Obligatory Thanksgiving Day post w/ meme & recipe.

[sarea]

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I'll say he is. Muah.

Hope all my fellow Americans are having a wonderful Thanksgiving day. Probably too late for anyone to do anything with this for Tday, but perhaps some other time. Here's my favorite pumpkin 'cake' recipe:

Devon's Pumpkin Shizam

Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 tsp salt
2 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp ground cloves
4 eggs, beaten
1 29 oz can of pumpkin filling
1 12 oz can of evaporated milk
1 box yellow cake mix (Duncan Hines or other kind w/ no pudding in the mix)
2 cups chopped walnuts
2 sticks butter (melted)
whipped cream for topping

Directions:
Combine first six ingredients (to pumpkin) and mix until smooth (with beaters or otherwise). Slowly add milk and mix until smooth.

Pour mixture into 9 x 13 inch BUTTERED pan. Sprinkle dry cake mix over the mixture. Then sprinkle on nuts. Then pour melted butter over the whole thing - get all the cake mix wet.

Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour...then let cool for 1 hour before serving (somewhat optional...I know I can never wait that long).

Serve with whipped topping. YUM!

Now I'm off to attempt my first butternut squash soup. Edit: Okay, it was totally yummy, so here's the recipe:

Butternut Squash Soup

Ingredients:
1 medium-large butternut squash
2 large russet potatoes
1 medium sweet onion
4 cups water
1 can chicken broth
1/4 cup sweet white wine
1 tbsp butter
1 tsp brown sugar
salt to taste
gorgonzola cheese*
pine nuts*

* optional

Directions:

1) Slice butternut squash in half length wise and remove seeds. Place flesh-side down on a baking pan covered with a cookie sheet, along with some water. Bake for 50 minutes to an hour at 325 degrees, or until squash flesh is soft. This step can be done at any point ahead of time; you might want the squash to cool before attempting to peel it or scoop out the flesh.

2) In a large pot, boil the 4 cups of water and 1 can of chicken broth.

3) Peel and cube potatoes, then add them to the boiling water/broth. Scoop out the flesh of the squash and add that as well. Stir to make sure everything is evenly distributed.

4) Melt butter in a pan and sautee the onion (diced -- but I used slightly bigger pieces and they pretty much melted in the soup). After a few minutes, add the wine (I used Gewurztraminer) and brown sugar. Stir fry until onions become translucent. Add the onion mixture to the soup, and stir.

5) Salt the soup as desired; probably don't need to use much.

6) Bring soup to a boil, then turn the heat to low and cook for about 30 minutes or until the squash has melted into the soup. Stir every so often. When done, the soup will be fairly thick and chunky with the potatoes.

7) Garnish with some gorgonzola cheese and pinenuts. The sweet/salty taste of the soup is quite pleasing! :D

Comments

[kirixchi.livejournal.com]

Hey, I sent you e-mails today. I'm off to the post office tomorrow to fight with them about the insurance. I already ordered you a new one direct from Noble. I'm SO sorry about the delay :( I hope that the coolness factor will make up for it.

*hugs*
-a v. mortified Kiri

[kirixchi.livejournal.com]

*g* that icon looks really funny on your layout- like your Draco is staring at his enraged father going "WTF" and shielding himself with the Monster book of Monsters. Her's mom washing her hands of the whole thing just for completeness sake.

[sarea-okelani.livejournal.com]

Thanks, toots, I totally got your mails and responded, but you probably haven't checked that account yet. I appreciate your going through all this trouble, and I'll let you know when it arrives. :D (Surely Fate can't mess with us twice!) Let me know if you need anything from me wrt the insurance! *mwah*

[kirixchi.livejournal.com]

I will let you know. I /think/ that I just have to take the receipt to the post office where I sent it from. I might have to get you to sign that you never got it though- but since it has delivery confirmation, I don't know why that would be necessary.

If the second one would to turn up at some point, would you let me know?

I ordered my own Time Turner from Nobel, and I got it really quickly.

-S

[sarea-okelani.livejournal.com]

V. true, re: delivery confirmation -- they should be able to see for themselves that it never arrived. But if they need me to state it explicitly, I can certainly do that. If the second one arrives, I will definitely let you know, and do a "return to sender" on it. :D

[jade-okelani.livejournal.com]

So I started playing around w/the love thing again, and got the best result EVAH:

hating draco/hermione is love
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Mmmm, I can't wait to hear how the soup turned out.

[sarea-okelani.livejournal.com]

LOL that is the best. We should have a day where LJers pimp interests, and try to convince people to add the interests that we think have the most merit. And that would be #1 on my list. :))

The soup was a rousing success, yummy and easy. Plus healthier than most thick soups out there! Mmm. I will edit w/ the recipe.