Autumn in Aberdeen

Starting out the Autumn season in Aberdeen with a few Fall time favorites…

1). I made pumpkin soup and pumpkin dessert with cream cheese icing out of fresh pumpkin! I have been informed that pumpkin flavor is not nearly as popular here as it is in the US – they don’t even sell canned pumpkin here – no one had even heard of it. And…practically no one here has ever eaten pumpkin pie! So I thought I would be adventurous and try to cook and bake using real pumpkin. I went to the store, bought an ‘edible pumpkin’ – came home and cooked it, then scooped out the inside, mashed it all up and ‘*ta-da*’ – fresh pumpkin mix!

2). I introduced a few friends to carving pumpkins! I have found that although my friends have heard of carving pumpkins, none of them have actually done it. We had a lot of fun scooping out the messy, gooey inside of the pumpkin, and my friends loved being creative and carving various designs, making very unique jack-o-lanterns. The final touch was lighting the candle, and placing it inside the hollowed pumpkin – overall a huge success and a lot of fun!

3). For Halloween I dressed up as The Statue of Liberty! I felt as if I had to represent America! Everyone loved my costume and had a whole new appreciation for it after hearing my ‘American accent’.

If the leaves here weren’t all wet and gooey (due to the fact it rains nearly every day here, making it impossible for dry leaves) I would be tempted to gather a pile of leaves and jump it them! So my request is that someone does this in favor of me back in The States!

Hope everyone is loving Fall time in America!