I say it every year. I love Halloween. What is not to love. Candy corn alone is reason enough. I waited until yesterday to buy my annual bag and now there is no turning back. What is candy corn? It is exactly what you might suspect...sugar, corn syrup, water, fondant, marshmallow, and yes...wax. I think the wax is what I love the most about it. The pliable texture it brings to this little iconic candy that is over a century old. Supposedly 9000 tons of it is sold in America each year, enough to circumnavigate the globe over 4 times if laid yellow head to white toe. Did you know that the yellow part was the top of a candy corn? Tricky little treat.
Speaking of corn...we went to the Conner's Farm for their annual corn maze...well actually we just go for the corn pool. You have to swim at your own risk.
This year I am a little behind the ball. I just bought my pumpkins today, with a plan to carve them tomorrow while Chef is watching his annual college football game...UGA vs. UF. It is an excuse for me to make this dip. Or maybe I will be good and make some kale chips...to dip with. Long ago, in Scotland, young folks would be blindfolded and go pick kale from the garden on Halloween. They would lay the uprooted plants by the fire and the read them for signs of what their betrothed might look like. Shriveled and puny, or tall and supple. The more dirt on the root ball would mean the larger the dowry. Then they would be tacked in a row over the front door and each visitor that night would be identified with the mangled plant that resembled them most.
Something about that tradition makes me really happy.
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You've got me hankerin' for some wax now.
Once you start there is no turning back!
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