Archives for October 26, 2010

Crazy Jack

This is Crazy Jack!  He’s my husband’s creation.  I think he’s supposed to be a Cyclops.  He’s a little silly and a little crazy and a little scary all at the same time.  Anyway, we think he’s pretty cool, so he’s going to be hanging out on our patio for a while.

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Then we roasted his guts!  🙂

Here’s what I did!

Roasted Pumpkin Seeds
(Print this recipe!)

Ingredients:
the guts from your pumpkin
Tony’s Creole Seasoning
a few spritzes of EVOO from an oil spritzer

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Directions:
Wash your pumpkin seeds really well and get all of the goop off.

Lay them out on a roasting pan and dry them with your hair dryer (I’m TOTALLY serious!  On LOW so that they don’t go flying everywhere!)  It’s essential to get them completely dry or they won’t be very crisp!

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Spritz them with a few sprays of EVOO, then sprinkle with Tony’s seasoning.

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Roast them in a 275 F oven, stirring them about every 10 mins till they’re as crisp as you want them to be (somewhere around 30 mins).

It’s important to babysit them!!  It can be a pain, but what a waste of time to do all the work of getting them out of the pumpkin and cleaned off only to burn them!  Take the time to watch them carefully!  Your patience will be rewarded- I promise!!

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ENJOY!  Store them in an airtight container or a ziplock bag.

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World Series here we come!

First, before I say anything else I want to say…

THE RANGERS ARE GOING TO THE WORLD SERIES!!!!!!

This is something I didn’t think I’d ever say and It makes me the happiest girl in the world to be able to yell that!  I’m obsessed with baseball.  And the Rangers.  Have been ever since I was old enough to know what baseball was.  Baseball was king in our house- we didn’t really watch any other sports.  And we were playing as soon as we could fit a glove on our hands.  Little league, you betcha!  We did it and have millions of those little trophies!

I’ve been to a lot of Rangers games since I was a kid, and if I remember correctly one of the games we were at was a Nolan Ryan no hitter (my brothers will have to correct me on that if I’m wrong).  My brothers got to go to the game where Nolan got in a fight with that little punk that charged the mound.  I wasn’t invited to that game- I think it was a boys night out thing with dad.  Boy was I pissed that I missed that!  I still am by the way if you’re reading this dad!  🙂

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Nolan Ryan is a TOTAL badass by the way!  And he was 46 when he pummeled this kicked this dudes butt.  You really need to watch this!  I think he’s still my all time favorite player, though Young and Hamilton are giving him a run for his money right now!

 

So anyway, I’m pretty psyched about the world series.  Unfortunately I’m a poor college student and I’m not even going to pretend I can afford to even dream about going.  But we have an awesome TV with a pretty good size screen, so I’ll be watching it in HD in the comfort of my own home.  It’ll still be awesome and we’ll still be watching a piece of history!

Way to go Rangers- you’re my boys!!!!!