Entertainment Weekly - October 20, 2017

80 EW.COM OCTOBER 20/27, 2017

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