How to make a real shrunken head --- (real recipe for Halloween. no joke)

[Zuni]

(Recipe From Uncle John's Bathroom Reader)

Only one tribe actually made shrunken heads and it was the Jivaro Indians of South America who are native to the areas around Ecuador and Peru. They were a very warlike people and were constantly at war with neighboring Indians. They shrunk the enemy head as a war trophy, and to prevent the enemy spirit from visiting revenge upon them. They called it a Tsantsa. About 1900 the governments of Ecuador and Peru banned all head shrinking and sales of shrunken heads which had become a popular souvenir, increasing demand for heads and leading to more killing.

The Jivaro recipe (Martha Stewart's is slightly different):
Peel skin and remove hair from skull. Discard skull. Sew eyes, mouth and nose shut. Turn skin inside out and remove all fat. Add special native seasonings (11 secret herbs and spices?) to water and boil water in large pot. Add head. Allow head to simmer for several hours, stirring as needed. Remove head from water. Fill head with hot stones, and roll head continuosly to prevent scorching. Repeat with smaller stones as head shrinks. As you do this, mold facial features between each step. Hang over fire to dry. Moisturize skin with berries and rub with ash. Sew neck hole closed.

Now you have a real shrunken head.

[Maiden England]

1. that's scarily similar to my velveeta fudge recipe

[Zuni]

5. I bet that is a real crowd pleaser

ummmm....fudge

[Scoopie]

2. You don't have

to remove the hair.

[Zuni]

4. You do not---that is correct

the hair is already attached to skin, which you peel off.

[EmperorHasNoClothes]

3. yummy.