Word of the Day

ridiculousness

(Gosh, the spellchecker even likes it!)

I'm hunting for a polite word to describe the volume of snow currently blanketing Boston. Do you know any polite equivalents to "crapton"? I can think of several that are less polite, but I'm blanking on a sanitized version.

Turnip Report

I have to confess that I've never started with a pumpkin and ended with a tasty baked good. I love the Libby's pumpkin pie recipe (with the sugar cut in half), but only with canned pumpkin.

I bought a sugar pumpkin for decoration around Thanksgiving, and today I'm trying to bake it into pumpkin gingerbread.

That recipe isn't what actually happened, so I'll record stuff here for posterity:

Cut in half 1 small sugar pumpkin.
Scoop out insides.
Microwave 3 minutes on high, stir, microwave 3 more minutes.
Let cool.
Scoop out insides.

Add:
1/2 c. canola oil
2 eggs

Puree with wand blender (pumpkin mayonaise! yum!)

Add:
1/3 c. water
1 c. brown sugar

Combine dry ingredients and stir in:
1 1/2 c. flour (part whole wheat)
1/4 t. baking powder
1 t. baking soda
1 t. powdered ginger
1/2 t. cloves
1/2 t. allspice
1/2 t. cinamon
3/4 t. salt

Pour into 18 small muffin cups and bake for 18 min. at 350.