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Turn Your Taste
Buds Upside Down
This Demogorgon-zola Grilled Cheese Sandwich by
the Muffin Brothers, authors ofStranger Fillings: A
Parody Cookbook, is a monster snack that we suggest
chasing with a couple of Eggos.BY RUTH KINANE
INGREDIENTS
2 slices ½-inch-thick
white bread
1 oz. Gorgonzola
cheese
2 tbsp. mayonnaise
1 tbsp. butter
1 fig
1 black olive
1 pine nut to garnish
FOR THE BODY
1 Clear the work
surface of any
Upside Down ooze.
2 Cut 2 slices of
bread to resemble
the body of the
Demogorgon.
3 Carefully spread
the Gorgonzola
on one of the cut
slices, and place the
other slice of bread
on top.
4 Spread mayon-
naise on both pieces
of bread (this is
key to a golden,
delectable crunch).
5 Heat a small skillet
(nonstick, ideally)
over medium.
6 Slide in half of the
butter. When it
melts, add the sand-
wich to the pan, and
heat for 4 minutes
until golden brown;
add the remaining
butter and flip.
FOR THE HEAD
1 Score the fig
into quarters, with-
out slicing right
through. Fan open.
2 Cut one thick slice
of black olive, and
place in center of fig.
3 Cut the pine
nut into small
shards, and garnish
the olive to
resemble teeth.
4 Place head at
top of sandwich
neck to serve.
5 Once complete,
serve and enjoy
quickly. Then scram
before the lights
start blinking and
things get messy.
SERVES 1
Active Time10 minutes
Total Time16 minutes
“It is advisable to keep
a mantrap, tank of
gasoline, and baseball
bat with nails driven
into it nearby for
safety,” advise the
Muffin Brothers.
Stranger Fillings:
A Parody Cookbook
is on sale now.Stranger
Things returns to
Netflix on Oct. 27.
TV
NETFLIX AND
SWILL
Play along with our drinking
game while you binge the show,
but be careful: You might find
yourself seeing stranger things
faster than you can say “Justice
for Barb!”BY RUTH KINANE
GAME TIME!
IFWill has a flashback
to the Upside Down
THENAttempt a
headstand
IFDustin’s new slimy
pet Pollywog appears
THENDo a Jell-O shot
IFA love triangle
heats up
THENGrab a handful
of Doritos
IFNancy mentions Barb
THENDrown your
sorrows with a pool-
size drink
IFYou find yourself
ogling new boy Billy
(Dacre Montgomery)
THENSplash your face
with cold water
IFThe kids hop on
their bikes
THENHop on one foot
until the scene ends
IFYou grow suspicious
of the new doctor
(Paul Reiser)
THENSide-eye the per-
son sitting next to you
IFEleven gets
a nosebleed
THENMix yourself
a Bloody Mary
STRANGER
THINGS
SPECIAL
GRILLED CHEESE: THE MUFFIN BROTHERS; SCHNAPP, KEERY, PURSER, BROWN: NETFLIX (4); MATARAZZO, HEATON, DYER, BICYCLES: CURTIS BAKE
R/NETFLIX (4); MONTGOMERY: TINA ROWDEN/NETFLIX; REISER: SLAVEN VLASIC/GETTY IMAGES