The
tools of the trade... I feel like every year I talk myself into buying
one of those kits... which lands me with about 10 serrated crappy
knives. Remember when our parents would use the kitchen knives, and we'd
be ORIGINAL!? Well, my husband went with that this year... I did a
stencil and though it looks cool, I always feel a bit awkward about it. I
mean, Jack-o-Lanterns... three triagles and a mouth... TRADITIONAL.
In
Keeping with tradition, Aquaman decided to lick himself silly on
pumpkins. Later in the evening I caught him with a small piece of it
chewing it like a bone. This dog loves himself some pumpkin!
Luna checked it out a little, but ultimately wanted nothing to do with the carving fiasco! Gracie... Ignored us, per usual!
I did take a few other photos, but they're on my camera and I haven't uploaded them yet... You'll see them soon!
We ended up carving 3 of the 4 pumpkins. The big round one took more effort, than we thought, and it was getting late!
This year though I tried something different with the seeds... They are TO DIE FOR!
Preheat your oven to 400 degrees, then follow these steps:
Step 1 : Clean most of the gunk off the seeds
Step 2: Boil the Seeds in hot water and salt (season to taste) for 10 minutes.
Step
3: Strain boiled seeds, and remove any additional "gunk". Then, toss
with Olive Oil, Salt, Pepper and if you don't mind a little spice,
Cayenne Pepper.
Step 4: Flatten out seeds on a cookie sheet, and top them with a little more salt, pepper and cayenne.
Step
5: Bake for 5 Minutes, then toss and spread flat again, then bake for 7
Minutes and toss, bake for 4 minutes, and toss and then bake for 3
minutes and toss.
Depending on the heat of your oven,
keep your eye out on the last few increments though... We like ours
crispy! I usually only eat a couple seeds a season, and I couldn't quit
putting these seeds in my tummy last night!
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