Recipe of the Week: Pumpkin Pie
Check out this classic recipe to celebrate the season!
Tomorrow, thousands and thousands of children across the country will run home after school, proceed to rip the pillowcase of off their bed, and return hours later with it filled, happy as ever. It's the one day of the year that mom will allow them to eat as much candy as then can shove into their face. It's a holiday revolved around food.
Because of the upcoming festivities, I'd like to call your attention to this article from the blog the Blue Kitchen, one that I highly recommend for my fellow foodies. It covers a ton of material, but I'm going to focus on just the part about Halloween. However, still please read the entire post.
Halloween originated from a Celtic holiday called Samhain, literally meaning the end of summer. The Celtics believed that on this night, the souls of the dead would return to earth. Check out more on the history of Halloween here. Flash forward hundreds of years, and you have a completely different holiday. The religious aspect has nearly disappeared. Now, Halloween is noted for the costumes, the candy, the parties, and the haunted houses.
Food has become the center of this day. The Blue Kitchen states almost unbelievable facts on the amount of candy consumed and produced. Pounds and pounds of chocolate, candy, and ultimately sugar.
So what is the role of food here, anyways? Does it take away from the traditions and religious observances of its native history? Does it modernize the holiday? Does it reflect our changed and still changing culture? Think about it.
Personally, I agree with the Blue Kitchen. Halloween is the epitome of our food-obsessed culture. We have an entire holiday dedicated to candy and sweets. However, I don't view this as a negative thing. It shows how food has dominated an entire day of our lives, and its power is immense. It brings many people together, of all ages, to come and celebrate the pure joy of sweetness.
There are positives and negatives to this upcoming holiday. We've heard my opinion, and one from the another blog, but I'd like to know how you fell about it. What role does food play in Halloween?
Chew on that.
Peace out, and rock on.
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