10-13-2014, 09:15 PM
I had pumpkin pie a couple of times, and it is very nice!
Winter squash is good added to many dishes. Lovely! (yum)
It is nice to have a celebration to mark the turning of the year and the change from summer to winter, and to give thanks. I think the closest we come to that here is the Harvest Festival. But it's mainly only church-going people who observe that.
But there are many ways of celebrating those things. I used to like the feeling of having got the firewood in, gathered the hazelnuts and walnuts, and apples, etc. Then when the nights start to draw in, there is a special atmosphere in the evening when there is a log fire....
Winter squash is good added to many dishes. Lovely! (yum)
It is nice to have a celebration to mark the turning of the year and the change from summer to winter, and to give thanks. I think the closest we come to that here is the Harvest Festival. But it's mainly only church-going people who observe that.
But there are many ways of celebrating those things. I used to like the feeling of having got the firewood in, gathered the hazelnuts and walnuts, and apples, etc. Then when the nights start to draw in, there is a special atmosphere in the evening when there is a log fire....
