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Community => Coffee Lounge => Topic started by: HappyHippy on October 27, 2012, 07:35:30 pm
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I LOVE Halloween :excited: ::) :innocent:
Today I have been playing working hard in the kitchen ;) :innocent:
The pumpkin pie (although a little runny) tasted devine :yum: I've failed so many times in the past to make it even halfway palatable, but today I roasted the pumpkin with maple syrup and spices (cinnamon, ginger and nutmeg) then pureed it (not the best idea if you've not got a blender - it takes ages) and mixed it with custard before putting it in the pie case - big dollop of cream on top :yum: :yum: :yum:
Lanterns aren't quite finished yet, need a bit more work ;) :innocent:
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I love your moon witch. That pie looks good :yum:
I really will make a pie this year :innocent: every year pumpkin sits in the fridge until it's dried to a crisp. Your piccie has kicked me to make one this year :thumbsup:
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Mmmmmmm pumpkin pie :yum: :yum: :yum: :yum: :yum: love it. Clever you with the carving too :thumbsup: :trophy:
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Yes, that witch looks really good.
I saw pumpkins yesterday but didn't buy one and then afterwards I read on here that chooks and ducks love them. Wished I had bought one now. We could have shared it with half for a pie and the rest for the birds. Still, perhaps they will be cheaper after halloween
Sally
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Great pics HH, well done on your creations! :thumbsup:they look great!
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I saw pumpkins yesterday but didn't buy one and then afterwards I read on here that chooks and ducks love them. Wished I had bought one now. We could have shared it with half for a pie and the rest for the birds. Still, perhaps they will be cheaper after halloween
They will be, you can get them half price or less. Don't give them all to the choox and pigs - roast pumpkin, and roast pumpkin soup, are two of my very favourite things to eat! :yum:
But - isn't Halloween on Weds? I know everyone was doing it last night (last non-school night before the end of the month?) but officially it's Oct 31st, isn't it?
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Yes it is on 31st. :thumbsup: It's my Grandads birthday on Halloween.
Love your pumpkins Happy Hippy :thumbsup: . Best I've managed to do is make some toffee apples (but there not for sharing) :innocent: .
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I'm 54 but do not remember Halloween as a kid. A woman I worked with was a christian and arranged activities and a party for the village (Cambs) children to ensure that Halloween was not celebrated by the villages many kids - the village was known for its many low churches and chapels but ironically the area grew lots of pumpkins.
Its chrysantemum season here. Plants being sold en mass everywhere for All Saints Day when the dead are remembered with a plant.
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pumpkin day
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Love the tarantula :thumbsup: .
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I think traditionally they make neep lanterns up here, it not being a pumpkin area... Anybody making one of those? Much harder to carve! (Neeps are swedes, btw...) I've never tried.
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As kids it was always turnips we carved - it's really hard going with them :-\ Pumpkins are just sooooo much easier :D
I've seen some stunning designs and using not just the standard orange ones, but beautifully shaped and carved green ones, yellow ones - loads of 'em :thumbsup: Some of them were so ornate I did a double take because I thought they were metal ::)
I've been told pumpkins grow really well in a pile of dung, so given that I have a pile of dung I'm having a go next year - loads of different shapes, colours and sizes, maybe then there will be enough that my kids don't feel the need to squabble over them :o ::)
Love the spider VF ;D
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I've just got some seeds of a variety that's supposed to do quite well in Scotland - I've never yet managed to grow anything sizeable (or at least mature and edible!) up here. I'll try on a fresh compost heap and lots of shelter around it next year...
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Just got this sent to me on fb....the things parents do!
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:roflanim: :roflanim: :roflanim:
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I love pumpkin pie and pumpkin soup so I will be buying some after 31st when they are cheaper. I don't do halloween but we will be out on 30th for my OH's birthday.
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We always carved turnips when I was a child- pumpkins weren't as easy to come by. And we had a fruit and veg shop, so you'd think we could get them easily!
Beth
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It was neeps for me too for halloween! Supper most weekends during the winter months included neeps and carrots mashed together as our veg, yummy! :thumbsup:
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our pumpkins this year...
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Superb!!!!!! :thumbsup:
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We were at the Festival of the Pumpkin last weekend.
Have a look at these babes !
(http://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-7rsdAg18ByY/UI7k3eD5qSI/AAAAAAAACvg/g_MM6oS705g/s720/P1010009-1.JPG)(http://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-TDRgnLctBeY/UI7lmqdPXpI/AAAAAAAACvo/zii-dc1RHoE/s720/P1010013-1.JPG)
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Where's that, MAK?
I remember a pumpkin festival in Germany - must have been about 10 years ago or so; don't know whether they still do it or whether it was a one-off. Great idea, though. Was a pity that a lot of the pumpkins were just "decoration" and were dumped afterwards. >:(
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Wow, looks fantastic MAK
Sally
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the pumpkin fete was in the Limousin ( department - La Creuse).
They sold small, medium and large pumpkins from stalls with men in clogs taking them to your car with their wheelbarrows and wearing clogs. The decorative ones ( all over the village) were probabley used by the people who sold shed loads of preserves chutney and jams. Yes jams ! very sweet combinations of pumpkin and orange, apple, apricot etc ).
There was musch free tasting that included the usual wine stalls BUT also a chap with a still fired up - Poire William was a 40% alcohol toxic pear drink being given away to the brave. hic
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Brilliant! You could live in one of those and I like the lady in the photo - her hair and glasses work beautifully with the background! Will have to show the kids these when they get home from school. Shows you what a bit of sun can do to make things grow! ;D
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Yes jams ! very sweet combinations of pumpkin and orange, apple, apricot etc ).
I used to make pumpkin and ginger jam a long time ago, when I was still living in Germany and actually managing to grow them! Pumpkin and apple (with some spice) was nice, too.