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Skriven 2006-11-13 18:22:00 av JOAN MACDIARMID (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av DAVE SACERDOTE
Ärende: Punkins
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 Hi, Dave,

 JM>  I haven't carved a pumpkin in years, either, though.

 DS> I carve at least one pumpkin a year because I adore the seeds.

 Do you also save the seeds from butternut-type squashes?

 DS> = =

 DS> This year would have been Auntie Pat's 100th birthday (she is the
 DS> aunt from whose estate we bought our house.)  Her favorite color
 DS> was yellow.  On the day we closed on this house, I stopped at the
 DS> store and picked up a pot of yellow mums for her grave.

 That was a gracious gesture.

 DS> She was born on Halloween, 1906, and loved the day.  When we were

 Red-head, by any chance?

 DS> cleaning out the house, we found many ceramic jack-o-lantern planters
 DS> and Halloween decorations etc.  So for her birthday, Lynn and I carved
 DS> a small pumpkin and she and her friends put it on her grave for her
 DS> birthday.  They lit a candle in it and left it facing the entrance
 DS> to the cemetary.  It looked pretty creepy, with its firey yellow grin
 DS> staring out to the gates.  I bet Auntie Pat loved it.

 You, sir, are an unbridled sentimentalist! I hope
 no one outside the "joke" took it amiss.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.05

      Title: Pumpkin Nut Bread
 Categories: Breads, Desserts, Nuts, Vegetable
      Yield: 1 Loaf

  1 1/2 c  Regular all-purpose flour
      2 t  Baking powder
    1/2 t  Baking soda
    1/2 t  Salt
    1/2 t  Ground cloves
    1/4 c  Regular margarine or butter
      1 t  Cinnamon
    1/4 t  Ginger
    1/4 t  Allspice
    1/2 c  Sugar
      1    Egg
    1/2 c  Milk
      1 t  Vanilla flavoring
      1 c  Pumpkin (cooked and mashed)*
      1 c  Shreds of wheat bran cereal
           -or morsels of wheat bran
           -cereal
    1/2 c  Chopped nuts

     *Note that 1 cup pumpkin is half of a 1-pound can; remainder can be
  frozen.
     In small mixing bowl, stir together flour, baking powder,
  soda,salt and spices. Set aside.
     Measure margarine and sugar into large mixing bowl. Beat until well
  combined. Add egg, milk and vanilla. Beat well. Mix in pumpkin,
  shreds of wheat bran cereal and nuts. Add dry ingredients. Mix
  thoroughly. Spread in well-greased 9x5x3-inch loaf pan.
     Bake in oven at 350 F about 50 minutes or until wooden pick
  inserted near center comes out clean. Cool completely before slicing.
     (Suggestion: serve half-slices sandwich-style with softened cream
  cheese as the filling, if desired.)

  Tried and enjoyed in my kitchen! Originally from Kellogg Company, I
  note from note on recipe. My notes: I like pecans or almonds as my
  nuts. I never tried the cream-cheese sandwich, but this is good with
  just a little butter, maybe with tea or coffee as a quick breakfast.
  Joan MacDiarmid.

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 Joan MacDiarmid       
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