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Martha Stewart's October 2008 issue was, as always, spooktacular--the decorating ideas and the gorgeous photography--especially of all the pumpkin varieties was great. The pumpkin clock on the cover was superb. I'll be trying out the mouse motel pumpkin this year! The clipart invites inspired by vintage invites were great. All of the good things were especially fun.
The countdown to Halloween begins! Fall is here:)
Here's a recipe from the cookbook:
Roasted Pumpkin Seeds:
1 large pumpkin
1 or 2 Tbsp. worcestershire sauce
½ Tbsp to 1 Tbsp. soy sauce
Salt (about ¼ to ½ cup)
Carve pumpkin, use the discarded seeds to roast–was them to remove majority of pulp. They do not have to be completely clean as a few little bits of pumpkin are tasty when roasted.
Soak pumpkin seeds overnight in bowl with warm water, salt, worcestershire and soy sauce.
Next day, pat them dry, and spread seeds onto parchment lined cookie sheet and bake in a 250 oven for about an hour. Cool.
Spicy Pumpkin Seeds:
Follow the above recipe and after roasting the pumpkin seeds in the oven and cooling them, you can add spices to taste.
Combine in a bowl, ¼ tsp. salt, 2 Tbsp. sugar, a pinch or two of cayenne pepper or enough to suit you, and any other spices you enjoy. Cajun seasoning works well.
Heat about 2 Tbsp. of extra light olive oil or peanut oil in a skillet on high heat and add seeds and about 1 or 2 Tbsp. of sugar, cooking until caramelized. Then pour into bowl with spice mixture and stir. Cool and enjoy!
Jenn:)
The Dennison Bogie books were a great source for party planning that advertised many of the Dennison Halloween decorations available that particular year each book was printed. They are a great resource today for what was available and provide some interesting old-time party tips and suggestions.
If you want to provide vintage flair to your parties, I recommend picking one of these up. They might cost you a pretty penny depending on where you purchase them as they routinely sell for upwards of 50.00 to 200.00+ at auction at eBay. There used to be a seller who sold reproductions at eBay.
Here are some party tips from the 1926 Bogie Book to inspire you:
1. The invitation offers the first chance for real originality.
2. Fortunately, Halloween decorations need not be a related scheme, the more weird and spooky the better.
3. No matter how simple or elaborate the decorations are in the dining room, the table itself must be a bright spot of color.
4. There is nothing that gives such satisfactory results for overhead decorations as crepe paper festoons and streamers.
5. Dance favors are popular for Halloween parties and noise makers are always among the most interesting.
6. With the help of cut-outs and crepe paper the very simplest articles may be transformed into attractive and unusual favors.
Jenn:)
Spooky Things I Like:
Often at parties, stunt and fortune games were played and you can find most of these fairly reasonably at eBay like the punch board game above. Finding them complete and unused is a challenge sometimes!
Jenn:)
