I found this fall meme while composing the RevGalBlogPal Wednesday round-up, and thought it would be fun to answer it from the Land Where There Is No Real Fall (southeast Texas). Thanks to jo(e),who made it up, and lives in the Land Where There Is Fall !
Favorite fall dessert: Pecan pie -- my mother-in-law's recipe.
Holiday: Halloween! In keeping with my British heritage.
Best fall memory: Birth of Babs (October).
Worst fall memory: September 11, 2001.
Most puzzling fall memory: Not being able to find lightweight fall clothes in Texas in August/September
Best thing about fall walks: When the temperature goes below 90 degrees during the day for the first time.
Favorite fall chore: Decorating the house for Halloween and Thanksgiving.
Least favorite fall chore: Cleaning the Bradford pear leaves out of the swimming pool twice a day.
Best change in the home: The day you don't have to use the a/c--unfortunately this is often in December
Favorite flower: What flower? They all died of heat stress.
Best tree in the fall: The pecan trees, because with the leaves you also get nuts!
Fall ritual: Football! It's Texas, what else???
Most frustrating thing about fall: Reading about everyone else's fall foliage and crisp weather while still wearing my worn out summer clothes.
Favorite childhood game: carving pumpkins.
Favorite childhood memory: Halloween carnivals--they still called them "Halloween" carnivals then, not "Fall" carnivals or festivals.
Favorite decorations: Witches! Spooks! Haunted Houses with rotating lights!
Favorite clothing: Stop it, we're still wearing shorts and flip-flops here.
Best scenery: Somewhere else, most everything here is crisp.
Best fall travel tip: Leave VERY early for the A&M game or you will sit in traffic for miles.
Favorite drink: Margaritas, any time of the year!
Best method of transportation: Pickup truck or SUV
Traditional fall candy: Can't get enough candy corn--get behind me, Satan.
Favorite Sound: a norther blowing in
Best for fall sex: air conditioning (or am I repeating myself?)
Fall song: We Gather Together
Reliable prediction: Hurricanes will continue to form in the Gulf.
Best fall television show: Martha Stewart's Halloween episodes and Saturday Night Live's spoofs of the same.
2 comments:
Are you willing to post the Pecan Pie recipe? Or is it a family secret??
Here it is:
Ingredients--
3 beaten eggs
2/3 cup sugar
1/3 cup melted butter, cooled
1 cup dark corn syrup
1 cup pecan halves
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
prepared pie crust
Sprinkle pecans with cinnamon and toss to coat well. Place mixture in the bottom of the prepared pie shell. Mix together the other ingredients and pour on top of the pecans.
Bake at 375 degrees for about 40 minutes. Pie is done when a knife stuck in the middle of the pie comes out clean.
Enjoy!
Post a Comment