Roasted Corn Pudding in Acorn Squash Recipe for Mabon
Happy Mabon, y'all!
In honor of the harvest festival on the Autumnal Equinox, I made a harvest-y dinner last night.
http://www.101cookbooks.com/archives/roasted-corn-pudding-in-acorn-squash-recipe.html
original photo by Heidi Swanson 101Cookbooks.com Isn't that beautiful? I edit things to my tastes, primarily to remove things I know I don't like (star anise) or to remove things that would kind of kill me (scallions, still…sigh)…though I would love to have had scallions in mine. Here is my version: Roasted Corn Pudding in Acorn Squash Recipe for Mabon
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 cup half & half
1 egg plus 2 egg whites
2 ears fresh corn kernels
1 cup grated parmesan cheese
1/4 teaspoon garlic
1/4 teaspoon fine grain sea salt
1/3 cup grated 2yr Black Wax Cabot cheddar cheese
1 sliced apple ( I used Honeycrisp because the name reminded me of autumn. Any tart apple will do.)
1. Turn on your oven to 350 F
2. Cut the acorn squash in half and scoop out the seeds with a spoon
3. Drizzle olive oil and salt on the squash
4. Cook acorn squash until fork tender (~50 minutes)
5. Mix 1 egg plus 2 egg whites, 1 cup half & half, 2 ears fresh corn kernels, 1/4 teaspoon garlic, 1 cup grated parmesan cheese in a bowl (I suppose you could mix it on the counter instead of in a bowl, but it might get very messy.)
6. To keep the mixture from running out of the squash, I took a pair of tongs, turned over the squash and sliced a bit off the bottom to make a flat surface. Then set it back onto the roasting plate, filled them 3/4 full with the mixture and put them back into the oven.
I lowered the temperature to 325F at this point so that I didn't scald the mix.
It will set up in about 30-40 minutes. Test them for consistency around this point; you can pull them out earlier if you wanted more of a soup consistency or longer for a more firmly set pudding.
There was extra mix just as Ms. Swanson mentioned in her version, so I put it in a small oven safe bowl and baked it along with the rest of the squash.
7. Place on serving dish and grate white cheddar over the squash. I used a 2yr Black Wax Cabot cheddar cheese recommended to me by Jennifer… and it was spectacular in combination with the slightly sweet pudding and acorn squash mix. (I didn't brown the cheese in the broiler, but you can if that makes you happy.)
A tart white wine (not too sweet) or even a apple cider reduction drizzled on top would be really good with this… or go simply with the sliced apples that we had on the side.
Blessed be, y'all!
On this day in history
according to my witches calendar:
Joan Wiliford hanged at Faversham, England 1645; she testified that the Devil came to her in the form of a black dog that she called “Bunnie”.
Oh that’s silly.
Black dogs are called “Sirius” and Bunnies (that’s Olde English for Bunnycat) are actually the devil.
hmmm
still doesn’t feel like the holidays yet.
Yule now, but still not feeling it.
Ah well, at least I’m getting some stuff done.
Sexy Witch
Emphasis my own…
“I’ll admit, I helped promote this weird trend once when I was in college. I dressed as a slutty witch (sorry, Dad), although my costume back in the late 80s was tame compared to what the ladies are wearing these days. It consisted of a lot of eyeliner and lipstick, and a really short skirt. Cleavage wasn’t involved at all. And I certainly wasn’t proclaiming to my housemates as I put on my costume, “Gee, isn’t it clever of me to objectify the image of the witch, who has been maligned throughout history as being a disciple of Satan but is in reality a worshipper of nature and the symbiosis that can emerge when we all respect nature and its elements. Thus, by dressing like a slutty witch, I am thumbing my nose at the patriarchal notions that have disparaged witches since the beginning of time.” Au contraire. I was hoping the guys would dig me. And some whacked-out cultural messages put the notion in my head that sexing it up was the way to do that.”
[Sexy Witch via Eden.]
You know, my religion doesn’t allow for violence
But I would certainly be willing to take the associated karma for KICKING THE LIVING SHIT out of the dirtbag who might have purposely put melamine into the gluten products the entire world is receiving from China.
[linky: Officials: Pet Food Poison May Have Been Intentional]
I think I’ll make
my famous cornbread for Imbolc.
I’m too pooped to do much more.
I’ll let Eden do my yearly rant about the misunderstanding of Samhain
“I keep picturing one of these evangelical morons standing next to a real-life pagan and spouting off about Satan and evil and whatever else it is that they’ve tried to attach to the holiday. Then I imagine the pagan just looking over like “What the fuck are you on about?” I suppose people will use whatever excuse they can to push their own agendas, even if it’s on the most sacred day for a very legitimate faith.
Samhain is a day to recognize the turn of the wheel, a day to celebrate change, to celebrate what has passed from this world or from our lives. We recognize the good that is gone, the bad that is gone and we give thanks for all that passes through our lives.
Yap, eeevil!”
The alleged yule lights…
The alleged yule lights…
Originally uploaded by fredlet.
all I’ve wanted to listen to lately
is a Melvyn Tan recording of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto #3 & 4…
I don’t even think its in print anymore… I got it off of Matt Brown ages ago (and have dutifully TRIED to buy the fekkin’ thing ever since to no avail.)
Anyhoo, its all I want to hear lately.
Am making lemon oatmeal cookies (using my red kitchenaid mixer, yum) for my workies tonight and the house smells good, I’m covered in flour (and wearing all black, natch…) and I have some cool lights up for yule.
Not really much of interest going on with me lately. I haven’t even had time to really post (I’d be a complete washout at Holidailies if I attempted it.) Sorry I’m boring.
No trips planned until February (Weetapiecon at this point) and short of electronics I don’t have much to squee over (speaking of squee, I have the first 4 hours of JournalCon written up and that’s where it has sat since I looked at it last…several weeks ago. Sigh.)
mmmmmmmmmmm k.
Death Moon Witch. you are the death moon witch,a
nightgoer. solitary,mysterious, and sometimes
very cruel, you are the leader of the Night
witches. your song is “the leaving song
pt. 1″ by AFI (not part two,part one is
much slower)
What witch are you? (gorgeous pics – 7 different results)
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The pics are cool, but I think his person was hopped up on too much incense when they wrote the text. =;)
Don’t get any ideas.
I ain’t your mama.
And I ain’t gonna be anyone’s mama.
You’re a witchy woman! Chances are that you see
Morticia Addams as a role model, and your
wardrobe sports a fair amount of black.
The other mothers at school pick up may look
askance, but your kids already know that the
judgement of others isn’t what counts.What
kind of a freaky mother are you?
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Bloglines – Wiccans don’t want Samantha statue in Salem
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And moreover, Samantha decided to give up her own witchiness because the man she married couldn’t handle it.
If some woman made some man give up Judaism or Catholisism for her, she’d be totally trashed in the media and society.
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“It is kind of disrespectful, because we are striving to get away from that TV image,” said Melissa Coombs, 23, who said she has been a witch since she was 14.
