European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 30, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Furta wrap a Fork around this Witch Hazel by Sharon Hudgins special to stripes Magazine one Day in late october about three years ago i was at the american Hospital in Augsburg during lunch hours. I asked directions to the cafeteria and soon found myself in a place far removed from the sterile brightness of the rest of the building. The dining room was As dark at a Sleazy singles bar with Only a few Orange candles lighting the Way to the tallies. Fiercely grinning pumpkins stared at me from the shadows and Black paper cats a rolled behind witches on Broomsticks. Bernons stood at the cafeteria counter ready to fling strange substances onto food trays. Eerie sounds screw Chad from hidden loudspeakers. I had forgotten that my Hospital appointment was on halloween. A toothless hag with Black warts and Orange hair took my Money ache Entrance while i shared at the menu Hurt till soup routed Oil Mut ground Briehu croquettes with Eye of to a sauce  baited it Chi a rtt with whee blood since muted cerebellum buttered by of Newt Hummingbird Tongue a Jed puffed hit Eye whipped blood pet for some reason i can t remember what i had for lunch i hat Day. Halloween is a night when the spirit world turns Topsy Turvy and even mortals Are moved to do strange things. Lately i think i be been inspired by the same spirit of a Cook Long dead who caused the Augsburg Hospital s Kitchen staff to come up with thai halloween menu. I be been haunted by visions of Black and Orange foods us the kinds of concoctions my husband contends that would make Only a Wilch s Mouth water. I Don t think it s too weird in nuke special foods str nut he octet Trio i9h