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Thursday, September 10, 2009

What Do Mermaids Eat? Why, Sushi, Of Course!

Posted by Jenny M. @ 12:47 PM

Our daughter’s sixth birthday was last weekend, and I won’t lie:  she’s been planning her Mermaid Pool Party at her grandmother’s house for six months.  What this means is that she has been “floating” ideas by me such as, “We can hang long pieces of blue and green material on the fences of Mammom’s backyard, so it feels like we’re underwater” and, “Hey, Mom, is there any way we could have a bunch of sea anenomes in the pool that go up and down in the water so we can swim around them?”  I have been nodding and absentmindedly agreeing, “Mmmm hmm,” until I realize what she has actually proposed.  Then I ask, Daughter, who are you?

Because she is the daughter of a mama who likes to entertain, but who thinks it’s a well-executed party if the beverages are on ice.  I don’t exactly have vision. 

So we gently scaled her vision of the Mermaid Party way, WAAAY back.  Because I thought the pool itself provided enough of an “underwater” feeling, and Mammom said no to sea anenomes. But I did have one good idea about the food.  As Missy would say, I sort of geeked out on it.  Besides fishy crackers, I pondered, what if mermaids ate sushi?  Sushi made out of fruit roll-ups, Rice Krispie treats, and gummy worms? 
My crazy little idea was actually easy to execute, and with crowd-pleasing results: 

I rolled out flat each one in a box of “tie-dye” fruit roll-ups, keeping the plastic backing on.  I mixed a batch of Rice Krispie treats (sticky rice).  I spread—with buttered hands—a layer of the marshmallowed Rice Krispies over each rectangled fruit roll-up.  My Mermaid Team lay two gummy worms across the middle of the Rice Krispie layer, lengthwise.  Next, I rolled them up tightly, and they looked just like technicolor, unsliced sushi rolls.  I put them in the freezer in foil for about thirty minutes, and then sliced them with a sharp knife into…super sweet sushi!  I mean super sweet.  The partygoers gobbled them up.  The adults were like, Wow!  Sugar in sugar surrounded by sugar!  I’ll take California Roll next time, thanks!

Some orange crystal sprinkles would be perfect on top of each one as “roe,” dontcha think?

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