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<\/a><\/p>\nThe good news is that since the ground is not frozen, all of this rain is seeping in and giving the trees and ground a very good drink of water – badly needed!<\/p>\n
The bad news is that it would be nice to have some very cold temperatures as in “freeze the ground” temperatures, before it snows. Otherwise, too many bugs\/wasps, etc. live and potentially make outdoor Summer life miserable. However, much as Auggie believes that the weather is my responsibility, it is not and it will be what it will be.<\/p>\n
It has been beautiful between showers with the typical cloudy- small sun-break skies and vibrant Fall colors. Leaves and the gold Larch Pine needles are dropping and likely by next week the trees that lose leaves and needles will be bare.<\/p>\n Meanwhile.<\/p>\n The frost may not be ON the pumpkins, but they are being harvested and I continue to cook them every few days. Some I use and some goes in the freezer for the off-pumpkin season.<\/p>\n After cooking and de-seed\/de-pulping, it almost looks like “that’s all???”.<\/p>\n But a three pound pie pumpkin, yields about 4 cups of pumpkin puree. <\/p>\n I use my Vita-mix blender to puree the pumpkin. <\/p>\n Now, one of Vita-mix (and Blendtec) selling points is that you use the blender to clean itself by putting hot water and some dish soap in it and running at top speed: it is its own dishwasher! While that is true, in some cases I clean it another way…<\/p>\n To “clean” the pumpkin, I prefer to use warm milk with some pumpkin spice…<\/p>\n Cleanish blender (just needs a rinse :)), add some coffee to the foamy pumpkin-spice-milk and oh boy!!! – you have a pumpkin spice latte which actually has pumpkin in it! (***and fiber in your coffee … :) !! ) <\/p>\n And then !!! …<\/p>\n You dip your King Arthur Flour\u2019s Pumpkin Biscotti<\/font><\/a> in your pumpkin spice latte and you are one happy person!<\/p>\n Or you could have your pumpkin latte with one of Mel\u2019s Kitchen Caf\u00e9: Pumpkin Cinnamon rolls<\/font><\/a>.<\/p>\n That makes for a happy person as well.<\/p>\n All of that sweetness. <\/p>\n All of that pumpkin.<\/p>\n BUT!<\/p>\n … My most favorite pumpkin recipe (prepare to be surprised!): <\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n