"You HAVE to give us sweets!"

[Blade_Raver]

Heh, I'd have given that idiot a spray with the garden hose.

If the idiot got pissy about it, "You said trick or treat. It was my choice."

[PepperElf]

Bliadhna mhath ur to you, too!

Would you believe I actually had post-holiday let-down this year after Samhain?!

aw...

it's my bf's fav holiday. (he's the one who told me about it being the new years eve).

maybe next year we can do one of those amusement parks too for the haunted stuff.

[XCashier]

To the best of my understanding:

The tiny little pumpkins people use as decorations or the slightly larger ones sold as "pie pumpkins" are often used for just that; I presume that their taste tends to be more intense and maybe sweeter.

Mid-sized, "normal" jack-o-lantern pumpkins should be just fine, tho I would recommend asking around on a food site like chow.com. I guess their taste would be milder, closer to that of other types of squash.

You are correct on both counts. I've had both types of pumpkin, and the smaller ones are more intense and excellent for pies. You can still make a pie with the jack-o-lantern type pumpkins, but the flesh is a bit more watery and has to be drained well. I've even had a white (albino) pumpkin, that made a very nice pie.

I've never tried to make a pumpkin pie completely from scratch, I'd heard that you had to use the smaller ones though, for the best taste. They would probably be marked as such at the store.

Around here, the pie pumpkins usually come with a sticker marking them as such and with instructions for making the pumpkin into a pie. It's not difficult, and the results are much tastier than using canned pumpkin.

[Skelly]

What if you were burying bodies in your backyard?

Well...he would have 3 more bodies to bury I guess...then as he's almost done burying the last of them, another set of intruders walk in...and suddenly, he realizes he's going to be there ALL night .

[EricKei]

another set of intruders walk in...and suddenly, he realizes he's going to be there ALL night .

*sigh* Ain't that always the way?

[dalesys]

... another set of intruders walk in...and suddenly, he realizes he's going to be there ALL night .

*sigh* Ain't that always the way?

But his bloomin' roses will thank him next spring...

[Brojekk]

Well...he would have 3 more bodies to bury I guess...then as he's almost done burying the last of them, another set of intruders walk in...and suddenly, he realizes he's going to be there ALL night .

Don't you just hate when that happens?

[protege]

*sigh* Ain't that always the way?

When my grandmother still had her farm...we never got trick-or-treaters. Guess they didn't like walking miles from house to house. In fact, the *nearest* house to hers...was nearly a quarter mile away. Anyway, most people in the country are respectful of others' property. Those that aren't...get told to "look around, do you see any houses? I have 80 acres to hide bodies"

[ArcticChicken]

Well...he would have 3 more bodies to bury I guess...then as he's almost done burying the last of them, another set of intruders walk in...and suddenly, he realizes he's going to be there ALL night .

"Dis iz turnink into von of dose plans.."

[Flying Grype]

My husband buys jack-o-lantern pumpkins and makes pies out of them. They taste fine. Most pumpkins these days are pretty flavourless, I find, and the pie recipe has very little pumpkin compared to milk and egg. We could probably use butternut squash or something.

[blas]

I was getting ready to leave for work, and was out for a smoke and the neighborhood was filled with littles going from building to building, so I just hoped no one would knock on my door while I was getting ready.

Then I just prayed to God no one would assault my car or egg my apartment or anything else. People tend to do a lot of stupid shit on Halloween, so I can't help but be paranoid.

[chainedbarista]

it was a 'trick or treat;' the trick was...there was no treat so

anyhoo, over the past five or so years, i'd bought candy, only to have treaters taper off to kids old enough to be out of high school and parents with their young babies (shit, cheapskate, go buy your own candy). the four years after that (including this one), no one showed up, even though the light was on, the candy was at the ready and i was downstairs.

this year, i didn't even bother...sad.

[Fire_on_High]

So we mow the lawn today and find...eggshells. Lots and lots of eggshells. Remind me again why we called 911 when these idiots blew up their water heater?

No question who did it, either...they had 3 cop cars in the yard, Halloween night.

[MistressOfTangents]

Oh my good grief.. I am alost lost for words at that blatent display of rudness

[PepperElf]

So we mow the lawn today and find...eggshells. Lots and lots of eggshells. Remind me again why we called 911 when these idiots blew up their water heater?

To prevent the stupid from leaking out across the property line of course.

i don't suppose you could file a complaint with the local town hall could you?