February 18, 2005

It's a Killer Course

By DANIEL ENGBER

Michael G. Bell knows a good recipe for vomit. Take some hamburger meat and grill it up with peas and carrots. Stir in a can of cream-of-mushroom soup, then dilute the mixture with a little bit of water. "The final step," says Mr. Bell, whose creation is so lifelike it can almost elicit the real thing, "is to scrunch it up a little bit, like it would be after a while in someone's stomach."

Last spring Mr. Bell mixed up a batch and splashed it on the floor near the bathroom of a house