chocolate-and-mint milkshakes as Soylent Green (Will you offer a seven-corpse meal?) ---
**Author:** ![quothz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/da6949/32.png) [@quothz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quothz)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2003, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-all-bad-punsters-and-the-ghoulish-minded/206048/7 "2003-10-07T14:55:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TPWombat \* > **Toad-in-the-Hole** Ted-in-the-Hole! ---
**Author:** ![lachesis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@lachesis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lachesis)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2003, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-all-bad-punsters-and-the-ghoulish-minded/206048/8 "2003-10-07T14:59:55Z")
this is great! everyone’s provided at least one “keeper” so far. keep 'em coming, o fellow sickies. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2003, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-all-bad-punsters-and-the-ghoulish-minded/206048/9 "2003-10-07T15:00:47Z")
The Chicken that Didn’t Cross the Road (Served singly…or in a stack!) ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2003, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-all-bad-punsters-and-the-ghoulish-minded/206048/10 "2003-10-07T15:46:39Z")
head cheese (which is horrifying enough as it is) Death by Chocolate Tombstone pizza blood oranges Canadian bakin’ (or Canadian bacon…long-pig style) mixed nuts plump-kin pie ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2003, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-all-bad-punsters-and-the-ghoulish-minded/206048/11 "2003-10-07T15:56:00Z")
Hunters Stew. Roast Beast. (roast beef). Chicken A’la King. For Asian food, General Tso Chicken (needs work). ---
**Author:** ![MissSwish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/db5fbb/32.png) [@MissSwish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissSwish)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2003, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-all-bad-punsters-and-the-ghoulish-minded/206048/12 "2003-10-07T17:23:21Z")
Moo Goo Guy in a Pan Quiche Lorraine ---
**Author:** ![DaToad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@DaToad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaToad)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2003, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-all-bad-punsters-and-the-ghoulish-minded/206048/13 "2003-10-07T17:25:08Z")
spaghetti and eyeballs Blood sausage Cals own (I know it’s a stretch) Mom’s hearty stew Kid-knee pie Whipped and beaten potatoes _Originally posted by TPWombat_ **Toad-in-the-Hole** Watch it bud… ---
**Author:** ![peri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/67e7ee/32.png) [@peri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peri)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2003, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-all-bad-punsters-and-the-ghoulish-minded/206048/14 "2003-10-07T17:30:15Z")
Will you be displaying any actual food, or just menu boards? ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2003, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-all-bad-punsters-and-the-ghoulish-minded/206048/15 "2003-10-07T17:47:52Z")
If sexually explicit material is permitted… …tarts. 😃 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2003, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-all-bad-punsters-and-the-ghoulish-minded/206048/16 "2003-10-07T17:51:11Z")
Oooh! ooh! Baby-Back Ribs! ---
**Author:** ![lachesis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@lachesis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lachesis)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2003, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-all-bad-punsters-and-the-ghoulish-minded/206048/17 "2003-10-07T17:52:18Z")
**peri** , we’ll have props in the kitchen like they’re doing meal prep – head on a hook, skinned head, arms, legs, feet, brain, heart (and if it arrives in time, big red chunks of fake “meat”) [evil smiley] also giant-size cooking pot, cauldrons, animated chicken on a grill (yeah, it’s cheesy but funny). i’m planning on somebody making a “hand” sandwich (using animated hand between real bread) as audience goes through. much fake blood splashed artistically around kitchen. by the way, anybody know the correct spelling for the French phrase meaning “fixed price” meal? that “seven-corpse meal” comment gave me another inspiration… you all are doing great! i’m well on the way to a full 2-page menu. could use some more appetizer-type suggestions, or maybe a seafood entree or two ---
**Author:** ![In\_Conceivable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/4bbf92/32.png) [@In\_Conceivable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/In_Conceivable)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2003, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-all-bad-punsters-and-the-ghoulish-minded/206048/18 "2003-10-07T17:54:54Z")
Cat Head Biscuits (actually a real kind of biscuit in the south) ---
**Author:** ![lachesis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@lachesis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lachesis)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2003, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-all-bad-punsters-and-the-ghoulish-minded/206048/19 "2003-10-07T17:56:52Z")
… plus gruesome fake pizzas, “blood” poured from a glass carafe, “finger” food trays… and **Bosda**? keep trying. 😉 your first entrees (grin) were winners, but… ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2003, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-all-bad-punsters-and-the-ghoulish-minded/206048/20 "2003-10-07T18:09:42Z")
I believe the correct spelling is “prix fixe”. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-all-bad-punsters-and-the-ghoulish-minded/206048.md?page=2)