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[serene]

Jello mold is made.

Bread is rising.

Pumpkin is peeled and cut into chunks.

Tomorrow: Bake bread, make spinach dip, make pumpkin soup, make serving bowl out of the other pumpkin, make severed-finger cookies, make kettle corn.

All this assumes I'll be well tomorrow. I hope hope hope I am well tomorrow.

'night, all.

Comments

[ailbhe]

I need a pumpkin soup recipe; I have a pumpkin. Also, do you know how long one has after scooping out the flesh to make a lantern? Can I scoop out the flesh two days in advance?

[serenejournal.livejournal.com]

Yes on the flesh; you have weeks before the pumpkin starts rotting. They're sturdy beasts.

On the soup, I never use a recipe. I just cook onions and celery in butter and/or olive oil, then add pumpkin (and, optionally, potatoes) and some sort of liquid, bring it to a boil, and simmer it for an hour or so. Today, I'm making a Thai curry version, so it will be homemade chicken stock, a little fish sauce, some coconut milk, ginger, garlic, lime leaves, and a little shrimp paste. Last time, it was pumpkin, potatoes, vegetable broth, salt, pepper, and a bay leaf. It was the most-commented-on thing at that Thanksgiving dinner after the turkey.

[serenejournal.livejournal.com]

Oh, I almost forgot: roasting cumin and cardamom right now, and I will grind them in the mortar and pestle with turmeric, fenugreek, red chili flakes, and coriander.

[quietshell.livejournal.com]

Mmmmmmm. . . . sounds divine. You've been working hard!!

I hope you're feeling well today so you can enjoy your efforts!

[serenejournal.livejournal.com]

Hey, girl. Haven't seen you in forever. How the hell are ya?

[mackenzie]

Kettle corn!

Yay!