Hello friends and welcome to a spooky edition of Retro Food for Modern Times. Today, via Good Housekeeping’s World Cookery (1972) we will be discovering The Zombie’s Secret. And also learning that some things are better left undiscovered. But we will get to that! So what is The Zombie’s Secret?
So, if not brains, then what is The Zombie’s Secret? What if I were to drop you a clue that this recipe comes from the Caribbean chapter of GHWC? Oh…I hear you say. It’s a cocktail. I bet it has lots of rum and is so potent it will turn you into the walking dead! No, but the cocktail in the link looks and sounds delish!!!
This is the Zombie’s Secret:
Turns out, The Zombie’s Secret is a weird fruit salad with a coffee cream topping. I’ll be honest here, I didn’t love this. I’m not a great lover of bananas and this was all a bit same-same in terms of texture. Bananas are kind of mushy as are avocados, as is cream cheese which also felt like it didn’t belong when I was adding it. It did, however, give the dish a cheesecakey vibe which was one of the nicest things about it. I toasted my coconut which added some much-needed crunch. Maybe the soft texture of banana, avocado, cream cheese, and cream is the texture of brains? Maybe this is the secret for vegetarian zombies? Maybe all the vitamins and minerals contained in bananas and avocados give our brain-hungry friends their beautiful hair and skin? Who knew discovering this secret would learn to so many questions?
The Zombie’s Secret – Recipe
The flavours in this were surprisingly good, it was really the lack of texture that let it down. I think someone (not me because ewww bananas) could use these ingredients and make a lovely cheesecake. Coconut crumb base, avocado, and cream cheese filling, topped with some bananas and the coffee spiked cream maybe with a little of Caribbean rum thrown in!
Now that sounds like a secret worth sharing!
Have a great week!
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Honestly, I can’t stand bananas (or coffee, for that matter) – but now I’m wondering if avocado could do a lot of the heavy lifting in a vegan cheesecake, given its texture! It looks like there are recipes out there; maybe an avocado cheesecake with coconut cream whipped cream and coffee on the side could rescue this one. 😂 Thanks for taking one for the team on this, because I’d definitely never try it myself.
Thanks Miss Amy! That vegan cheesecake sounds so good. I will definitely bookmark that recipe for the next time my vegan friend comes around. And yes, the challenge is there for any banana lovers out there! xx