Mmmm... Trick or Treat, and in this case, Treat!
Halloween night a few friends came over for a costume party and a night of Alfred Hitchcock.
And of course a healthy dose of... food!
Our menu consisted of homemade chili, molasses and raisin bread and candies.
Here is my never-fail recipe for chili:
1 1/2 pounds ground beef, browned and seasoned with chili powder to taste
2 cans of chili seasoned tomatoes
1 or 2 cans of chili beans
1/2 bag of frozen corn
After the meat is browned and seasoned, mix in the rest of the ingredients, and voila!
You have Chili!!
Chili was a perfect dish for our party since all the food and beverages had a brown and orange theme.
My goblets even got a little bit of sprucing up with different kinds of ribbon.
Now all I need are some guests!
Or maybe a Pirate!
These two gangsters are from the early 1900's!
Correction: The Lady is Ms. Estel, a steampunk character and an adventuress/treasure seeker
Our handy dandy Menard's Associate.
Looks like someone may have just stolen a cookie from the cookie jar...
And a Cowgirl! Yee ha!
Here are the Ladies. I'm a fairy! Hmmm, I feel like I need some sort of weapon in this picture...
Megan likes her dart gun ;)
Candy Corn Vampires!
Can you believe I chugged this whole liter of pop?!!!!
Me either. I drank two swallows.
The goblets looked even better with root beer and orange slices.
(The orange slices were Joel's idea!)
Helloooo!
Unfortunately, the bread was executed by pirate's sword.
It was a dark and scary night...
No, it really was! After we watched our movie the power went out! Can you believe the timing??
Kristen read Dr. Suess's, The Pale Green Pants to us by candle light.
Boo!
Love the pics! (Except that last one is a little scary ;-) It was a fun night and I still can't believe the power legitimately* went out right after Hitchcock... It was like we were in our own scary movie! Then the lake was glowing (even though it was cloudy) and a black cat crossed our path on the drive home.
ReplyDeleteJust one correction: I'm a steampunk character. Estel is an adventuress/treasure seeker, not a gangster ;-) I can't speak for Archie, though - he looks quite threatening...
Thanks for having us out; it was a lot of fun!! :-)
*As opposed to a prank.
Ahhh, okay! Will note the correction, Ms. Estel!
ReplyDeleteIt IS crazy that the lights went out... legitimately! Was the black cat our little black kitty, or someone else's? ;)
Thanks for a fun evening! MWha ha ha ha (my scary laugh!)