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not OT - it's not Halloween, it's Christmas!
I was expecting a few parcels to come this week but, of course, you
never know when the delivery people will actually show up, right? First thing this morning, a UPS truck pulls up. I thought, oh goodie, my box from J, a friend in Atlanta. Nope, it was a blue delft item I'd bought off ebay. Very pretty addition to my collection. Fast forward to 2 pm and a fedex truck pulls up. Big box, heavy box. Ooh! The box from J. Full of quilting fabric she no longer wanted, some make up samples (J is queen of make up freebies), two pounds of specialty coffee beans and some yummy local treats. The quilty stuff ranges from brand new FQs never unrolled to large pieces that would be great for backing. It's not Halloween, it's Christmas!! Marijke in what was sunny but has turned gloomy and grey Montreal |
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not OT - it's not Halloween, it's Christmas!
Howdy!
Cool! Isn't this fun?!!? It's a holiday all over again! Our first pkg.just showed up from Germany, all the chocolate and the fabric I picked up in Rothenburg. ... I have my priorities. G Cheers! Ragmop/Sandy--waiting on the trick-or-treaters "Marijke" wrote in message ... I was expecting a few parcels to come this week but, of course, you never know when the delivery people will actually show up, right? First thing this morning, a UPS truck pulls up. I thought, oh goodie, my box from J, a friend in Atlanta. Nope, it was a blue delft item I'd bought off ebay. Very pretty addition to my collection. Fast forward to 2 pm and a fedex truck pulls up. Big box, heavy box. Ooh! The box from J. Full of quilting fabric she no longer wanted, some make up samples (J is queen of make up freebies), two pounds of specialty coffee beans and some yummy local treats. The quilty stuff ranges from brand new FQs never unrolled to large pieces that would be great for backing. It's not Halloween, it's Christmas!! Marijke in what was sunny but has turned gloomy and grey Montreal |
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not OT - it's not Halloween, it's Christmas!
On Mon, 31 Oct 2005 14:42:19 -0500, Marijke
wrote: I was expecting a few parcels to come this week but, of course, you never know when the delivery people will actually show up, right? *snip* It's not Halloween, it's Christmas!! Marijke I know the feeling. I was speaking to a man the other day, about how I had wanted to buy a pumpkin just to eat, to make soup out of.... but they are marketed here simply for carving, for Halloween. You can still find Butternut and Acorn squashes in the stores, but not pumpkins, which are just a large and colourful squash. He agreed that he had missed the boat, and pumpkins disappeared on November 1st. Well last night he came into the store and said he had found pumpkins at a rival store, for a good price, and he wanted to give me one. How nice is that? I was speechless, but managed to say thank you for the present. I have a big, lovely pumpkin and I think I can get 2 recipes out of it. Nice people do restore my faith in humanity. -- Jo in Scotland |
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not OT - it's not Halloween, it's Christmas!
It is a nice surprise when good things come from things or times we
don't expect them, isn't it? I never felt well enough to carve my own pumpkin this past weekend. Poor pitiful thing is sitting amongst the fading Jack-O-Lanterns on the front porch. Whined to mom about never carving this year and she said, "Don't cut it up! Hold on to it until I see you Saturday and I will pick it up and bring it home. I'd love to make pumpkin cookies and pumpkin pie for my daughter's family!" Thank God for mom's! hugs, Tina |
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not OT - it's not Halloween, it's Christmas!
Unfortunately, most of the pumpkins sold in the US for Halloween aren't
especially good for cooking and baking. They are more watery and less flavorful than the smaller "pie" pumpkins. I used to not carve the kids' jack-o-lanterns until the day of Halloween. Then I wouldn't use candles in them and the day after Halloween, the pumpkins would get cooked. But I decided that canned pumpkin is quite inexpensive and really more flavorful, so it wasn't worth the work to use the jack-o-lantern pumpkins. Julia in MN -- This message has been scanned for viruses by Norton Anti-Virus http://webpages.charter.net/jaccola/ |
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not OT - it's not Halloween, it's Christmas!
I watched a program on WVPT last night. It was all about pumpkin and
other squash. He said that those large = giant pumpkins that people grow for contests are extremely high in sugar content and very tastie in various recipes, including pies. Can you imagine how many pies you could get out of a 500 pound pumpkin? ;~) Bonnie, in Middletown, Va On Fri, 04 Nov 2005 08:44:50 -0600, Julia in MN wrote: Unfortunately, most of the pumpkins sold in the US for Halloween aren't especially good for cooking and baking. They are more watery and less flavorful than the smaller "pie" pumpkins. I used to not carve the kids' jack-o-lanterns until the day of Halloween. Then I wouldn't use candles in them and the day after Halloween, the pumpkins would get cooked. But I decided that canned pumpkin is quite inexpensive and really more flavorful, so it wasn't worth the work to use the jack-o-lantern pumpkins. Julia in MN |
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not OT - it's not Halloween, it's Christmas!
More that I would want!!!
KJ "Bonnie Patterson" wrote in message ... I watched a program on WVPT last night. It was all about pumpkin and other squash. He said that those large = giant pumpkins that people grow for contests are extremely high in sugar content and very tastie in various recipes, including pies. Can you imagine how many pies you could get out of a 500 pound pumpkin? ;~) Bonnie, in Middletown, Va On Fri, 04 Nov 2005 08:44:50 -0600, Julia in MN wrote: Unfortunately, most of the pumpkins sold in the US for Halloween aren't especially good for cooking and baking. They are more watery and less flavorful than the smaller "pie" pumpkins. I used to not carve the kids' jack-o-lanterns until the day of Halloween. Then I wouldn't use candles in them and the day after Halloween, the pumpkins would get cooked. But I decided that canned pumpkin is quite inexpensive and really more flavorful, so it wasn't worth the work to use the jack-o-lantern pumpkins. Julia in MN |
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not OT - it's not Halloween, it's Christmas!
READ the ingredients on those cans some have squash in them--not ONLY
pumpkin...... HTH Butterfly (grocer pointed this out to me) "Julia in MN" wrote in message news Unfortunately, most of the pumpkins sold in the US for Halloween aren't especially good for cooking and baking. They are more watery and less flavorful than the smaller "pie" pumpkins. I used to not carve the kids' jack-o-lanterns until the day of Halloween. Then I wouldn't use candles in them and the day after Halloween, the pumpkins would get cooked. But I decided that canned pumpkin is quite inexpensive and really more flavorful, so it wasn't worth the work to use the jack-o-lantern pumpkins. Julia in MN -- This message has been scanned for viruses by Norton Anti-Virus http://webpages.charter.net/jaccola/ |
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