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Oh, this is clever. I might try making some of these to go with the cat litter cake. There seems to be a blog idea in this, in food that looks like science. Paging Dr. Kiki.

I’ve had a few microbiology classes and cultured many different types of bacteria on different media, and I happened to have a case of pyrex Petri dishes from an old surplus buy (relax, they were unused) so I thought it would be fun to make dessert that looked like bacterial cultures served in Petri dishes! I prepared the media (jello, tapioca pudding, and lemon pie filling) and Alex did most of the decorating. This should be good for a Halloween party or a creepy movie night with friends. They might go well with bowls of gummy worms served on ground-up Oreo cookie dirt.

• Bacterial Cultures (NOT!) for Dessert
• Food Science

Tags: food, Microbiology

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