tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498899580300269250.post3159666544452466933..comments2023-04-04T09:15:46.871-05:00Comments on Shapeshifter Seductions: What Are Your Halloween Traditions?Serena Shayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17959664736807639363noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498899580300269250.post-91796467618269628582009-10-28T17:44:09.350-05:002009-10-28T17:44:09.350-05:00Halloween is my favorite holiday. It falls on the ...Halloween is my favorite holiday. It falls on the day after my grandmother's birthday - she'll be 97 this year, amazing! After celebrating her day with family, over cake and ice cream, I'm going home, getting comfy to begin my Halloween movie marathon (even though it's officially Halloween Eve). But, before this can happen, I have major goodies to buy because I'm not leaving the apt. Saturday except in the case of a dire emergency. I need pumkin seeds - not the gross salty kind, but the kind you'd make yourself. This year I'm not buying a pumpkin, but Fresh Market or Trader Joe's sell the seeds. Carmel Apples are a must as are the infamous popcorn balls. Not making them, but there is a factory near my job that used to make popcorn balls for Cleveland's old Euclid Beach amusement park - it's called Humphries. They are the best. I've got Samuel Adams Octoberfest beer - another must have. The main course is up in the air - possibly pizza, possibly Chinese. Or something else. I plan on enjoying the 'Hell' out of Halloween - my way.Donnanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498899580300269250.post-71637122857197796022009-10-26T16:57:12.537-05:002009-10-26T16:57:12.537-05:00Yum! Popcorn balls are so good...I wish I had a re...Yum! Popcorn balls are so good...I wish I had a recipe to share, but my creative streak stops at the kitchen door. LOL<br /><br />My favorite memory from Halloween has to be making the carmel apples, not with carmel squares, but with those round carmal flat thingys, popsicle sticks and a warm oven... And of course hitting every house in a twelve block area around our house, at least that's how it seemed.<br /><br />Great blog!Serena Shayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17959664736807639363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498899580300269250.post-50568882220990272842009-10-25T06:49:48.236-05:002009-10-25T06:49:48.236-05:00Savanna,
Aren't home made costumes fun! I alwa...Savanna,<br />Aren't home made costumes fun! I always loved that tradition. And dang girl, I put honey in everything and never considered it for popcorn balls. I'll have to give it a try;-) Thanks for sharing!Parishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18430750954598484156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498899580300269250.post-56776716700371105692009-10-25T06:48:22.287-05:002009-10-25T06:48:22.287-05:00Fran,
I love The Creature From the Black Lagoon! W...Fran,<br />I love The Creature From the Black Lagoon! We've had it on tape...oh wait, one of the boys have it now;-) But it was always great fun. I never thought about the plastic gloves, I'll have to try it. I'm sort of the Julia Child kind of cook...you know, the recipe ends up everywhere, LOL! Thanks for the memory!Parishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18430750954598484156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498899580300269250.post-62301399807643439952009-10-24T18:18:36.301-05:002009-10-24T18:18:36.301-05:00Paris, Halloween was some of my best times growing...Paris, Halloween was some of my best times growing up... mom and dad made our costumes until we started making our own.<br />Your traditions are wonderful.<br />As far as popcorn balls, I haven't made them in forever... but I used to use honey as one ingredient and dang they were pretty good.Savanna Kougarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15698138048388102279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498899580300269250.post-24485474431430371562009-10-24T17:36:38.121-05:002009-10-24T17:36:38.121-05:00It was loads of fun, until it became dangerous for...It was loads of fun, until it became dangerous for kids to eat un-wrapped or homemade candy, apples, and popcorn balls. My grandkids go trick or treating around the neighborhood, and then show up here for a scary movie (last year it was the Creature From The Black Lagoon.) As for a foolproof method for making great popcorn balls, I have one, but it entails wearing plastic hair-dying gloves covered with butter so you can roll the balls up without getting more on you than in the balls! LOL! Oh...and using ready-made cartons of soft caramel with just a touch of powdered sugar is a great one, too.Fran Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06247024581813249889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498899580300269250.post-83358775501596512382009-10-24T17:06:32.316-05:002009-10-24T17:06:32.316-05:00Sandy,
I really miss that tradition! And you know,...Sandy,<br />I really miss that tradition! And you know, I can remember it snowing at Halloween;-)Thanks for stopping by!Parishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18430750954598484156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498899580300269250.post-2779551342344259672009-10-24T14:08:45.792-05:002009-10-24T14:08:45.792-05:00Oh wow, Paris, you brought memories of my grandmot...Oh wow, Paris, you brought memories of my grandmother's pop corn balls back to me. No one in our family makes them any more, and I loved them. <br /><br />When I was a kid we lived in a farming community, and usually there was a foot of snow by then. We always dressed up and went around to the other farms before we headed to town to grandma's house and all their neighbor's. It was great fun, then we went grandma's for hot chocolate and to warm up.Sandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01843816981385732033noreply@blogger.com