Toasted Nori Bat Wings

By Kate Heyhoe

 

If you've ever had sushi wrapped in a black strip or a eaten a Japanese hand-roll in a black wrapper, you've eaten seaweed.

Asian markets sell packages of yaki nori, or roasted seaweed, in paper-thin sheets about 7 x 8 inches. To make them into crispy, crunchy, delicate and delicious bat silhouettes, cut sheets of nori in half. Stacking two halves together, cut out the shape of a bat using scissors. (You can also cut other shapes, such as stars, lizards, frogs, and witch hats.)

Rub the bats on one side lightly with vegetable oil or lightly coat with nonstick spray, then drop them in a hot, dry skillet for just 2 to 3 seconds on each side. The bats will shrivel slightly as soon as they hit the hot pan. If they curl up too much, lower the heat. Remove them to a plate and sprinkle with salt. These tasty little tidbits go well with cocktails, so make lots of them and include them as edible table decorations, scattering them helter-skelter across the buffet table.

 

Black Magic Month: Halloween Count-Down

Part I: First Bites of the Night

• Brujo's Burning Balls of Fire in Vermilion Sauce
• Toasted Nori Bat Wings
• Portabella Toadstools on a Log
       with Slithering Crimson Salamanders
• Musical selection: That Old Black Magic, Frank Sinatra
 


Part II: Witch Doctor's Delight

• Spellbinding Squid Tentacles
• Apothecary Aioli
• Shaman's Shrimp
• Santeria Sangria
• Musical selection:
        Witch Doctor, as sung by David Seville's Alvin and the Chipmunks
 


Part III: Seasonings of the Witch

• Bewitched Black Bean Enfrijoladas
• Blithe Spirit Pumpkin Flan
• Hellfire 'n Damnation Flaming Cocoa/Caffe
  
•      with Mango Cream
• Musical Selection: Season of the Witch, Donovan
 


Part IV: Last Minute Devilish Dips
& Mexican Days of the Dead

• Black & Orange Tapenades
• Chiles Con Queso
• Days of the Dead & Pan de Muerto
• Musical Selection: Witchy Woman, The Eagles

 

More Halloween Party Ideas

• Killer Cocktails
• The Halloween Body Shop
• Edible Zombie

 

More Recipes

• A Kinder, Gentler Halloween
• I Ain't No Vampire
        ('Cause Garlic Tastes Good to Me)
• Halloween Parties
• Transylvanian Dinner: Going for Goulash
• Smashing Pumpkins...and Other Culinary Acts

 

Holiday and Party Recipes (by holiday and date)

 

Copyright © 2000-2006, Kate Heyhoe. All rights reserved.

 
 
 

This page created October 2002 and modified October 2006

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