Jocular Pumpkin Loaf Spice Mass Day Llama Thing -- AGAIN

Today is Lughnasad, aka Lammas Day, aka Loaf Mass Day, marking the beginning of Lammastide, which is either the Gaelic Autumn harvest festival, or a special day to honor llamas. No idea if llamas were named such because they were used for harvesting crops, but these days who knows? Anyway, since it's loaf-mass day, Da-da's mass is loafing. He might make pumpkin spice muffins later though. Here's the recipe from last year, when Da-da was a lot funnier. Ah, well. Everything has its season. At least Da-da got to change the wreath on the house.

So, WHY does Da-da mention what some might see as an obsolete harvest festival? Two things:

1. The planet's weather is changing and shorter growing cycles of yore might become the norm, and...

2. It marks the beginning of BACK TO SCHOOL preparations! 

Hee hee hee hee hee hee hee.

Jocular Pumpkin Loaf Mass Spice Day Thing

Ah, Lughnasadh/Lammas of long ago, when frogs were considered... autumnal?

Today marks the old-school beginning of Autumn. Called Lughnasadh and Lammas Day ("Loaf Mass" Day), among other things, it's the ancient first day of fall in the Northern Hemisphere, first day of the Autumn harvest. This was the day when the first loaf of bread was baked with the first harvested wheat of the season, small frogs notwithstanding, while trolls were massaged and faeries dry cleaned. The frogless loaf is the spice.

Anyway, here's Da-da's Loaf Mass Day offering, a spiced pumpkin bread recipe with very little frog in it. It's based on an America's Test Kitchen recipe, but Da-da modified it to make it better. Please read the entire recipe before beginning. The surprise is either that there are no frogs to speak of in the recipe, or the streusel vein running through its heart DOES have frogs... really, Da-da didn't check, so you do the math. If you might possibly like frog and pumpkin together, THEN THIS IS FOR YOU.

Legends of the Fall

Ah, the good ol' days with the family truckster, before HONKY LYPS.

Warm Up That Pumpkin, Gertrude!

Since parents rarely look up any higher than their screaming children, Da-da's here to remind you that tomorrow is the first day of fall, which starts at approx. 10:49 am EDT on Sept. 22nd. Happy Autumnal Equinox, everyone!

Toothy Pumpkin Ghouls Made to Order

This is simply awesome. Too good not to share.  <courtesy: Super Punch>