Halloween Hodgepodge
Let us enjoy some pretties (and creepies), as I like to call them, and stay happy today with the help of photographs, nostalgia, some recipes and planning ahead.
I am still going on with this Halloween thing. I have a couple more posts in me before I head up to Salem, Massachusetts for the weekend with a bunch of my friends for some seasonal self-indulgence. However, I was fortunate enough to see my idol, Anthony Bourdain, perform in my area last Tuesday. I would especially like to talk about this experience. Is tomorrow good for you all? I will post about his show tomorrow, then!
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Spiced Pumpkin Seeds
A new take on the simple classic recipe will add a little kick to this tasty snack. Enjoy!
-Scoop out seeds from the pumpkin and rinse (take your time and get as many as you can!)
-Scatter them out in a baking dish
-2 tablespoons of olive oil (margarine also works, but consider the healthy option!)
-1 tablespoon of Worcester Sauce
-1 tablespoon of minced garlic
-Sprinkle salt throughout
*Mix around once and let bake at 275 degrees until golden brown (which will be approximately 20-30 minutes). Eat while warm!
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There is something haunting in the light of the moon; it has all the dispassionateness of a disembodied soul, and something of its inconceivable mystery.
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Zombie from The Walking Dead aka best show on television
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- Jason is the baddest of them all
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“Tis now the very witching time of night
When churchyards yawn and hell itself breathes out
Contagion to this world” William Shakespeare
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Hey, so you thought my Top 3 Horror Movies was cool? (You better have!) Well, here is a pretty neat list of the Top 31 Best Horror Films of All Time. Check it out right here for some ideas on what to rent this weekend to amp up the chill factor.
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The Orphan was surprisingly a damn good movie
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Caramel Apples
Sure we have all had one, but have you ever made your own?
- 6 apples (choose whichever apples you prefer)
- 1 package of individually wrapped caramels… unwrapped my loves!
- 2 tablespoons of milk
Remove stems from each apple. Butter a baking sheet thoroughly. Melt the caramels in the microwave for 2 minutes and then roll each apple until it is satisfyingly covered. Add sprinkles, chocolate chips, icing drizzles or nuts to your apples and place them onto the baking sheet and let cool. Happy semi-healthy sweet tooth!
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Yes, Halloween excites me. That whole time of year, autumn, I find exhilarating. A passionate season. The others are so bland. In the fall, you see opportunities for change. Real change. Possibilities present themselves. None of the renewal and redemption cliches of spring. No. Something darker and more primal and more important than that.” Alice LaPlante
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One need not be a chamber to be haunted;
One need not be a house;
The brain has corridors surpassing
Material place.Emily Dickinson
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What would a Halloween Hodgepodge blog post be without a small collection of skillfully crafted Jack-o-Lanterns? I always manage to choose the hardest and pretend I can actually pull off a replica. I want the world to see how polar opposite I am of Michelangelo, so try and figure out which creation is mine from Halloween 2010. Haters gon’ hate.
I will give you a hint: this is my pumpkin.
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To end this blog on the right note, here is a photograph I took at the Salem Wax Museum in Massachusetts which reenacts the 1692 Witch Trials through great lifelike wax figures. I highly recommend this museum to anyone who is planning a Salem trip.
I snapped this picture and stand by my opinion that there is a face behind Titchiba, a slave from Barbados. Titchiba worked in the household of Samuel Parris and family of Boston, where the two little girls first started the infamous witch hysteria. What do you think? Am I delusional?
