tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30303760.post116163764597914748..comments2023-11-05T01:32:34.337-07:00Comments on The Bacak Nation: Fall Family Fun Day 2006Jennifer Bacakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02392475913983072046noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30303760.post-1161717653715476032006-10-24T12:20:00.000-07:002006-10-24T12:20:00.000-07:00I love traditions! (Have you read "Treasuring God ...I love traditions! (Have you read "Treasuring God in our Traditions" by Noel Piper?)<BR/><BR/>And I love Yummy Caramel Apples!<BR/><BR/>I know it's not halloween we're talking about here...but Jon and I are beginning to make decisions about traditions in our family. What are your thoughts on halloween and how we, as believers, celebrate it? If we do, are we modeling ourselves after the world? Isn't halloween just a celebration of fear and death? ...things that we, through Christ, have been liberated from?<BR/><BR/>Let me know your thoughts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30303760.post-1161717108248932122006-10-24T12:11:00.001-07:002006-10-24T12:11:00.001-07:00Okay, here are the Fall Fun instructions Lisa!You ...Okay, here are the Fall Fun instructions Lisa!<BR/><BR/>You just unwrap a lot of those caramel candies and melt them in a bowl in the microwave with about 2 T of water. You can adjust this according to the consistency of your sauce. (depending on how many caramels you use.) You need to stir it every so often. You can buy some bags of caramel with instructions and popsicle sticks included. I'm cheap so I saved popsicle sticks.<BR/><BR/>After you dip your apples, either whole or cut in sections, you can roll them in bowls with toppings. We use Heath bar topping, and I like pecan bits also. Prepare yourself for the stickiness!<BR/><BR/>As for the seeds- you just sort through the pumpkin guts until you get to the seeds, and then wash them in a colander. Try to get all the goo off. Pat them dry a bit, and then put them on a cookie sheet under the broiler for a few minutes. I usually put salt on them first, but Kathryn had a good idea with the cayenne pepper.<BR/><BR/>We should share recipes more often in the blog world!!!<BR/><BR/>Happy Fall Fun!<BR/>jennJennifer Bacakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02392475913983072046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30303760.post-1161701824666248442006-10-24T07:57:00.000-07:002006-10-24T07:57:00.000-07:00Andrew wants ne to do the pumpkin seeds...how??? I...Andrew wants ne to do the pumpkin seeds...how??? I've never heard of this and so how??? <BR/><BR/>Ya'll can have some of mine if you want!<BR/><BR/>Caramel apples...do you just melt it in a pot? The microwave? How???<BR/><BR/>Really, I guess I've never had fall fun...good time to start but how?<BR/><BR/>Thanks for all the advice (in advance)Lisa Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02806263533922265424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30303760.post-1161640398358817792006-10-23T14:53:00.000-07:002006-10-23T14:53:00.000-07:00I know, I like to do the pumpkin seeds, but I'm th...I know, I like to do the pumpkin seeds, but I'm the only one. My husband makes gagging noises, and my kids echo it. This is the first year I didn't do it. I'm just giving it up. It's a lot of work for just me.<BR/>jennJennifer Bacakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02392475913983072046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30303760.post-1161639697476818262006-10-23T14:41:00.000-07:002006-10-23T14:41:00.000-07:00Yum...the caramel apples sound great. If they are...Yum...the caramel apples sound great. If they are anything like the bananas Foster I am in...that was just fun to watch.<BR/><BR/>You have to bake the pumpkin seeds. They are really good with cayenne pepper on them.Kathryn, Michael and Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11641936443756804813noreply@blogger.com