HALLOWEEN
Halloween is a party from Celtic culture that takes place primarily in the United States on the night of October 31. Children are disguised for the occasion and walk through the streets demanding candy door to door. After calling at the door children uttered the phrase "Trick or Treat" or "Sweet or trick" (from the phrase "trick or treat"). If adults give them candy, money or any other type of reward, is interpreted to have accepted the deal. If on the other hand they refuse, the boys will spend a little joke, the most common throw eggs or shaving foam against the door.
The history of Halloween goes back more than 2,500 years, when the year ended Celtic at the end of the summer, the very day on October 31 in our calendar. Livestock was taken from pastures to the stables for the winter. That last day, it was assumed that the spirits could leave the cemetery and take over the bodies of the living to resurrect. To avoid this, villages Celtic dirty houses and "decorated" with bones, skulls and other unpleasant things, so that the dead rising from long scared. Hence comes the tradition of decorating houses with sinister motives in the current eve of All Saints' and the costumes. It is thus a party associated with the coming of the pagan gods to life
The meaning of pumpkins:
It is said that witches used the skulls of human casualties and adorned with candles between basins of the eyes and nose. When the pagan Irish arrived in the United States, could not carry out these practices with human skulls, so they used pumpkins.
Halloween recipes:
Brittle Meringue Bones3 large egg whites1/4 tsp. cream of tartar1/8 tsp. salt2/3 cup white sugar1/2 tsp. vanillaPreheat oven to 200F. Line cookie sheet with brown paper bag or parchment. In a medium sized bowl at high speed, beat egg whites, cream of tartar and salt till fluffy. Gradually beat in sugar. Add vanilla. Place in pastry bag fitted with a medium plain piping tip. Pipe 3" bone shapes onto parchment or brown paper bag. Bake 1 hour until set. Turn off oven, dry in oven 1 hour. Be sure to store in airtight containers or they will become soggy. Makes 4 to 5 dozen small finger-sized bones.
