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Halloween Post Mortem
I LOVE Halloween! Every year I buy way too much candy to give the neighborhood kids - I consider it an investment in the future. When these kids grow into teenagers, they'll remember the nice couple with the funny dogs who gave out handfulls of chocolate and tootsie pops, and they'll go off and do their teenage mischief elsewhere. They'll remember my crazy punk-ins.
For the past 5 years, I invite a bunch of friends over 2 nights before Halloween, make a big pot of hearty soup, ply them with ginger-tequila shooters, and turn them into pumpkin carving maniacs. The mildly hallucinogenic quality of the tequila makes for some masterful designs. This year my carving posse sliced, stabbed, gutted, peeled, and gouged 30 pumpkins - and each found a special home in my front garden. The result was pure magic. Trick or treaters of all ages came by to marvel at the glowing orange orbs, and my neighbors gathered in my garden, enjoying the spirit of Halloween. Thank goodness for Patron Silver!
More pics and the recipe for Ginger Shots - read on.
See how hard I worked my carving slaves?
Feed them, and they will carve...
Ginger Shot
This isn't a real 'shot' - it's best sipped. When you use tequila this good, you've got to savor it. This drink is warming and tasty.
1 shot Patron Silver or Patron Anejo
1 shot Schwepps Ginger Ale
1 dash The Ginger People Naturally Pressed Ginger Juice
Candied Ginger
small wedge of lemon
Mix the tequila, ginger ale, and ginger juice in a mixing glass with a few ice cubes. Strain into a rocks glass, skewer the candied ginger and mini lemon wedge w/ a plastic sword (or toothpick in a pinch) and enjoy. Then have another.
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