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Halloween costumes for the rest of us

» Don't like fear? This article is for you!

Sophie Isbister
Life & Style Editor
M lifeandstyle
@theotherpress.ca

 

Hees the time of
year when fear reigns
supreme, and it’s just around
the corner! While kids and
adults alike are preparing fora
spooky night, I’m just hoping
I don’t get so scared by a child
dressed as Chucky that I trip
and fall while running away—
again. Halloween is truly a
little too scary for me (I once
left the room when my friends
were watching Paranormal
Activity), which is why I’m here
with some tips and tricks for
costumes that aren't scary!

I have a sneaking suspicion
that as the weeks progress
we'll be devoting a few column
inches to the topic of Sexy
Halloween, so I won't say too
much about sexy costumes,
other than that when they’re
not scary they can be perfectly
acceptable. Instead of a sexy
zombie, why not go for a sexy

: bumblebee? (Although I
: suppose that might be scary for :
: someone with an allergy.)

Cute costumes are a great

: option for Halloween! You
could be a bunny or a princess
: or even something elaborate,

: like Little Bo Peep or King

: Henry VIII. Instead of being

: repulsed by and afraid of you,
: people will mingle with you

: all night—you might even
make some new friends! Cute
: costumes are also really easy

: to put together in a hurry, and
: you won't have to spend the

: morning after your Halloween
: festivities scrubbing fake blood
: and fake scabs off of your face.
: And finally, looking in the

: mirror will not bea terrifying
ordeal.

Clever costumes or pun

: costumes are also a safe bet

: if you want to avoid Scary

: Halloween. A friend of mine

: got topical a few years ago and
: went as the Gulf of Mexico oil
: spill. Another friend—and our
: Assistant Editor, Eric Wilkins— :
: goes as a pun every year; last

: year he was “a fork in the road”

: I have yet another extremely

shirt and calls himself a time

: traveller from the ‘gos, although
: he really just looks like a guy

: who didn’t dress up. Clever

: costumes are good if you're okay
: with spending the whole party
explaining the joke to people.

Halloween is that you can be

: whatever and whoever you

: want to be. Take this to heart
and consider going as a famous
> (non-scary) person. Some

: examples include: Hillary

: Clinton, Tina Fey, Bill Murray,

: or Barack Obama. These are all
: non-threatening, real-life public
: figures. Please avoid dressing

: like Karla Homolka, the Zodiac
: Killer, or George Zimmerman.
Definitely scary people.

: fun, if you don’t let all the fear

: ruin your night. My tolerance

: for scary costumes is growing

: with my age, but please, for my
: sake and the sakes of all the

consider a less-scary option this
: October. Thank you.

lazy friend who dons a flannel

The awesome thing about

Halloween can bea lot of

other fearful Frans out there,

 

 

Grandma's pumpkin scones

» Delicious flavours of the season

Julie Wright
Contributor

Sn the fall season came
upon us and everything
pumpkin is happening all at
once, I thought of making
pumpkin scones a.k.a. two of
my favourite things put into
one. So I played phone tag with
my grandma for a few hours

to get the family recipe—it’s
just a general scone recipe,

so don’t worry, you wont be
hunted down by fierce Scottish
clansmen. I finally caught her
and the result was delicious,

so I'd like to share it with you
all since I didn’t bake enough
to share IRL (sorry). I love

this recipe because it’s very
adaptable, so if you don’t like
raisins or nuts, or are allergic to
anything, throw some chocolate
chips in that batter and mix it
up. I also made a maple glaze
from CookieAndKate.com
which is optional, but highly
recommended and delicious.
Here’s the recipe—happy baking!

Scones:

* 3 cups flour

+ 2 tbsp baking powder

*  1tsp cinnamon

* 1/2 tsp ginger

> 1/4 tsp nutmeg

* 1/4 tsp ground cloves
(allspice also works)

+ 1/2 tbsp shortening

* 1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract

* 3/4 cups chopped pecans
(easily substituted with
raisins or whatever suits
your fancy)

+  1tsp salt

* 2/3 cups milk
(easily substituted with
almond milk)

* 11/4 cups pumpkin puree
(add more or less for
desired pumpkin taste,
but be warned: the more
pumpkin you add, the less
milk you should add
and vice-versa so it doesn’t
become too dry or too wet)

Maple Glaze (with files
from CookieAndKate.com):

* 1cup icing sugar

* 1/8 tsp fine grain sea salt

* 1/2 tsp vanilla
1/4 cups maple syrup
(not sugar syrup, this is
Canada)

Instructions:

Preheat the oven to 350 F. Mix
ingredients in the order given,
roll it out ona floured counter
to be about the circumference
of a dinner plate and roughly
one-and-a-half inches in
height. Divide the circle into
eighths (like a pizza), place it
ona baking sheet lined with
wax paper, and then bake for 30
minutes. While the scones are
heating up, mix the ingredients
for the glaze, also in the order
given. Pour the glaze on after
the scones have cooled, and
add some chopped pecans (or
whatever you like) to the top for
decoration and extra flavour.
Enjoy!