Think about it. Each Halloween we pulverize pumpkins to stick candles in their hollowed-out gores and put them on our front porch so that people know that we're friendly people with candy.
This ritual also marks the beginning of the most gastronomically wonderful time of year.
How so? Let us count the ways:
Pumpkin Bread
Pumpkin Scones
Pumpkin Soup (Trust us. So good.)
Pumpkin Pie
And of course, America's favorite weird obsession:
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The Pumpkin Spice Latte.
We've seen people trample small children to get to this drink. Get it together, people.
If all of these things made you really hungry, but you're still unsure how to get this pumpkin-slaughtering ritual started, here's a little "How-To" from Slacktory:
Happy Halloween!
Posted with tags
horses,
unicorns,
dolphins,
Smashing Pumpkins,
D'Arcy on 2/10/2011 10:56:59 AM by D'AnnyMoney
Ah, the age old question: Why do girls love horses, unicorns, and dolphins? Well, according to Laurel Braitman, an MIT graduate student who was quoted in this NPR article about that very subject, it's because "horses and dolphins and unicorns...are all borderland creatures; gateway animals to other worlds." Laurel continues, saying, "they help [girls] imagine wonderful other ways of being in the world. They let us be cowgirls and oceanographers and mermaids and princesses." NPR always posts the most captivating articles!
In other horse news, former Smashing Pumpkins bassist D'Arcy Wretzky was arrested for failing to pay fines and appear in court after she was ticketed for letting her horses run amok throughout her town. I wonder if people would have minded if instead of horses D'Arcy had released unicorns. A bunch of unicorns running around sounds kinda awesome, don't you think? Especially if the unicorns are galloping to "Tonight, Tonight". Just imagine how damned majestic that would be.
And that's the day in horse news. Tune in for Manatee news next week!