Spoooooooky suggestions

**Nomilynn** · 10-18-2002, 12:45 AM

mmm I LOVE pumpkin pie!! I just got my grandma's recipe from my mom, and I rushed right out and got all the ingredients for it!! I am going to make it and then freeze it so I have one on hand

If someone wants that recipe, PM me. It's really good.. I had it years ago but I still remember it!!

**HoRsELUvR** · 10-18-2002, 11:01 AM

i scared my friends by doing this at a slumber party.it may come in handy for you.me and 2 other friends who were sleeping over were asleep in one room,or i was trying to sleep anyway.in the next room,some of my other friends were talking about pouring toothpaste on us.i wanted to get back at them,so i snuck into the hallway.they couldn't see me because all of the lights were off and theyr flashlight was hidden between them.i noticed the closet was open,so i hid in there.2 of my friends got really scared because they thought there was an ax murderer in the closet,so they made my other friend close the closet door,which i opened a few seconds later.after that,they were all really scared,and they would've screamed,but they didnt want to wake my parents,so they told my friend to close the door again.she went over cautiously,and i couldnt help bursting out laughing,so they found me out.this is a good trick because it is scary,but it isnt mean,like pouring toothepaste on someone in their sleep!:^)

**toughCookie** · 10-19-2002, 07:19 PM

oh I just remembered another scary movie... Hell night, with Linda Blair, THATS scary!

**Nomilynn** · 10-21-2002, 01:18 PM

bump!!!

I'm just bumping this up in case anyone missed it. The party is on Saturday and I'm leaving my house to catch the ferry (I live on Vancouver Island) on Thursday night, so any last minute suggestions would be appreciated!!

**wolflady** · 10-21-2002, 01:26 PM

Originally posted by Miss Meow
Thanks Wolflady! I can almost smell the pumpkin pie from here! I remember when my former colleague brought it in. We were all 'oh yeah, pumpkins in pie, what IS this woman thinking?' Then it was the most beautiful tasting pie in the whole world!

Isn't it just the best??!!

Pumpkin Pie is a Fall season staple for me

I have to tell ya, I couldn't wait to try that pumpkin soup that you posted...so we made it this weekend for our pumpkin day!!!

OMG! It was sooooooo good!! I just love soup and this was a very tasty recipe! Thanks for posting that! I'll have to try the other one now!

Here is the recipe for Pumpkin Pie:

one 10-inch pie shell, unbaked
1 tablespoon butter, melted
2 plus cups pumpkin, cooked
3/4 cup dark brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 to 2 teaspoons cinnamon
1 to 2 teaspoons ground ginger (some like more, some like less...I usually use 2tsp)
1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg (I use 1/2)
1/4 teaspoon cloves (optional)
1/4 teaspoon allspice (optional)
2 ounces dark molasses (optional)
1 cup milk, scaled
1 small can (5 ounces) evaporated milk
3 eggs, beaten

Brush the pie shell with melted butter then refrigerate.

Cook the pumpkin, brown sugar, salt, spices, and molasses in a saucepan over moderate heat until thick, about 5 to 7 minutes. Stir in the two kinds of milk and the eggs, and cook over low heat for another 5 minutes. Pour into a pie shell, and bake for 15 minutes at 425 degrees F, and then at 350 degrees F for 45 minutes.

Enjoy!

**Nomilynn** · 10-21-2002, 01:30 PM

It's so interesting how recipes are so different. Wolflady I was looking at your recipe and it's much different than mine.. I will have to try yours out too!

**Miss Meow** · 10-21-2002, 06:28 PM

Originally posted by wolflady

Isn't it just the best??!! Pumpkin Pie is a Fall season staple for me

I have to tell ya, I couldn't wait to try that pumpkin soup that you posted...so we made it this weekend for our pumpkin day!!!

You had a pumpkin day, OK, I have been learning so much on this forum lately!!!

Glad you liked the soup recipe, I actually like the other one more so I hope you try it too and let me know what you think. I will try both pie recipes over the next couple of weeks and be one very happy, rolly-polly pie-eater!

**kohala** · 10-22-2002, 01:51 AM

I was so turned on by the recipes for pumpkin soup, I decided to start a Pet Talk recipe collection in Word that I'll update when I get new ones. I cut and paste the recipes, and put from whom and where they're from (if they tell us.) So far I have your two soups recipes Miss Meow (from Australia, right?) and your Pumpkin pie, Wolflady in San Fran (where I went to high school - Galilieo Lions!)

As for last minute suggestions:
What have you decided so far? Makes it easier to think of something different. Wish I was going - sounds like soooooooo much fun! I may have to talk to some of my friends about doing a new twist on Girls Nite Out - Rent a couple of rooms or a suite and do a "Girl's Nite IN.
Whoa- we have a famous haunted hotel room in the Hotel Del Coronado - heres a link that tells about it http://www.travellady.com/articles/a...tedhotels.html
Hey, what about ghoulish props that you can leave around - like float an "eyeball" in the toilet, or put a "head" in the refrigerator? "Hands" and dead rats always have places to be - hehehe. Got any taped sound effects (chains, creaks, groans, etc. - actually scarier than screams, as you provide your own hehe) that could go off at unexpected times? Cackel cackle. Or give each other beauty treatments using really ugly stuff - like avocado masks, or oatmeal/yogurt face scrubs? Bet you could find some recipes, or actually, I had some in an old natural beauty book somewhere. Miss the goop up and have it around as a visual gross out! See, the closer it gets, the weirder I get!

**Nomilynn** · 10-22-2002, 01:54 AM

Thanks for all the replies!!!!

I think we have pretty much decided. My friend sent me the movies list we had to pick from, and omg.. SO many choices!! I did send her this thread and she took a bunch of suggestions from it!!! I think we are going to try out "Stepford Wives"

kohola, Check out the "Recipe Thread" I started earlier.. I have more recipes for your cookbook there!!!

I will let everyone know how the weekend goes!!!

**kohala** · 10-22-2002, 04:18 PM

Originally posted by Nomilynn
Thanks for all the replies!!!!

kohola, Check out the "Recipe Thread" I started earlier.. I have more recipes for your cookbook there!!!

I will let everyone know how the weekend goes!!!

Thanks, Nomilynn, I hoped someone would have one, I just didn't look hard enough. Hope you have a great week-end!!! We'll be thinking about you guys up there!!

**Chinadoll** · 10-22-2002, 11:41 PM

The first movie I thought of was Poltergiest. Truly creepy. It's one of my favorite scary movies because it's scary without being gory. And yes, I have hated clowns ever since that movie. Clowns freak me out.

I can't believe no one said Rocky Horror! Not that it's scary...just *unique*! It just seems like the typical Halloween movie.

How about Amityville? I think that's how you spell it. What makes it really creepy is that it's suppossedly based on a true story. I don't know what was wrong with those people...if a house told me to "GET OUT!" I sure as heck would. *bye bye!"

I hate gory scary movies. Of course its scary if someones going around killing people. I find the good scary movies or even documentaries are those on hauntings or ghosts.

As far as recipes..I can't cook(actually it's more like won't

)I can only bake two things well from scratch...chocolate chip cookies and brownies. Since you want something easy to put together, I don't reccommend making either of those from scratch but buy premade and toss in the oven.

Have fun!!