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How to make a jack-o'-lantern
You need:
1 short, sharp knife
1 dessert spoon
1 teaspoon
1 candle or tea-light
Plenty of newspaper to protect work surface
Large bowl for pumpkin seeds and flesh
Step One: Cut a circular hole around the stalk. Tilt the point of the knife into the centre of the pumpkin.
This will stop the lid from falling in. Step Two: Scoop out the seeds and any loose flesh using the dessertspoon and the knife if needed.
Step Three: Sketch the face onto your pumpkin. Use a biro so any mistakes can be scrubbed off with a scouring pad or fingernail. Step Four: Carefully cut out the features. Take small cuts and use a puncturing motion rather than a slicing one. Step Five: Gently scrape away the flesh on the inside of the face until it is only 1cm thick. Step Six: Using the knife, mark a circle the size of your candle or tea-light in the centre of the base. Step Seven: Carefully hollow out the marked area with the teaspoon. Step Eight: Place your candle in the hollow, light it and replace the lid of your jack-o'-lantern.Eating the leftovers: The spare pumpkin flesh and seeds can be saved and cooked. The seeds can be roasted as a snack.
The best varieties for eating are 'sweet pumpkin' and 'pie pumpkin'. They are smaller than the usual jack-o'-lantern pumpkins sold in the UK in October - but they are much tastier!
How to choose a tasty pumpkin: It should be heavy and have at least two inches of stem. (Less stem means it will decay faster.) Look for a pumpkin with no blemishes or soft spots.
Preserving your pumpkin: A shrivelled manky pumpkin isn't going to impress anyone..
If you need to preserve your creation, put it in the fridge. Maybe wrapped in clear food wrap, if you can be bothered.
You need:
1 short, sharp knife
1 dessert spoon
1 teaspoon
1 candle or tea-light
Plenty of newspaper to protect work surface
Large bowl for pumpkin seeds and flesh
Step One: Cut a circular hole around the stalk. Tilt the point of the knife into the centre of the pumpkin.
This will stop the lid from falling in. Step Two: Scoop out the seeds and any loose flesh using the dessertspoon and the knife if needed.
Step Three: Sketch the face onto your pumpkin. Use a biro so any mistakes can be scrubbed off with a scouring pad or fingernail. Step Four: Carefully cut out the features. Take small cuts and use a puncturing motion rather than a slicing one. Step Five: Gently scrape away the flesh on the inside of the face until it is only 1cm thick. Step Six: Using the knife, mark a circle the size of your candle or tea-light in the centre of the base. Step Seven: Carefully hollow out the marked area with the teaspoon. Step Eight: Place your candle in the hollow, light it and replace the lid of your jack-o'-lantern.Eating the leftovers: The spare pumpkin flesh and seeds can be saved and cooked. The seeds can be roasted as a snack.
The best varieties for eating are 'sweet pumpkin' and 'pie pumpkin'. They are smaller than the usual jack-o'-lantern pumpkins sold in the UK in October - but they are much tastier!
How to choose a tasty pumpkin: It should be heavy and have at least two inches of stem. (Less stem means it will decay faster.) Look for a pumpkin with no blemishes or soft spots.
Preserving your pumpkin: A shrivelled manky pumpkin isn't going to impress anyone..
If you need to preserve your creation, put it in the fridge. Maybe wrapped in clear food wrap, if you can be bothered.

October 31st is Halloween
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- Learn and practise English vocabulary connected with the theme Halloween HALLOWEEN » SPELL IT
Το Halloween είναι γιορτή του δυτικού κόσμου που γιορτάζεται την νύχτα της 31ης Οκτωβρίου, κατά την οποία τα μικρά παιδιά μεταμφιέζονται, κατά κανόνα σε κάτι «τρομαχτικό» και επισκέπτονται σπίτια μαζεύοντας γλυκά, ενέργεια γνωστή ως "trick or treat" («φάρσα ή κέρασμα»). |
Halloween or Hallowe'en (/ˌhæləˈwiːn, -oʊˈiːn, ˌhɑːl-/) is a yearly celebration observed in a number of countries on 31 October, the eve of the Western Christian feast of All Hallows' Day. It initiates the triduum of Allhallowtide, the time in the liturgical year dedicated to remembering the dead, including saints (hallows), martyrs, and all the faithful departed believers. Within Allhallowtide, the traditional focus of All Hallows' Eve revolves around the theme of using "humor and ridicule to confront the power of death."
According to many scholars, All Hallows' Eve is a Christianized feast initially influenced by Celtic harvest festivals, with possiblepagan roots, particularly the Gaelic Samhain. Other scholars maintain that it originated independently of Samhain and has solely Christian roots.
Typical festive Halloween activities include trick-or-treating attending costume parties, decorating, carving pumpkins into jack-o'-lanterns, lighting bonfires, apple bobbing, visiting haunted house attractions, playing pranks, telling scary stories and watching horror films. In many parts of the world, the Christian religious observances of All Hallows' Eve, including attending church services and lighting candles on the graves of the dead. Because many Western Christian denominations encourage, although most no longer require, abstinence from meat on All Hallows' Eve, the tradition of eating certain vegetarian foods for this vigil day developed, including the consumption of apples, colcannon, cider, potato pancakes, and soul cakes.
According to many scholars, All Hallows' Eve is a Christianized feast initially influenced by Celtic harvest festivals, with possiblepagan roots, particularly the Gaelic Samhain. Other scholars maintain that it originated independently of Samhain and has solely Christian roots.
Typical festive Halloween activities include trick-or-treating attending costume parties, decorating, carving pumpkins into jack-o'-lanterns, lighting bonfires, apple bobbing, visiting haunted house attractions, playing pranks, telling scary stories and watching horror films. In many parts of the world, the Christian religious observances of All Hallows' Eve, including attending church services and lighting candles on the graves of the dead. Because many Western Christian denominations encourage, although most no longer require, abstinence from meat on All Hallows' Eve, the tradition of eating certain vegetarian foods for this vigil day developed, including the consumption of apples, colcannon, cider, potato pancakes, and soul cakes.