HALLOWEEN RECIPES

     

   Have you ever read any of the HARRY POTTER books? In the books they usually celebrate Halloween.
They usually served the students interesting halloween foods.

Severed Finger Cookies

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You may HALVE this recipe to make a smaller batch, or store any unused dough in the freezer for future use.6 cups flour 3 tsp. baking powder 2 cups butter 2 cups sugar 2 eggs 2 tsp. vanilla extract 1 tsp. salt For the fingers: almond slivers red cake decorator gel Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs and vanilla. Mix dry ingredients and add to butter mixture. Mix well.Chill for 1 to 2 hours Break off silver dollar sized pieces and roll in your hands to a long tube tht will resemble a finger. Using a butter knife, make three indents to resembe the knuckle. Make a small indent where the "fingernail" (almond) will go. Bake on ungreased baking sheet at 350 degrees F for 8 to 10 minutes or until just beginning to turn brown around the edges. Remove from oven and allow to cool. When cooloed, put decorator gel on the fingertip to hold the almond sliver (fingernail) in place. For added creepy effect, you can squeeze some red gel at the severed end of the finger to resemble blood! This recipe can make up to 8-dozen cookies.  Brain Cookies  You color a icebox type dough a sickening purplish/gray shade and then push the dough through a colander to make extruded spaghetti shapes.Then you loosely pat spoonfuls of the dough into brain shapes (well at least most kids' notions of how a brain is shaped). I think I experimented with different kitchen tools with this one and ended up using one of those collapsable steamer things to make the spaghetti. French Fried Eye Balls  2 pototoes relish Mash potatoes and mold them into balls. Cook 160C in oven 20 min. Spread relish over and enjoy! Bugs in dirt sandwiches  For this you will need white bread, a pack of mixed bug shaped lollies and milo. First, spread your slices of bread with margerine or butter. Then, sprinkle the buttered slices with milo until completely coated. Carefully stick the bugs firmly into the milo and place remaining slice of bread on top. Voila! you have bugs in dirt sandwhiches! Tombstoned biscuites  This recipe is a nice treat. First, you will need icing sugar, rectangular biscuites and a toothpick. Take your icing sugar and mix it with hot water until fairly runny. Dip each of your biscuits into the mixture and place onto a foiled tray. Take your toothpick and carve "R.I.P" out of the icing on every biscuit. Place in fridge for a few hours and presto! Your very own mini tombstones! Brain Cell Salad  1 (6-ounce) package blueberry gelatin dessert mix 1 (16-ounce) container small-curd cottage cheese 1 (16 1/2-ounce) can blueberries in syrup (or 3/4 cup frozen blueberries, thawed) blue food coloring Prepare gelatin according to the directions on the package. Chill for four to five hours, or until firm. Scoop cottage cheese into bowl. Drain and set aside the syrup from the blueberries. Add the berries to the cottage cheese and mix well. Add three drops food coloring to turn the cottage cheese a nice qrayish color when blended. To serve salad, place a few spoonfuls of firm gelatin (congealed brain fluids) onto individual plates. Top with a scoop of cottage cheese (brain tissue) mixture and serve. Crusty Booger Balls  1 (14-ounce) can sweetened condensed milk 5 1/3 cups flaked coconut (about 14 ounces) 1 large 8-ounce package lime-flavored gelatin 1 cup ground, blanched almonds 1 teaspoon almond extract In a large bowl, combine sweetened condensed milk, coconut, 1/3 cup of the unprepared gelatin, almonds, and almond extract. Mix well with a large mixing spoon or rubber spatula. Cover bowl with platic wrap and chill for about an hour or until mixture is firm enough to mold in your hands. Scoop by 1/2 teaspoonfuls and shape into various-sized booger balls. Place them on a baking sheet, lined with a sheet of waxed paper. Make sure they are all slightly different, just as each and every booger iwsunique and special. Place a second sheet of waxed paper on your work surface and pour remaining unprepared lime gelatin on the center of the waxed paper. Roll each ball in gelatin to coat well and create a thin outer layer. Then place back on the baking sheet. Return boogers to the refrigerator for and hour before seving, and store any extras in the refrigerator. Pumpkin Cake  Bake 2 cakes in Bundt pans. Place the 2 cakes together bottom to bottom. Frost with orange frosting made from food colouring. The pumpkin face is pieces of a Hershey Chocolate Bar cut into triangles, etc for eyes, nose, etc. And finally set a chocolate frosted cupcake at the top as the stem. Note: This ends up being a whole lot of cake. Boogers on a Stick 8 ounce Jar cheez whiz 3 or 4 drops Green food coloring 3 dozen pretzel sticks Melt cheeze whiz in the microwave according to jar directions. Allow the cheese to cool slightly in the jar. Carefully stir in food coloring using just enough to turn the cheese a pale snot green. To form boogers: Dip and twist the tip of each prtezel stick into the cheese, lift out, wait twenty seconds, then dip again. When cheese lumps reach a boogerish size, set pretzels boogerd on wax paper to cool. Day Old Bath Water 12 ounce Can frozen lemonade 2 liters 7-Up 1/2 gallon Rainbow sherbert Thaw sherbert for approximately 15 minutes and place in a plastic tub. Add lemonade (prepared according to directions) and 7-up. Sherbert will melt and turn mixture day old bathwater grayish-brown. Float a handful of green, yellow and white tiny after dinner mints (tiny bars of soap) on top of the scummy punch. Strained Eyeballs 6 hard boiled eggs 6 oz Whipped cream cheese 7 oz Green olives -- with pimientos Red food coloring Peel eggs cut in half lengthwise. Remove the discard yolks. Fill the holes with cream cheese. Press an olive into each cream cheese eyeball, pimiento facing up, for an eerie green iris and startling red pupil! For a final touch, dip the tip of a toothpick in red food coloring and draw broken blood vessels in the cream cheese.

THE BREAKUP DIARIES

   
          Breaking up is never easy. And who said it was. When Monica Tanseco a certified nice girl's boyfriend Itos Ongpauco broke up with her on her anniversary. Monica found herself stepping out of her comfort zone into the world of fashion. It is the first step for her to find out more about herself that she never thought existed.  

LIST OF SPELLS USED IN HARRY POTTER

Incantation

Type of spell / charm

Accio	Charm	Summons an object
Alohomora	Charm	Opens locked objects
Aparecium	Spell	Reveals invisible ink
Avada Kadavra	Curse	Murders opponent Unforgivable
Avifors	Charm	Turns small objects into birds.
Avis	Spell	Launches birds from your wand
--	--	--
Crucio	Curse	Tortures opponent Unforgivable
Confundus	Charm	Used to confuse opponent
Conjunctivitis	Curse	Damages opponents eyesight
--	--	--
Deletrius	Spell	Counters "Prior Incatato"
Densaugeo	Spell	Enlarges Teeth
Diffindo	Spell	Splits seams
Dissendium	Spell	Opens "One eyed witch" hump
--	--	--
Engorgio	Charm	Enlarges and item
Ennervate	Spell	Counters Stupefy
Expecto Patronum	Charm	Creates a Patronus
Expelliarmus	Charm	Disarms your opponent
--	--	--
Ferula	Spell	Creates bandages
Fidelius	Charm	Hides a secret within someone
Finite Incantatum	Spell	Stops any current spells
Flipendo	Jinx	Knocks an object backwards
Furnunculus	Curse	Produces boils on opponent
--	--	--
Homorphus	Charm	Lockhart's Werewolf "cure"
--	--	--
Immobulus	Charm	Renders target immobile.
Impedimenta	Charm	Slows an advancing object
Imperio	Curse	Controls a person Unforgivable
Impervius	Charm	Makes an object repel water
Incendio	Spell	Starts a fire
--	--	--
Legilimens	Spell	Allows the caster to delve into the mind of the victim
Locomotor Mortis	Curse	Locks opponents legs
Lumos	Spell	Creates light at wand tip
--	--	--
Mobiliarbus	Charm	Moves objects with wand
Mobilicorpus	Spell	Moves unconscious bodies
Morsmorde	Spell	Conjures the Dark Mark
--	--	--
Nox	Spell	Counter to Lumos
--	--	--
Obliviate	Charm	Erases memories
Orchideous	Spell	Conjures a bunch of flowers
--	--	--
Petrificus Totalus	Spell	Body - Bind
Point Me	Charm	Wand acts like a compass
Priori Incantatum	Spell	Result when brother wands duel
Prior Incantato	Spell	Reveals a wands last spell / cast
Protego	Charm	Cause spells to reflect back to the sender.
--	--	--
Quietus	Spell	Counter spell for Sonorus
--	--	--
Reducio	Spell	Returns items to original size. Counters Engorgio
Reducto	Spell	Blasts solid objects aside
Relashio	Spell	Releases user from binding
Repairo	Spell	Repairs Things
Rictusempra	Charm	Tickles opponent
Riddikulus	Spell	Use this spell and laugh to defeat a boggart
--	--	--
Scruge	Charm	Destroys ectoplasm (remains of ghosts)
Serpensortia	Spell	Produces Snake
Sonorus	Spell	Amplifies voice
Stupefy	Spell	Knocks out opponent
--	--	--
Tarantallegra	Spell	Forces opponent to dance
--	--	--
Waddiwasi	Spell	Unsticks an object
Wingardium Leviosa	Charm	Makes on object fly

The Tempest by William Shakespear

          It is a story of four star crossed lovers who got into a tangle because of the mistake of a sprite named Puck. The Fairie King Obreon seeing Helena pursuing Demitrius took pity to her and ask Puck to get a flower that will make a person fall in love. But Puck accidentally use to Lysander the boyfriend of Hermia a friend of Helena. And that were their real story started. 

HOW MOOKIE GOT A LIFE

        ARMED with her PDA, IPOD and HEELS MOOKIE GET A LIFE.

PDA

IPOD

HEELS

  What would you feel if your family is forcing you to marry someone you do not love? What will you do if feel that you do not have a life?

          How Mookie Got a Life is an inspiring book about a rich girl disowned by her rich, loving, well known and smothering family, because of breaking up with her good looking, rich, cheating, and immature boyfriend, the son of a business tycoon, Miguel Agguire. Maria Anastasia Katerina Maximilliana Sandoval decided that it is time to finally get a life. She quit her boring job as a sitcom writer, get a new haircut, learn to drink beer and start to wear jeans, sneakers and t-shirts instead of her mango top or marcjacobs dress and heels. Mookie slowly start to build a new personality, and a new social circle. She started to hang out with new friends and office mates and with boys namely khalil and a hard core environmentalist named Tubig Ulan Kawagi Dela Costa. Volunteering for a cause and climbing a mountain, Mookie realized that the one she was looking for is just beside her.



FOODS MENTIONED IN THE BOOK

     RAVIOLI

Ingredients

• 1 pound cheese ravioli
• 6 ounces thinly sliced pancetta, chopped
• 1 (15-ounce) can diced tomatoes, drained
• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt, plus extra for seasoning
• 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper, plus extra for seasoning
• 3 cups arugula
• 1/2 cup thinly sliced fresh basil leaves, divided
• 2 tablespoons butter, at room temperature

Directions

Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil over high heat. Add the ravioli and cook for 7 to 9 minutes until tender. Drain.

In a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat, add the pancetta and cook stirring frequently, until crispy, about 8 minutes. Remove to paper towels to drain. Add the tomatoes, olive oil, 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper and cook for 2 minutes until tender. Add the arugula and 1/4 cup basil and cook until wilted, about 30 seconds. Stir in the butter and melt. Add the ravioli and cooked pancetta and toss until coated. Season with salt and pepper, to taste. Transfer the ravioli to a large serving bowl.Garnish with the remaining basil and serve.

 

TURTLE CAKE

Ingredients:

• 1 devil's food cake mix
• 1/4 cup powdered dark cocoa
• 1 cup water
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 3 eggs
• 1 (14-ounce) bag caramels, wrappers removed
• 3 Tablespoons evaporated milk (not sweetened condensed) or cream
• 2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips, divided use
• 1-1/4 cup chopped pecans, divided use

Preparation:

Preheat oven to 350 F. Line a 9 x 13-inch baking pan with nonstick foil.

In a large bowl, combine cake mix, water, vegetable oil, and eggs. Beat on medium speed for 3 minutes. Pour half of the mixture into the prepared baking pan and bake for 15 minutes. Reserve the remaining cake batter.

Meanwhile, place caramels and evaporated milk in a heavy saucepan. Heat, while stirring, until mixture is smooth. Remove from heat.

Pour the warm caramel mixture evenly over the baked cake layer. Sprinkle with 1 cup of thechocolate chips and 1 cup of the chopped pecans. Top with remaining half of cake batter. Sprinkle with remaining 1 cup chocolate chips and 1/4 cup chopped pecans.

Return the turtle cake to the oven and bake an additional 15 to 20 minutes. Let cool to room temperature, then refrigerate before lifting out of the pan to cut and serve.

Yield: 24 to 36 servings, depending on cut size 

TOMATO SOUP

Ingredients

8 to 10 tomatoes , cut into quarters
1 onion , roughly chopped
4 to 5 garlic (lehsun) cloves
salt to taste
4 tsp butter

For The Garnish1 toasted bread , cut into small cubes
chopped coriander (dhania)

Method

1. Boil 4 cups of water in the pressure cooker and add the tomatoes, onions, garlic and salt. Mix well.
2. Cook on a medium flame for 10 minutes, or for 2 to 3 whistles.
3. Allow the steam to escape before opening the lid and allow it to cool.
4. Blend into a smnooth puree using a hand blender and strain.
5. Transfer the soup in the cooker or a deep pan and boil it again.
6. Add the butter and mix well.
7. Serve hot garnished with bread slices and coriander.

CLAM CHOWDER

Ingredients

• 3 ounces salt pork, finely diced
• 1 1/2 cups small diced yellow onion
• 6 cups small diced baking potatoes, like russets
• 2 cups milk
• 1 (6.5 ounce) can clams, drained, juice reserved
• 12 Little Neck clams
• Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper
• Chopped fresh parsley, for garnish
• Sour cream, for garnish
• Grape tomatoes, halved, for garnish

Directions

In a heavy-bottomed saucepot, render the salt pork until just crisp. Remove and discard. Sweat the onion in the pork fat until tender. Add the potatoes and cover with milk. Bring to a boil and let simmer until potatoes are soft. Season with salt and pepper.

In a separate pot, fitted with a steamer basket, bring the reserved clam juice to a boil. Add clams and cover. Steam for three minutes until all clams are open. Remove the clams as they open and transfer to a bowl. Add the steaming juices to the pot with the chowder. Using a stick blender puree to desired consistency. Adjust seasonings.

Finely chop the drained canned clams. Fold into the chowder. Serve with steamed clams, parsley, sour cream and grape tomatoes, as garnish.

Apple Cobbler Recipe

Note: we like our cobblers and pies fairly tart; you can easily add more sugar to the filling if you like it a bit sweeter than what we have here.

INGREDIENTS

Filling ingredients:

• 1/4 cup sugar (or more, up to 1/2 cup, to taste)
• 1 1/2 Tbsp flour
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 4 Tbsp (1/4 cup) unsalted butter
• 3 lbs. tart apples (such as granny smith), peeled, cored, and sliced (about 6 large apples)
• 3 Tbsp fresh lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Crust ingredients:

• 2 cups flour
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 Tbsp unsalted butter, chilled and cut into small pieces
• 2 Tbsp coarsely chopped crystallized ginger
• Zest of one orange
• 1 cup heavy cream, plus more for glaze

METHOD

 
 

1 Filling directions: Melt the butter in a large sauté pan over medium heat. Stir in apple slices, lemon juice, cinnamon, sugar and flour. Cover partially and cook until just tender, about 10 minutes. Stir in vanilla. Transfer to buttered 10" pie dish. (This recipe has the crust only on the top).

 
 

2 Crust directions: In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. Cut in butter with a pastry blender or your fingertips until mixture resembles fine crumbs. Stir in ginger. Stir orange zest into cream; then, using a fork, stir cream into flour until the doug holds together. Gather dough into a ball; knead briefly then roll out to a little larger than pie dish. Transfer to dish; trim off excess. Score the center so the steam can escape while baking. Brush with cream.

 

3 Bake 10 minutes in a 450º oven. Reduce heat to 375º and bake 20-25 minutes. Serve warm with whipped cream.

Yield: Serves 6-8

Jamaican Jerk Chicken

This is one of our all-time favorite recipes! I saved it from a newsgroup or forum posting years ago, but was recently told it was from the cookbook, "The Sugar Reef Carribean Cookbook," by Devra Dedeaux. 

Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 12 minutes
Marinate: 1 hour 
Total Time: 1 hour 32 minutes

Ingredients:

• 1 tablespoon ground allspice
• 1 tablespoon dried thyme
• 1 1/2 teaspoons cayenne pepper
• 1 1/2 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper
• 1 1/2 teaspoons ground sage
• 3/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 2 tablespoons garlic powder or fresh
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 1/4 cup soy sauce
• 3/4 cup white vinegar
• 1/2 cup orange juice
• 1 lime juice
• 1 scotch bonnet pepper (habanero)
• 3 green onions -- finely chopped
• 1 cup onion -- finely chopped
• 4 to 6 chicken breasts

Instructions:
"JERK: This method of cooking pork and chicken dates back to the Carib-Arawak Indians who inhabited Jamaica. After capturing an animal and thoroughly cleaning and gutting it, the Indians placed it in a deep pit lined with stones and covered with green wood, which, when burned, would smoke heavily and add to the flavor. But first, the carcass was "jerked" with a sharp object to make holes, which were stuffed with a variety of spices. The holes also allowed heat to escape without loss of moisture.
The results were superb. The meat was not only wonderfully spiced, but moist and tender." (Note: Sugar Reef is a restaurant in Manhattan) Seed and finely chop Scotch Bonnet pepper. Trim chicken of fat. In a large bowl, combine the allspice, thyme, cayenne pepper, black pepper, sage, nutmeg, cinnamon, salt, garlic powder and sugar. With a wire whisk, slowly add the olive oil, say sauce, vinegar, orange juice, and lime juice.
Add the Scotch Bonnet pepper, onion, and mix well. Add the chicken breasts, cover and marinate for at least 1 hour, longer if possible.
Preheat an outdoor grill.
Remove the breasts from the marinade and grill for 6 minutes on each side or until fully cooked. While grilling, baste with the marinade. Bring the leftover marinade to a boil and serve on the side for dipping.