October, 2003- and now time for the vicious vampires!!! We read James Patterson’s Violets Are Blue. Susan and I decorated with spider webs, goblins, strange visitors(?), Ouija boards, spooky stuff…but the levitating didn’t get off the ground….(get it??)
The menu was appropriate:
Yummy Mummy Appetizers (Tortilla Rollups)
Mixed Nutcases
Bloody Michaels and Pina Ghouladas
Vampira's Pork Chops (with "special sauce")
Ghastly Rice
Green Screams
Stuffed Jack-o-Lanterns
Booberry Muffins
Your choice of Whines
Blood Velvet Cake
Donna's Yummy Mummy Appetizers
8 oz. pkg cream cheese, softened
8 oz. sour cream (only use about 2/3 of it)
1 tsp fresh lemon juice
3 green onions, chopped (use green and white parts)
1 tsp Picante sauce
1 tsp- 1 Tbsp chopped pickled jalapenos (in pickle or Mexican section)
1 pkg (10 inch) large flour tortillas
Mix all together- spread on each tortilla almost to the edge. Roll up jelly roll fashion- place in a
ziploc bag and refrigerate at least 1 hour (or more). To serve- use serrated knife and slice into bite
size rounds. Serve with leftover picante sauce to dip.
Stuffed Jack-o-Lanterns
(adapted from Barefoot Contessa)
Make your favorite homemade applesauce.
Take baby pumpkins- cut off and reserve the tops of each pumpkin. Scoop out the seeds with a
small spoon . Stuff with your applesauce. Put top back on. Great presentation.
Ina Garten's Homemade Applesauce
(The Barefoot Contessa Cookbook)
Zest and juice of 2 large navel oranges
Zest and juice of 1 lemon
3 pounds Granny Smith apples (6-8)
3 pounds sweet red apples (such as McIntosh or Winesap, 6-8)
1/ cup light brown sugar, packed
1 stick unsalted butter
2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp ground allspice.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place zests and juices in large bowl. Peel, quarter, and core the apples and toss them in the juice. Pour into nonreactive Dutch oven. Add the sugar, butter, cinnamon, and allspice and cover. Bake for 1 1/2 hours, or until apples are soft. Mix with a whisk until smooth. Serve
warm or at room temperature.
The door prize was an inflatable coffin (?!?), filled with a game called Mastermind and other scary goodies.
On to more peaceful reads, our next blog will be about bread- Bread Alone- no vampires, no blood, no scary visitors...
Synopsis
Alex Cross has never believed in vampires. But when two joggers are found slain in a manner that suggests a macabre ritual, he has to reconsider. Someone believes in vampires enough to have committed a series of bizarre murders that appear to be the work of one. Local police are horrified, and even the FBI is baffled. (Barnes & Noble)The menu was appropriate:
Yummy Mummy Appetizers (Tortilla Rollups)
Mixed Nutcases
Bloody Michaels and Pina Ghouladas
Vampira's Pork Chops (with "special sauce")
Ghastly Rice
Green Screams
Stuffed Jack-o-Lanterns
Booberry Muffins
Your choice of Whines
Blood Velvet Cake
Donna's Yummy Mummy Appetizers
8 oz. pkg cream cheese, softened
8 oz. sour cream (only use about 2/3 of it)
1 tsp fresh lemon juice
3 green onions, chopped (use green and white parts)
1 tsp Picante sauce
1 tsp- 1 Tbsp chopped pickled jalapenos (in pickle or Mexican section)
1 pkg (10 inch) large flour tortillas
Mix all together- spread on each tortilla almost to the edge. Roll up jelly roll fashion- place in a
ziploc bag and refrigerate at least 1 hour (or more). To serve- use serrated knife and slice into bite
size rounds. Serve with leftover picante sauce to dip.
Stuffed Jack-o-Lanterns
(adapted from Barefoot Contessa)
Make your favorite homemade applesauce.
Take baby pumpkins- cut off and reserve the tops of each pumpkin. Scoop out the seeds with a
small spoon . Stuff with your applesauce. Put top back on. Great presentation.
Ina Garten's Homemade Applesauce
(The Barefoot Contessa Cookbook)
Zest and juice of 2 large navel oranges
Zest and juice of 1 lemon
3 pounds Granny Smith apples (6-8)
3 pounds sweet red apples (such as McIntosh or Winesap, 6-8)
1/ cup light brown sugar, packed
1 stick unsalted butter
2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp ground allspice.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place zests and juices in large bowl. Peel, quarter, and core the apples and toss them in the juice. Pour into nonreactive Dutch oven. Add the sugar, butter, cinnamon, and allspice and cover. Bake for 1 1/2 hours, or until apples are soft. Mix with a whisk until smooth. Serve
warm or at room temperature.
The door prize was an inflatable coffin (?!?), filled with a game called Mastermind and other scary goodies.
On to more peaceful reads, our next blog will be about bread- Bread Alone- no vampires, no blood, no scary visitors...
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