[Prompted by Why do Republicans have disgusting eating habits?, alert reader The Other Sarah posted the following recipes in comments. And surprise! They don’t involve eating corporate swill. I’ve turned it into a blog post, so we can add it to our growing recipe book.]
Pumpkin pie spice is not hard to make. If you have ever made Russian spice tea or chai tea you know how to make pumpkin pie spice. It’s essentially 3 parts cinnamon and 2 parts ginger to 1 part each of allspice and clove and nutmeg. You need about two tablespoons for a really nice gallon of spiced cider; a teaspoon and a half will cover the average custard (pumpkin, sweet potato, or butternut/acorn squash puree) pie; it will also fulfill the need for seasoning in a 9-inch loaf of zucchini or pumpkin bread.
And since it’s flu season, here are two receipts for homemade remedies that actually don’t taste awful and help the scratchy throat, etc.
Russian Tea:
For a 12 oz cup mix
1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
3 tablespoons of orange juice
Prepare 8 oz of boiling water and steep 1 teabag 3 to 5 minutes therein.
Remove bag and mix ingredients. Drink hot.
Onion Soup:
Thinly slice half a large onion. In a deep skillet cook this in 1 tablespoon of butter until it is clear and smells sweet. Now add 1 cup of good beef stock, bring to a boil, add salt and pepper to taste, reduce heat and simmer 10 minutes. Pour in a mug and serve with shredded sharp cheddar cheese and toasted sourdough bread.
Simple, easy, tasty; more or less cheap as well.
Step one in taking back your life: turn off your teevee.
Step two: be thankful for what you have instead of going into (more) debt to keep up appearances in the consumerist lifestyle the corporations push.
In other words—it’s Thanksgiving, not the day before the shopping madness starts.
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NOTE See this post for why food is important politically. Read all the way to the bottom.