Prepare to meet Meat-HEAD!

STEP1: Start with a plastic skull. wash it, and make sure it's clean enough to eat off of. Because that's what you're going to do! Mix up a batch of Jello, using only half the water the recipe suggests. This makes it nice and rubbery. Congeal it in a flat pan, so you can get strips about a quarter inch thick. Layer the strips onto your skull.

Cranberry Flavor is a favorite...

STEP2: Build up your Meathead with strips of ham. Or turkey, for a nice zombie effect. Vegetarians can experiment with the cheesehead concept. I found that a pound-and-a-half of ham was plenty. Don't use too much, or your guests won't eat their way down to the skull. And you want to make sure they get the full effect!!

STEP3: Add eyes. I used boiled eggs and olives, but I also heard that peeled boiled onions have a pleasing translucency. Fasten together with toothpicks, cover with plastic wrap, and keep in a fridge until buffet time.

FINAL STEP: Share and enjoy! Meat-Head can also work with corned-beef...Yum, Yum!

View photos at www.notmartha.org of this hideous creation!