Out of all the antagonists featured on True Blood, one of the most unusual yet memorable characters was Maryann Forrester, an immortal being of immense power who worshiped the god Dionysus. Forrester had the ability to transform into a huge bull-like monster, but her most terrifying power enabled her to manipulate the human residents of Bon Temps into a cult of violent, hedonistic puppets who followed Forrester's every whim. In the finale of season two, Forrester's followers built a gigantic statue made out of meat in tribute to Dionysus, the bull-horned god. What viewers may not have realized is that the statue wasn't prosthetic and that each slab of meat was actually real. The statue cost $500 to make and the actors had to deal with the authentic rotting smell on set, presumably trying not to gag while on the job!
2. Beats Drinking Blood All The Time...
No one makes food like they do in the South and True Blood capitalized on this by creating a cookbook called 'True Blood: Eats, Drinks and Bites from Bon Temps', featuring recipes and drinks inspired by the show. Luckily, there are no rotting meat statues in sight... Instead, some highlights from the book include Gran's infamous pecan pie, a 'blood' flavored gelato and the whiskey sours Tara used to make her alcoholic mother for breakfast every morning. Each recipe is introduced by a character from the show, explaining the origins of their chosen dish. Bizarrely, waitress Sookie Stackhouse chooses to share the secrets behind her signature drink, gin and tonic, which is as exactly as complicated to make as it sounds... However, no recipe book inspired by True Blood would be complete without a recipe for... well, Tru Blood. For humans who don't enjoy the taste of plasma, Nan Flanagan reveals how to make a more conventional alternative made of carbonated orange soda, grenadine and lemon juice.
1. All Flavor. No Bite.
For those of you too busy or even too lazy to make their own Tru Blood drink, there's now a web site that actually sells the drink online. Reports suggest that a blood orange flavor has been used to replace the actual plasma drank by vampires on the show, but interested buyers can visit the web site http://www.trubeverage.com/ to buy the drink and judge for themselves. Following events on True Blood, an update was posted June 27th, reporting that there have been issues with the production of the Tru Blood beverage;
"As you are undoubtedly aware, the Tru Blood production factories have become the target of vampire hatred groups, causing so much damage and destruction to our production lines that we have had to temporarily halt the manufacture and sale of Tru Blood. We understand that the lack of Tru Blood has become a grave concern among the vampire and human communities, especially since our product has played such an important role in shaping todays society and increasing the understanding between the living and the undead citizens of the world. During this dire situation we ask that everyone exercise patience as we work with our public officials to get our plants up and running as quickly as possible. Please be assured that we are doing everything in our power to bring Tru Blood back to the marketplace as soon as humanly possible."
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David is a primary school teacher who tries his best to turn every math lesson into a discussion on the latest Pixar film. Passions include superheroes, zombies and Studio Ghibli. In between going to the cinema, moving to South Korea and eating his body weight in KFC, David writes for a number of movie sites, http://becarefulyourhand.blogspot.co.uk/
