april6263 wrote:

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!! We are still in the hospital but the docs and nurses are all dressed up in costume and there will be a party for the kids here later today :-) hope you all have a great and safe Halloween too :-)


And Annie and Booky are you guys getting the bad weather they've been showing on the news????

Gotta run ....nurses coming in

(((((Hugs)))))

No, not really. It rained all day, pretty much, yesterday, but not today. However, my son told me that it rained all night last night. Hope your daughter is doing better. I didn't know she has the hives. I would want to claw my skin off from scratching! I hope they can give her something to alleviate that; that precious girl has had to put up with too much!
 

The popcorn balls turned out great.  I haven't been able to find a replacement for my flooded recipe...written on a card in my older sister's hand, from the late 50's.  Called Jolly Time Popcorn Balls from their canister.

I had seen some on line - called Jolly Time's original but they weren't what I remembered.  And the syrup cooked only to 270 degrees.  Which would give you a too chewy "pull out my fillings" to quote my mother,  result.

I was going to adapt one I saw...and then stumbled on to one that seemed just exactly what I remembered.  Cooked to the hard-crack stage (302) and more butter. 

Annie, mine are not so cute as the ones pictured...simply in a sandwich bag and tied with orange ribbon.  But what a cute idea with the tootsie roll stem.

And you are right.  I don't hand them out to the kids at the door...unless we know each other well.  They are mostly for my family and disappear fast.  I also make them for Christmas with different food coloring.

View, unobstructed wrote:

The popcorn balls turned out great.  I haven't been able to find a replacement
for my flooded recipe...written on a card in my older sister's hand, from the late 50's.  Called Jolly Time Popcorn Balls from their canister.

I had seen some on line - called Jolly Time's original but they weren't what I remembered.  And the syrup cooked only to 270 degrees.  Which would give you a too chewy "pull out my fillings" to quote my mother,  result.

I was going to adapt one I saw...and then stumbled on to one that seemed just exactly what I remembered.  Cooked to the hard-crack stage (302) and more butter. 

Annie, mine are not so cute as the ones pictured...simply in a sandwich bag and tied with orange ribbon.  But what a cute idea with the tootsie roll stem.

And you are right.  I don't hand them out to the kids at the door...unless we know each other well.  They are mostly for my family and disappear fast.  I also make them for Christmas with different food coloring.

 

View, your post brought up a memory I had of my late mother's peanut butter cookies.  I remember them being so delicious and after my mother passed away, I told my older sister I wished I had thought to get the recipe from her.  I thought it was a special recipe that had been passed down from a family member, but my sister told me it was actually a recipe she had gotten from the back of a label.   

I hope you all have a safe and happy Halloween.  I'll be home handing out candy to all the little ghosts and goblins.   

april6263 wrote:

Hi guys, having a quiet moment here and wanted to share something with you guys......today one of the little guys on the floor (he just turned 5) said to the nurses...."I want to trick or treat backwards....people giveded me stuff now I want to give stuff too".....this sweet little guy went to every room on the floor to "trick or treat backwards" and gave everyone a piece of candy.....I had never thought of the concept of trick or treating backwards as a way to say thank you but it was so sweet.......any way just wanted to share this sweet Halloween story with you guys.... Thought you'd enjoy it :-)

Oh and for those who were wondering.....they had given her something to stop the hives that day so its not lingering......thanks for all of you guys support and words of encouragement through this :-)




((((Hugs)))) talk to you all soon

Awwww, isn't that the cutest?