Ok, this was funny, and à propos for the time of year.

Made a kind of steak au poivre with a yak steak. Used black, white and green peppercorns, some lightly crushed, most whole.

There were mushrooms, and cherry tomatoes, in the sauce.

At one point I saw the freakiest thing: several little things were LOOKING at me.

Turns out if you sear steak au poivre with whole white peppercorns, they acquire little black spots...

And if they show up, spots up, in *pairs* --- they look like tiny eyeballs.

A mushroom slice in the sauce immediately turned into a tiny, bloody, face, looking right at me.

I jumped about a mile, saw several other "eyeballs" and then laughed hysterically.

New Halloween idea!