![]() All the while, however, I had trouble finding time to work on my costume because my cat Elsa kept using Foxy’s torso as a little fort, where she enjoyed curling up inside for many restful naps. Next, I added the holes, including a huge one in his chest (Foxy should stop using his hook to scratch at his itches, I think), and I rounded off the edges of the foam because I think this creates a more natural look. It’s not every day that you see your own chest lying in front of you. I figure being a pirate and sailing a ship and all is hard work and would lead to a fair amount of exercise. After a bit of trimming and sculpting, I had created Foxy’s rather manly pecs, which I attached with the all-important spray glue. I hope this meets her exacting standards.Īfter this, I decided I wanted more shape to his chest, so I made a paper pattern in the shape of his upper chest and tummy (this is the part with the brown fur), and then I used this pattern to cut out a piece of foam. I wanted to avoid making it too loose, as I didn’t want to look too bulky. And, last of all, I trimmed the sides until the torso was snug, but comfortable. I expanded the arm holes and neck hole to accommodate my limbs and my big noggin, and I also worked on the shape I wanted for the shoulders. I had to do a lot of trimming to get everything to fit me correctly, as I have a habit of cutting out my material, fabric, foam, or otherwise, a bit larger than necessary, as it’s always easier to make something smaller than to make it bigger. It appeared my efforts were off to a good start. What is the clothing equivalent of a torso? Why, a shirt, silly! Brilliant! So I cut this out and used the spray glue to bond the shoulders together, creating this fairly, well, torso-shaped shell. (I forgot to take a photo of this.) The concept of making parts of a character out of upholstery foam seems confusing on the surface, but when you really think about it, all you’re doing is making clothes out of thick material. After quite a bit of pondering, I eventually decided that I would draw out a shirt pattern twice on upholstery foam, where they are joined on one side. ![]() Part 1…begin! Before I could even start, I had to figure out the shape to cut out of the foam. ![]() The coded language of snacks, sandwiches and seasonings, in NYC and beyond.Foxy’s torso was a rather complex part of this cosplay, and thus the time-consuming process involving its creation must be covered in multiple posts. And so all is appropriately scotched, in yet another dish formed off centuries' worth of conquest and transfer. As found at Crown Heights’ Joy and Snook, one of the few Guyanese restaurants in the city, it was served with a condiment of mango sour, a mild yellow syrup of green mangoes, Scotch Bonnet peppers and spices, which adds a vinegary zing to this big, wholesome ball of starch. It’s hard to say exactly how the Egg Ball ended up in Guyana, but it’s likely its history has roots in both places. ![]() As it turns out, the Dutch also have their own version of the Scotch Egg (the vogelnestje, or little bird’s nest, which is sometimes referred to as an egg ball), and while its tempting to further complicate the British version's history by investigating Scotland’s role, it turns out the name likely originates from the verb ‘scotched’, which equates to ‘fussed with’ ( more here ). It may actually be both of these traditions that give us the egg ball, which scraps the meaty punch of the British version for a blanket of pounded cassava. While not quite the unique wonderland as Suriname, a country whose population wins my vote as the most curiously diverse on Earth (and whose Wiki is certainly worth a read), Guyana has its own interesting history, the only bastion of West Indian culture on the mainland, starting as a Dutch colony and ending as an English one. Transformed by Brits from a dense curry floater to the ultimate picnic snack, the eggs changed again upon arrival in Guyana, the home of this recently discovered nightmare spider, the westernmost of that wonderful trio of South American Countries (also including Suriname and French Guiana) which stand brazenly apart from the Latin American tradition, culturally, culinarily and linguistically. Like many good things about British food, Scotch Eggs probably have an Indian origin (the nargisi kofta).
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