I began by tossing together a homemade sweet and sour sauce. I coated some country style pork ribs and put them in the slow cooker for 6 hours. They turned out great!
While the ribs were cooking, I decided to try out a new recipe for apple butter. My father-in-law brought me 6-7 pounds of courtland apples that I needed to use! I haven't had a chance to try it out yet, but I'll let you know how it turned out.
Finally, I pickled some banana peppers that I had. I love banana peppers! They are great on veggie sandwiches and I can't wait to find new ways to use them. After spending the morning cooking, Josh, Taylor and I finally carved our pumpkins.
Josh made a super scary pumpkin. I think it looks a lot like
Voldemort from the Harry Potter movies.
Voldemort from the Harry Potter movies.
Mine was simple, with the words "Trick or Treat" carved in it. Unfortunately, the letters have somewhat disintegrated.
Finally, Taylor's pumpkin took the longest as she had to have the largest one she could carry.
We also assembled Taylor's Halloween gifts for her second grade class. A few weekends ago, we wandered in to Archiver's in Middleton, WI and of course I can't leave without spending way too much money. We purchased 40 sheets of orange paper which we cut into bag shape with the die-cutters in the rear room. We also purchased some stamps, ink, stickers and ribbon for the bags.
It took us several days to stamp the bags, doing a little each day. Taylor manages to get more ink on herself than on the paper! Last night it took all three of us to assemble the bags. Tonight we will finish them off with some stickers and ribbon. Finally we will fill the bags with candy and other Halloween goodies!
2 comments:
Wow, look at you with the cooking marathon! The banana peppers sound awesome.
Do you have an 'after' picture of the pumpkins?
I love the fact that you have a blog. This is so much fun! :)
No I actually forgot to take some! I'll go take them now but the pumpkins aren't looking so hot anymore.
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