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Burnt Brittle!

on November 8, 2011 - 4:41pm

The last traces of this year's Jack O'Lantern - the seeds - have been mistreated. 

I had been saving them to make the Pumpkin Seed Brittle recipe I've been eyeing for years, resisting the urge to snack on their toasted goodness while they waited patiently in a container in my office (Yetch would have devoured them otherwise). 

Today I found the time to make it. Had it heating up on the stove when I thought "oh! I should have my camera and take pictures for the website".

By the time I ran into the other room and retrieved the camera, my brittle went from light toffee to deep amber.

*sigh*

Yetch is still very pleased with the results.

Sunday Brings Pumpkin Treats

on November 6, 2011 - 8:13am

Up early on this Sunday morning (thanks to change in the clocks and Yetch's inability to turn his alarm off). While making pumpkin pie I saved some of the filling to infuse in milk and make myself a pumpkin latte.

Halloween over? Never. It simply lurks.

 

Ventriloquist Dummy Cake

on November 6, 2011 - 7:45am

Birthday cake? I'd say this rates as one of the creepiest Halloween cakes of all time. You can check out more cake coolness at Jana's Fun Cakes.

Frank and Beans

on November 5, 2011 - 7:11pm

If you have some extra time, check out the kitschy collection of photos and figures by judibird. There's more where this gem came from.

Baby Cake

on May 24, 2010 - 9:57am

Cake that looks like a real baby
People think those who like dark things are twisted and weird.

I say people who want realistic baby cakes are the strange ones.

This little beauty comes from cakewrecks.blogspot.com. They point out a flaw in the baby-lover's plan: sure you've made a super cute (?) realistic baby cake. Now you have to carve it up and serve it.

Didn't really think that through, did you, oh lover of all things cute and 'normal'?

So where do you start? I suppose the back is the safest spot. Let's see how that works out in the next picture...

Russian (Entrepreneurial) Zombies?

on November 16, 2009 - 9:43am

cubed meat
Give a man a fish, you'll feed him for a day. Give a man a corpse, you can feed him and put some cash in his pocket.

I joke, but the following story is gruesome and unnerving. Yetch brought it to my attention this weekend, and I've been haunted by it ever since.

In the city of Perm outside of Moscow, three homeless men were arrested after dismembered parts of a 25-year-old man were found near a bus stop.

The men - all with criminal records - attacked the young man with a hammer and knives. How does this story get worse? Here's the statement from the prosecutor's main investigative unit for the Perm region:

After carrying out the crime, the corpse was divided up: part was eaten and part was also sold to a kiosk selling kebabs and pies.

No one can confirm if the human flesh was actually served to customers.

Question: what kind of food establishment buys mystery meat from homeless men? In all the sources I've found about this story, not one mentions whether or not the kebab shop has been shut down or even fined.

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