On 10/1/2016 10:37 AM, Gary wrote:
> jmcquown wrote:
>>
>> On 10/1/2016 9:46 AM, Gary wrote:
>>> jmcquown wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On 9/30/2016 6:28 PM, Nancy Young wrote:
>>>>> Got my stoop pumpkin yesterday for 5 bucks.
>>>>>
>>>>> nancy
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for the reminder! It's time for me to string the blinking
>>>> eyeball lights on the front hedges. And hang the Halloween cat flag.
>>>
>>> Why?
>>>
>> Because I like Halloween!
>
> OK. I can accept that. We both remember the good old days of Halloween.
>
>
I'm so glad you accept it. Yeah, sure, used to be kids could walk
from house to house and even go *inside* of a house in the neighborhood
without fear. Times have changed.

I do like Halloween decorations, though. The blinking eyeball lights in
the bushes are fun.

Jill

On Sat, 1 Oct 2016 10:17:38 -0400, jmcquown >
wrote:

> If you don't want kids knocking on your door, the rule of thumb seems to
> be don't turn on the porch light.

That's the one!

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Sometimes I even put it in the food.

On Sat, 1 Oct 2016 03:31:05 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> wrote:

> It's almost the time of year when I start craving pumpkin. But not
> lattes, or any of that other junk. A slice of pie, or a good
> pumpkin muffin, etc.

Only pie for me, none of that other "stuff" appeals. I haven't even
made a pumpkin pie for the last couple of years, due to hubby limiting
his carbs so severely. He had a birthday that he never dreamed of
reaching, so he now has a "you only live once, so you might as well
enjoy it" attitude and isn't as strict as he was. He's still very
good about not overdoing it, but it's easier to cook a normal meal for
him now... or maybe I'm just used to low carb cooking - haven't made
up my mind about that. I am definitely making pumpkin pie this year
(just for us), maybe I'll even get crazy and make two of them.

I do know that my 15, now 16 YO, grandson commented that I was a
"healthy" cook. When I pressed him about his interpretation of
healthy, he said I cooked low carb and low fat (I serve lots of
vegetables and salad greens with a meal, no dessert).

--
I love cooking with wine.
Sometimes I even put it in the food.

On Sat, 01 Oct 2016 09:46:15 -0400, Gary > wrote:

> jmcquown wrote:
> >
> > On 9/30/2016 6:28 PM, Nancy Young wrote:
> > > Got my stoop pumpkin yesterday for 5 bucks.
> > >
> > > nancy
> >
> > Thanks for the reminder! It's time for me to string the blinking
> > eyeball lights on the front hedges. And hang the Halloween cat flag.
>
> Why?

Why not?

--
I love cooking with wine.
Sometimes I even put it in the food.

On 2016-10-01 9:54 AM, Gary wrote:
> jmcquown wrote:

>> I am the only one in the neighborhood to have blinking eyeball lights.
>> This time of year I tuck them in the bushes out front and plug them in
>> at dusk. They're fun!
>
> Do you hand out candy to kids that should not be accepting
> candy from strangers? I ignore Halloween. No parent in their
> right mind should be letting their beloved kiddies getting
> candy from complete strangers.
>
> The 'Trick or Treat' was good back then but not now.

We always buy something in case any kids come on Halloween but it has
been many years since any did. My son and his friends used to go out
together and would go to each others house before going to town. We have
had several families move into the area over the years, but none of them
have gone trick or treating locally.

That leaves me in a find. I want to get something they like, but since I
am likely to end up with all of it I want something I like. Don't eat
milk chocolate, candy kisses or the usual Halloween crap. I like dark
chocolate, but kids tend not to.

sf wrote:
>
> On Sat, 01 Oct 2016 09:46:15 -0400, Gary > wrote:
>
> > jmcquown wrote:
> > >
> > > On 9/30/2016 6:28 PM, Nancy Young wrote:
> > > > Got my stoop pumpkin yesterday for 5 bucks.
> > > >
> > > > nancy
> > >
> > > Thanks for the reminder! It's time for me to string the blinking
> > > eyeball lights on the front hedges. And hang the Halloween cat flag.
> >
> > Why?
>
> Why not?

I'd maybe do that if I had no life.

On 10/1/2016 7:34 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> :
>> "Nancy Young" wrote in message ...
>
>> If it's not pumpkin, it's pumpkin pie spice. Glad to know
>> I'm not the only person who doesn't find it overly enticing.
>> It's okay. Pumpkin pie spice is nice, but really, I don't
>> want it in my coffee. They make it sound like people are
>> begging for the return of pumpkin pie spice coffee, maybe they
>> are.

> If you buy good coffee you certainly don't want to screw it up with a
> strong flavor. It would be like converting a diamond into a lump of coal.

I just like light cream in my coffee, that's it. I'm not interested
in flavored coffee, though chocolate is a great complement.

nancy

On 10/1/2016 8:40 AM, jmcquown wrote:
> On 9/30/2016 6:28 PM, Nancy Young wrote:

>> Got my stoop pumpkin yesterday for 5 bucks.

> Thanks for the reminder! It's time for me to string the blinking
> eyeball lights on the front hedges. And hang the Halloween cat flag.
>
> No one can see my stoop from the street so I don't bother putting out
> Fall displays of pumpkins, odd gourds and cornstalks like I used to.

I covet the blinking eyeball lights, but no one would see them, as
you say. If the kids came out after dark I would try to find them.
They are fun.

Since I replaced the tree we lost to Sandy with a smaller tree,
I have a logical place out by the curb to put hay bales, gourds,
mums. i get a kick out of it.

nancy

On 10/1/2016 9:54 AM, Gary wrote:
> jmcquown wrote:
>>
>> I am the only one in the neighborhood to have blinking eyeball lights.
>> This time of year I tuck them in the bushes out front and plug them in
>> at dusk. They're fun!
>
> Do you hand out candy to kids that should not be accepting
> candy from strangers? I ignore Halloween. No parent in their
> right mind should be letting their beloved kiddies getting
> candy from complete strangers.
>
> The 'Trick or Treat' was good back then but not now.

It's fine now. Unless you're a paranoid type who thinks all
your neighbors are handing out poison candy.

nancy

On 10/1/2016 11:25 AM, Gary wrote:
> sf wrote:
>>
>> On Sat, 01 Oct 2016 09:46:15 -0400, Gary > wrote:
>>
>>> jmcquown wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On 9/30/2016 6:28 PM, Nancy Young wrote:
>>>>> Got my stoop pumpkin yesterday for 5 bucks.
>>>>>
>>>>> nancy
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for the reminder! It's time for me to string the blinking
>>>> eyeball lights on the front hedges. And hang the Halloween cat flag.
>>>
>>> Why?
>>
>> Why not?
>
> I'd maybe do that if I had no life.
>
Um, what does fun Halloween decorations have to with what you call a "life"?

Jill

"l not -l" wrote in message ...


On 1-Oct-2016, Gary > wrote:

> jmcquown wrote:
> >
> > On 10/1/2016 9:46 AM, Gary wrote:
> > > jmcquown wrote:
> > >>
> > >> On 9/30/2016 6:28 PM, Nancy Young wrote:
> > >>> Got my stoop pumpkin yesterday for 5 bucks.
> > >>>
> > >>> nancy
> > >>
> > >> Thanks for the reminder! It's time for me to string the blinking
> > >> eyeball lights on the front hedges. And hang the Halloween cat flag.
> > >>
> > >
> > > Why?
> > >
> > Because I like Halloween!
>
> OK. I can accept that. We both remember the good old days of Halloween.
>
Ahhh, memories. Paper grocery bags filled with candy, several pounds of
it. How it always turned colder that day then a slow drizzling rain at
night. The paper bag slowly getting soaked, then weakened until the bottom
fell out in the darkest part of someone's yard. On hands and knees
picking up as much as you could find and trying to hold the bottom, and
candy, in the bag until you could get home. Sweet, sweet memories. 8-)

Change Cujo to Juno for email.

=============

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Gary > wrote:
> jmcquown wrote:
>>
>> I am the only one in the neighborhood to have blinking eyeball lights.
>> This time of year I tuck them in the bushes out front and plug them in
>> at dusk. They're fun!
>
> Do you hand out candy to kids that should not be accepting
> candy from strangers? I ignore Halloween. No parent in their
> right mind should be letting their beloved kiddies getting
> candy from complete strangers.
>
> The 'Trick or Treat' was good back then but not now.
>

That's crap.

--
jinx the minx

Nancy Young > wrote:
> On 10/1/2016 9:54 AM, Gary wrote:
>> jmcquown wrote:
>>>
>>> I am the only one in the neighborhood to have blinking eyeball lights.
>>> This time of year I tuck them in the bushes out front and plug them in
>>> at dusk. They're fun!
>>
>> Do you hand out candy to kids that should not be accepting
>> candy from strangers? I ignore Halloween. No parent in their
>> right mind should be letting their beloved kiddies getting
>> candy from complete strangers.
>>
>> The 'Trick or Treat' was good back then but not now.
>
> It's fine now. Unless you're a paranoid type who thinks all
> your neighbors are handing out poison candy.
>
> nancy
>
>

Exactly. All the scare stories you hear each year are usually hoaxes.
And for Pete's sake, you're talking about your own neighborhood--where your
kids play and go to to school--not venturing into some scary ghetto of
pervs and villains.

--
jinx the minx

On Sat, 1 Oct 2016 11:34:38 -0400, Nancy Young
> wrote:

>On 10/1/2016 9:54 AM, Gary wrote:
>> jmcquown wrote:
>>>
>>> I am the only one in the neighborhood to have blinking eyeball lights.
>>> This time of year I tuck them in the bushes out front and plug them in
>>> at dusk. They're fun!
>>
>> Do you hand out candy to kids that should not be accepting
>> candy from strangers? I ignore Halloween. No parent in their
>> right mind should be letting their beloved kiddies getting
>> candy from complete strangers.
>>
>> The 'Trick or Treat' was good back then but not now.
>
>It's fine now. Unless you're a paranoid type who thinks all
>your neighbors are handing out poison candy.
>
>nancy

They still go out here - when I lived downtown I think I enjoyed it
the most. Parents in the worst area of town could take a bus down our
way and bring their kids where they knew they would receive good
stuff. I loved over doing it and my son would decorate and spook
them out. One year as they came to the door they were on a wide porch
and he rigged up a skeleton which they couldn't see, until it touched
their backs while they were taking the candy. He was in the living
room and had the skeleton connected to fishing line Kids love a
good horror chill

"Nancy Young" > wrote in message
...

> I just like light cream in my coffee, that's it. I'm not interested
> in flavored coffee, though chocolate is a great complement.
>
> nancy

Me either, I don't especially care for flavored coffees, and just 1 TBS of
heavy whipping cream in it does it for me.

Cheri

On 2016-09-30, Janet B > wrote:

> Pumpkin! Pumpkin lattes? shudder. Pumpkin waffles. ick Dark
> Chocolate pumpkin spice salted caramels -- really?? It's everywhere.

Even Jolly Ranchers?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBOWgUgN5AI

nb

On Saturday, October 1, 2016 at 3:53:57 AM UTC-10, Gary wrote:
> jmcquown wrote:
> >
> > I am the only one in the neighborhood to have blinking eyeball lights.
> > This time of year I tuck them in the bushes out front and plug them in
> > at dusk. They're fun!
>
> Do you hand out candy to kids that should not be accepting
> candy from strangers? I ignore Halloween. No parent in their
> right mind should be letting their beloved kiddies getting
> candy from complete strangers.
>
> The 'Trick or Treat' was good back then but not now.

If I were president, I'd do away with trick o' treating - any punk kid caught ringing on people's door and bothering decent folks trying to enjoy their evening would have their candy confiscated and they'd have to spend a night in the slammer. Problem solved.

Halloween is used mostly as an excuse for adults to get drunk and dress like slut witches. I'd make a law to do away with that too - except for the part about dressing like slut witches. The law would be repealed only when we have self driving cars which would allow drunks to get home safely and slut witches to have sex in the back seat. Let's make America great again!

Speaking of self-driving cars, we need this technology!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pP1KGwMAAe8

"dsi1" wrote in message
...

On Saturday, October 1, 2016 at 3:53:57 AM UTC-10, Gary wrote:
> jmcquown wrote:
> >
> > I am the only one in the neighborhood to have blinking eyeball lights.
> > This time of year I tuck them in the bushes out front and plug them in
> > at dusk. They're fun!
>
> Do you hand out candy to kids that should not be accepting
> candy from strangers? I ignore Halloween. No parent in their
> right mind should be letting their beloved kiddies getting
> candy from complete strangers.
>
> The 'Trick or Treat' was good back then but not now.

If I were president, I'd do away with trick o' treating - any punk kid
caught ringing on people's door and bothering decent folks trying to enjoy
their evening would have their candy confiscated and they'd have to spend a
night in the slammer. Problem solved.

Halloween is used mostly as an excuse for adults to get drunk and dress like
slut witches. I'd make a law to do away with that too - except for the part
about dressing like slut witches. The law would be repealed only when we
have self driving cars which would allow drunks to get home safely and slut
witches to have sex in the back seat. Let's make America great again!

Speaking of self-driving cars, we need this technology!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pP1KGwMAAe8
===============

LOL in your future we won't need legs)



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On Sat, 1 Oct 2016 08:51:56 -0400, jmcquown >
wrote:

>On 10/1/2016 1:18 AM, Janet B wrote:
>> My husband, who spent his summers with his grandmother on the farm, is
>> always amused at the store prices for 2 or 3 corn stalks or a mini
>> bale of hay. Of course, we realize the price reflects various
>> handling and transportation, but still. I guess that Halloween now
>> ranks as the most important US holiday. At least it is in the eyes of
>> the merchandisers.
>> Janet US
>>
>The last carved pumpkin I had was one that John did... he carved the
>shape of a cat. You know the typical image: Halloween cat. Arched
>back, curved tail. It was really cute! Kind of hard to do unless
>you're just used to carving pumpkins that aren't a typical
>jack-o-lantern shape.
>
>I am the only one in the neighborhood to have blinking eyeball lights.
>This time of year I tuck them in the bushes out front and plug them in
>at dusk. They're fun!
>
>Jill
blinking eyeballs do sound cute. We haven't had anyone stop by since
my daughter was in grade school. We are on a court off of a court on
a dead end street. We are also just a hop, skip and jump away from
the boulevard known throughout the county as the place to go for trick
or treat. Those folks really decorate. They buy hundreds and
hundreds of dollars of candy. There is a police presence. It's all
very safe and fun but surely does remove any neighborhood tricksters.
Janet US

On Sat, 1 Oct 2016 11:29:03 -0400, Nancy Young
> wrote:

>On 10/1/2016 7:34 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>> :
>>> "Nancy Young" wrote in message ...
>>
>>> If it's not pumpkin, it's pumpkin pie spice. Glad to know
>>> I'm not the only person who doesn't find it overly enticing.
>>> It's okay. Pumpkin pie spice is nice, but really, I don't
>>> want it in my coffee. They make it sound like people are
>>> begging for the return of pumpkin pie spice coffee, maybe they
>>> are.
>
>> If you buy good coffee you certainly don't want to screw it up with a
>> strong flavor. It would be like converting a diamond into a lump of coal.
>
>I just like light cream in my coffee, that's it. I'm not interested
>in flavored coffee, though chocolate is a great complement.
>
>nancy

yes, something with the coffee not in the coffee. Heck. Now I want a
cup of coffee and a decent dark chocolate candy.
Janet US

On Sat, 1 Oct 2016 10:56:09 -0400, jmcquown >
wrote:

>On 10/1/2016 10:37 AM, Gary wrote:
>> jmcquown wrote:
>>>
>>> On 10/1/2016 9:46 AM, Gary wrote:
>>>> jmcquown wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> On 9/30/2016 6:28 PM, Nancy Young wrote:
>>>>>> Got my stoop pumpkin yesterday for 5 bucks.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> nancy
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks for the reminder! It's time for me to string the blinking
>>>>> eyeball lights on the front hedges. And hang the Halloween cat flag.
>>>>
>>>> Why?
>>>>
>>> Because I like Halloween!
>>
>> OK. I can accept that. We both remember the good old days of Halloween.
>>
>>
>I'm so glad you accept it. Yeah, sure, used to be kids could walk
>from house to house and even go *inside* of a house in the neighborhood
>without fear. Times have changed.
>
>I do like Halloween decorations, though. The blinking eyeball lights in
>the bushes are fun.
>
>Jill

there are so many ways to reconcile us as humans to the fact that the
trees are getting bare and winter is coming -- Halloween,
Thanksgiving, Christmas. After that it is a long stretch of gray,
cold days in the northern hemisphere.
Janet US

On Sat, 01 Oct 2016 08:22:10 -0700, sf > wrote:

>On Sat, 1 Oct 2016 03:31:05 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> wrote:
>
>> It's almost the time of year when I start craving pumpkin. But not
>> lattes, or any of that other junk. A slice of pie, or a good
>> pumpkin muffin, etc.
>
>Only pie for me, none of that other "stuff" appeals. I haven't even
>made a pumpkin pie for the last couple of years, due to hubby limiting
>his carbs so severely. He had a birthday that he never dreamed of
>reaching, so he now has a "you only live once, so you might as well
>enjoy it" attitude and isn't as strict as he was. He's still very
>good about not overdoing it, but it's easier to cook a normal meal for
>him now... or maybe I'm just used to low carb cooking - haven't made
>up my mind about that. I am definitely making pumpkin pie this year
>(just for us), maybe I'll even get crazy and make two of them.
>
>I do know that my 15, now 16 YO, grandson commented that I was a
>"healthy" cook. When I pressed him about his interpretation of
>healthy, he said I cooked low carb and low fat (I serve lots of
>vegetables and salad greens with a meal, no dessert).

I'm going to do the filling and do it as a baked custard. Neither of
us is really into pie crust anyway.
Janet US

On 10/1/2016 12:54 PM, wrote:
> On Sat, 1 Oct 2016 11:34:38 -0400, Nancy Young
> > wrote:

>> It's fine now. Unless you're a paranoid type who thinks all
>> your neighbors are handing out poison candy.

> They still go out here - when I lived downtown I think I enjoyed it
> the most. Parents in the worst area of town could take a bus down our
> way and bring their kids where they knew they would receive good
> stuff. I loved over doing it and my son would decorate and spook
> them out. One year as they came to the door they were on a wide porch
> and he rigged up a skeleton which they couldn't see, until it touched
> their backs while they were taking the candy. He was in the living
> room and had the skeleton connected to fishing line Kids love a
> good horror chill

That's a riot. He sounds like a fun guy. I have known people
who'd do stuff like that but I don't think anyone in my neighborhood
does. Who knows.

We never got a huge number of kids and now they all go to
organized events, but we get some. I love seeing all the
costumes.

nancy

"Gary" wrote in message ...

sf wrote:
>
> On Sat, 01 Oct 2016 09:46:15 -0400, Gary > wrote:
>
> > jmcquown wrote:
> > >
> > > On 9/30/2016 6:28 PM, Nancy Young wrote:
> > > > Got my stoop pumpkin yesterday for 5 bucks.
> > > >
> > > > nancy
> > >
> > > Thanks for the reminder! It's time for me to string the blinking
> > > eyeball lights on the front hedges. And hang the Halloween cat flag.
> > >
> >
> > Why?
>
> Why not?

I'd maybe do that if I had no life.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Of course. Halloween is a dead persons favorite holiday.


Robert

On Sat, 1 Oct 2016 16:04:45 GMT, "l not -l" > wrote:

>Ahhh, memories. Paper grocery bags filled with candy, several pounds of
>it. How it always turned colder that day then a slow drizzling rain at
>night. The paper bag slowly getting soaked, then weakened until the bottom
>fell out in the darkest part of someone's yard. On hands and knees
>picking up as much as you could find and trying to hold the bottom, and
>candy, in the bag until you could get home. Sweet, sweet memories. 8-)

we had to use pillow cases but the candy didn't leak out

William

On Sat, 1 Oct 2016 11:29:03 -0400, Nancy Young
> wrote:

> I just like light cream in my coffee, that's it. I'm not interested
> in flavored coffee, though chocolate is a great complement.

It sure is! Haven't had one in years (Hershey's chocolate syrup is da
bomb) because only one a day sneaks on weight too easily, and what
else would I use the syrup for when Hershey's fudge sauce is better on
everything else?

--
I love cooking with wine.
Sometimes I even put it in the food.

On Sat, 1 Oct 2016 12:08:43 -0400, jmcquown >
wrote:

> On 10/1/2016 11:25 AM, Gary wrote:
> > sf wrote:
> >>
> >> On Sat, 01 Oct 2016 09:46:15 -0400, Gary > wrote:
> >>
> >>> jmcquown wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> On 9/30/2016 6:28 PM, Nancy Young wrote:
> >>>>> Got my stoop pumpkin yesterday for 5 bucks.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> nancy
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks for the reminder! It's time for me to string the blinking
> >>>> eyeball lights on the front hedges. And hang the Halloween cat flag.
> >>>
> >>> Why?
> >>
> >> Why not?
> >
> > I'd maybe do that if I had no life.
> >
> Um, what does fun Halloween decorations have to with what you call a "life"?
>
I was wondering that too. Gary seems to be the very definition of "no
life" outside work.

--
I love cooking with wine.
Sometimes I even put it in the food.

On Sat, 01 Oct 2016 12:09:54 -0600, Janet B >
wrote:

> I'm going to do the filling and do it as a baked custard. Neither of
> us is really into pie crust anyway.

Sadly, both of us are and it doesn't help that I make a better than
average good crust. I've had better, but many are much worse. The
icing on the cake is taking the raw crust trimmings, sprinkling them
with cinnamon sugar and making pie crust cookies... which reminds me
of another holiday idea I've seen recently! It won't work for you,
because you're not a pie crust maker but I like the idea.
https://homeiswheretheboatis.net/201...-crust-leaves/

As far as pie filling only, I wouldn't bake a crustless pie - but I've
been looking at pumpkin parfait recipes. Can't find one on the
internet that's exactly like what I found on Facebook - but I'll be
making the one on FB for Thanksgiving as an alternative dessert
because it's egg free and can be dairy free if I use a non-dairy
yogurt. It will also be gluten free if I buy certified gluten free
rolled oats to use for the topping.


--
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Sometimes I even put it in the food.

On Sat, 1 Oct 2016 16:04:45 GMT, "l not -l" > wrote:

>
> On 1-Oct-2016, Gary > wrote:
>
> > jmcquown wrote:
> > >
> > > On 10/1/2016 9:46 AM, Gary wrote:
> > > > jmcquown wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >> On 9/30/2016 6:28 PM, Nancy Young wrote:
> > > >>> Got my stoop pumpkin yesterday for 5 bucks.
> > > >>>
> > > >>> nancy
> > > >>
> > > >> Thanks for the reminder! It's time for me to string the blinking
> > > >> eyeball lights on the front hedges. And hang the Halloween cat flag.
> > > >>
> > > >
> > > > Why?
> > > >
> > > Because I like Halloween!
> >
> > OK. I can accept that. We both remember the good old days of Halloween.
> >
> Ahhh, memories. Paper grocery bags filled with candy, several pounds of
> it. How it always turned colder that day then a slow drizzling rain at
> night. The paper bag slowly getting soaked, then weakened until the bottom
> fell out in the darkest part of someone's yard. On hands and knees
> picking up as much as you could find and trying to hold the bottom, and
> candy, in the bag until you could get home. Sweet, sweet memories. 8-)

Snow flurries, not rain, were usually part of the equation on
Halloween night for me. I was brought up in a small town and
Halloween trick r treating was limited to the immediate neighborhood,
so if I didn't know the person who answered the door - someone else in
the (multi-age) group did. I fondly remember the home made cookies,
caramel apples, and popcorn balls that were handed out and no parent
cautioned us about taking them.

--
I love cooking with wine.
Sometimes I even put it in the food.

On 10/1/2016 3:13 PM, Robert wrote:
> "Gary" wrote in message ...
>
> sf wrote:
>>
>> On Sat, 01 Oct 2016 09:46:15 -0400, Gary > wrote:
>>
>> > jmcquown wrote:

>> > > Thanks for the reminder! It's time for me to string the blinking
>> > > eyeball lights on the front hedges. And hang the Halloween cat
>> flag. > >
>> >
>> > Why?
>>
>> Why not?
>
> I'd maybe do that if I had no life.
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
> Of course. Halloween is a dead persons favorite holiday.

Ha! clever.

nancy

On Sat, 1 Oct 2016 08:32:52 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>On 2016-09-30 10:54 PM, Janet B wrote:
>
>>> My corner bakery/coffee shop sells incredible pumpkin chocolate muffins.
>>> I have had hundreds of them over the years but I am constantly surprised
>>> that they taste so much better than I expect them to be.
>>
>> what does pumpkin chocolate even taste like? Two such strong flavors
>> together are something I just can't imagine. Or is it pumpkin muffins
>> with chocolate chips?
>
>They are pumpkin muffins with chocolate chips.... lots of chocolate
>chips. She uses only high quality ingredients, so the muffins are made
>from scratch and good chips.

I make a pumpkin & chocolate chip loaf quite often. Recipe he

http://www.chelseasmessyapron.com/th...pumpkin-bread/

Unfortunately (and I have no idea why), my husband doesn't like
chocolate chips and pumpkin together. So I divide the batter in half
and make two small loaves - one with the chocolate chips for me and
one with walnuts for him.

Doris

On 10/1/2016 6:25 PM, Doris Night wrote:
> On Sat, 1 Oct 2016 08:32:52 -0400, Dave Smith
> > wrote:
>
>> On 2016-09-30 10:54 PM, Janet B wrote:
>>
>>>> My corner bakery/coffee shop sells incredible pumpkin chocolate muffins.
>>>> I have had hundreds of them over the years but I am constantly surprised
>>>> that they taste so much better than I expect them to be.
>>>
>>> what does pumpkin chocolate even taste like? Two such strong flavors
>>> together are something I just can't imagine. Or is it pumpkin muffins
>>> with chocolate chips?
>>
>> They are pumpkin muffins with chocolate chips.... lots of chocolate
>> chips. She uses only high quality ingredients, so the muffins are made
>>from scratch and good chips.
>
> I make a pumpkin & chocolate chip loaf quite often. Recipe he
>
> http://www.chelseasmessyapron.com/th...pumpkin-bread/
>
> Unfortunately (and I have no idea why), my husband doesn't like
> chocolate chips and pumpkin together. So I divide the batter in half
> and make two small loaves - one with the chocolate chips for me and
> one with walnuts for him.
>
> Doris
>
Sounds like a nice compromise to me.

Jill

On 10/1/2016 3:13 PM, Robert wrote:
> "Gary" wrote in message ...
>
> sf wrote:
>>
>> On Sat, 01 Oct 2016 09:46:15 -0400, Gary > wrote:
>>
>> > jmcquown wrote:
>> > >
>> > > On 9/30/2016 6:28 PM, Nancy Young wrote:
>> > > > Got my stoop pumpkin yesterday for 5 bucks.
>> > > >
>> > > > nancy
>> > >
>> > > Thanks for the reminder! It's time for me to string the blinking
>> > > eyeball lights on the front hedges. And hang the Halloween cat
>> flag. > >
>> >
>> > Why?
>>
>> Why not?
>
> I'd maybe do that if I had no life.
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
> Of course. Halloween is a dead persons favorite holiday.
>
>
> Robert
>
I happen to love old cemeteries. But gee, I'm not dead.

Jill

Dave Smith wrote:
>Gary wrote:
>>
>> Do you hand out candy to kids that should not be accepting
>> candy from strangers? I ignore Halloween. No parent in their
>> right mind should be letting their beloved kiddies getting
>> candy from complete strangers.
>>
>> The 'Trick or Treat' was good back then but not now.
>
>We always buy something in case any kids come on Halloween but it has
>been many years since any did.

When I first moved here almost 13 years ago I'd get about 100 kids on
Halloween but suddenly that all stopped... parents would accompany the
young ones, even pushing baby strollers with tiny tots. Then the
number of kids suddenly declined and for the last 6-7 years no kids at
all. I still buy a couple bags of candy thinking just in case but
then for the next week I end up eating it. I used to put out lots of
decorations but haven't put out any for the last few years. Kids
today celebrate at parties held at school... Halloween will never
again be the happy holiday that I knew... another event ruined by
friggin' terrorists. At least I have my two home grown stoop pumpkins
to remind me of much happier times.

On Sat, 01 Oct 2016 18:25:34 -0400, Doris Night
> wrote:

>On Sat, 1 Oct 2016 08:32:52 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:
>
>>On 2016-09-30 10:54 PM, Janet B wrote:
>>
>>>> My corner bakery/coffee shop sells incredible pumpkin chocolate muffins.
>>>> I have had hundreds of them over the years but I am constantly surprised
>>>> that they taste so much better than I expect them to be.
>>>
>>> what does pumpkin chocolate even taste like? Two such strong flavors
>>> together are something I just can't imagine. Or is it pumpkin muffins
>>> with chocolate chips?
>>
>>They are pumpkin muffins with chocolate chips.... lots of chocolate
>>chips. She uses only high quality ingredients, so the muffins are made
>>from scratch and good chips.
>
>I make a pumpkin & chocolate chip loaf quite often. Recipe he
>
>http://www.chelseasmessyapron.com/th...pumpkin-bread/
>
>Unfortunately (and I have no idea why), my husband doesn't like
>chocolate chips and pumpkin together. So I divide the batter in half
>and make two small loaves - one with the chocolate chips for me and
>one with walnuts for him.
>
>Doris
good save
Janet US

On Sat, 01 Oct 2016 21:12:56 -0400, Brooklyn1
> wrote:


>Here all the fields are filled with huge round hay bales, each too big
>for a pick up truck. I buy bales of straw for cat bedding and mulch,
>hay is full of weed seeds, straw is clean of weed seeds.

they both carry weed seeds. It took me 20 years to get rid of the
weeds that came from some straw I got.
Janet US

On 2016-10-01 6:25 PM, Doris Night wrote:
> On Sat, 1 Oct 2016 08:32:52 -0400, Dave Smith

> Unfortunately (and I have no idea why), my husband doesn't like
> chocolate chips and pumpkin together. So I divide the batter in half
> and make two small loaves - one with the chocolate chips for me and
> one with walnuts for him.
>
Has he actually tried it does he just have some sort of mind set against
the combination. I took a pass on them for a quite a while, opting for
other varieties and only tried them when there were no other options. I
was surprised how good there were, and I have them frequently and
continue to be surprised that they are so good.

On 2016-10-01 9:27 PM, Janet B wrote:
> On Sat, 01 Oct 2016 21:12:56 -0400, Brooklyn1
> > wrote:
>
>
>> Here all the fields are filled with huge round hay bales, each too big
>> for a pick up truck. I buy bales of straw for cat bedding and mulch,
>> hay is full of weed seeds, straw is clean of weed seeds.
>
> they both carry weed seeds. It took me 20 years to get rid of the
> weeds that came from some straw I got.



I don't know what sort of weeds you would get from straw. It is it the
dried stalks of cereals like oats, wheat and barley. The grain (seeds)
and chaff have been removed and the straw is raked up and baled. Most
grain fields are shy on weeds.

On Sat, 1 Oct 2016 21:29:01 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>On 2016-10-01 6:25 PM, Doris Night wrote:
>> On Sat, 1 Oct 2016 08:32:52 -0400, Dave Smith
>
>> Unfortunately (and I have no idea why), my husband doesn't like
>> chocolate chips and pumpkin together. So I divide the batter in half
>> and make two small loaves - one with the chocolate chips for me and
>> one with walnuts for him.
>>
>Has he actually tried it does he just have some sort of mind set against
>the combination. I took a pass on them for a quite a while, opting for
>other varieties and only tried them when there were no other options. I
>was surprised how good there were, and I have them frequently and
>continue to be surprised that they are so good.

Actually, the first time I made it he ate a couple of slices and then
told me he didn't like the chocolate chips. And as far as I know, he's
never eaten pumpkin loaf or muffins of any kind in the last 44 years.
So it isn't some preconceived notion on his part.

Doris

On Sat, 1 Oct 2016 21:40:38 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>On 2016-10-01 9:27 PM, Janet B wrote:
>> On Sat, 01 Oct 2016 21:12:56 -0400, Brooklyn1
>> > wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Here all the fields are filled with huge round hay bales, each too big
>>> for a pick up truck. I buy bales of straw for cat bedding and mulch,
>>> hay is full of weed seeds, straw is clean of weed seeds.
>>
>> they both carry weed seeds. It took me 20 years to get rid of the
>> weeds that came from some straw I got.
>
>
>
>I don't know what sort of weeds you would get from straw. It is it the
>dried stalks of cereals like oats, wheat and barley. The grain (seeds)
>and chaff have been removed and the straw is raked up and baled. Most
>grain fields are shy on weeds.

o.k., I'm not telling the truth
Janet US