What to do with pumpkins

Once again, it's a cooking post! I do seem to do a lot of those, but I've also tried to show that I do some studying and cello/viol-playing too. In fact, Keith is practicing the piano while I type, and I went to play viol consort music with some people on Friday night! But in any case, this is pumpkin pie weekend, when we get to eat our jack o'lanterns, so I'll show you the process. It all started when my mom grew sugar pumpkins this year. She kindly gave me 5 or 6 of them for my baking needs.

Carving pumpkins with our neighbors...




Setting them out on display (Mine is on the left, and Keith's is on the right)...




Next step: baking our jack o'lanterns!


Final product: pumpkin pie that is way better than the stuff from the can!! (My pie crusts are improving, too!)


Other things to do with pumpkins: I made 2 batches of pumpkin bars, and our friend, Carla taught us to make Brazilian pumpkin and shrimp stew! We had a lovely feast complete with Brazilian coffee and Brigadiero! By the way, this is outside on our new patio, which we've enjoyed very much when it hasn't been raining and cold... so not for the last month...


Thanks, Mom!

Procrastination...

Right now I am supposed to be writing a paper. It is about gnostic tendencies in nineteenth-century evangelical (especially dispensational) hymnody. Wow, the more I read about dispensationalism, the scarier it gets. I really need to quit reading the books and get to work on the paper (it's due tomorrow), but it really holds a kind of morbid fascination, not to mention it being another means of procrastination. Anyway, I actually finished another major assignment a couple of days ago, and I thought I would post it here, since I'm rather pleased with it, and someone might actually find it helpful to sort out the monarchy of ancient Israel/Judah. I found it helpful. Have fun...