The next best thing to diamond earrings

For the past two months, I've been traveling to classrooms and observing kids doing the Neurolab experiments. Who ever thought science could be THIS MUCH FUN?

Since the Neurolab project began, it seems I've had nothing but the brain on my mind. And lately, it's been on my stomach too! For my birthday, my kids got me a jello mold of the human brain. (I was sort of hoping for diamond earrings, but I guess a jello brain mold is the next best thing.) Man, is it disgusting! In our experimentation we've learned that peach or watermelon are the best colors to get a nice pink brain. If you want your gray matter to be gray, try a mixture of 15 drops each of red, green, and blue food coloring. (You can do this with other shaped molds and then customize it to get that brainy effect.) To get an incredibly life-like texture, try this recipe:

Two 6-ounce boxes of gelatin mix
1 3/4 cups boiling water
3/4 cup cold water
9 ounces fat-free evaporated milk.

It's important to use fat-free milk because any other kind will curdle it. And afterall, we want it to look like a brain mold; not a moldy brain.

As for the taste...well, my kids claim it's the best thing I've ever made. Which probably tells you something about my cooking abilities!