EoMEoTE#12: The Halloween Edition

Well, it's that time again, boys and ghouls (which for End of Month Egg on Toast Extravaganza purposes means in the general vicinity of the end of the calendar month), and the absolutely fabulous Jeanne from Cooksister! has allowed me to be the hostess with the mostess for  this edition. I would mention Anthony (the man who cooks over at Spiceblog), since he co-founded EoMEoTE many moons ago, but I'm not sure that he knows I'm involved yet, so I won't. I'm naughty like that.

I'm not going to lie...I'm more than a little thrilled to be hosting this time around, as it's the 1-year anniversary of the darndest little event in the history of the food-blogging internets, people! Did those wacky kids know what they were starting a year ago? I don't think so, but hundreds of posts later, from every corner of the world, scores of food bloggers who've had a great time every month are glad that they did. Be you prince(ss) or pauper, you can get your egg-and-toasty groove on with the EoMEoTE, and as The Martha says, it's a good thing. I salute them collectively (bowing, of course) with, "My liege".

Now we come to EoMEoTE#12 - The Halloween Edition, the other reason that I'm ticked pink (or blood red, to be topical). Throughout grade school, I watched the afternoon-long 'Creature Double Feature' Saturdays on Channel 56 in Boston (and slept with a crucifix over my neck, "just in case"). In 5th grade, I went trick-or-treating with a friend and dressed as a gypsy, and promptly forgot that I had worn a pair of my mother's earrings with a string of bells on them. I walked, the bells jangled, I thought someone was following us, we screamed and ran, the bells jangled harder, press repeat. Frankly, I think it's that kind of thing right there that qualifies me to host this thing.

But let's get down to brass tacks, shall we? Would you like to film your own eggy masterpiece (with the addition of toast and horror, of course) a la The Amateur Gourmet? Maybe you enjoyed EoMEoTE#10 so much that you'd like to Seuss it up some more, this time with some Poe in the mix? You could get crafty, or re-write an old tune, or even do something really horrifying (with photographic proof, natch)! The field is wide open, really, so do what you will. The end result should be:

1. You make something Halloween/horror-esque, incorporating eggs and toast (or another carb, if you must).

2. You record it pictorially and write it up, and blog about in the next week or so.

3. Send me a link to your post,  and I'll get together a round-up in a timely fashion. Wait a minute, who am I kidding? This is EoMEoTE, for crying out loud! I'll do the round-up eventually, and you'll like it, nyuck, nyuck. I can't wait to see what everyone comes up with!

Some more linky-schminkys for you all...maybe cool, maybe amusing, maybe helpful? >-]

50 Greatest Horror Movies of All Time
Memories
Head in a Jar
Haunted House Soundtracks
West Side Story, Re-Imagined
The Shining, Re-Imagined
Lovely designs
Paper toy patterns
Montage-a-google
Tombstone Generator

Comments

[sam]

spooky. I thought of balut, but then I was too scared at the thought of it. I know where to get it though!
I will be arriving in Dublin on halloween. Can't wait to see how the Irish do it. They are really into Halloween over there and my sister has 3 kids so it should be fun. May not involve eggs or toast though!

[Stephanie]

Of course, I'm thrilled.

Have to 'scramble' to come up with something, though...I've already devoted a chunk of time to a regular Halloween meal, so now I have to figure out some kind of spooky egg and toast dish!

Don't worry, I wouldn't miss this for the world.

[Moira]

Hi Sam...oh, I would have suggested scotch eggs, but do they eat those in Ireland? =) I bet you'll come up with something fab, no matter where you are!

Hi Stephanie...what's the regular Halloween meal going to be? I've never made a meal especially for this holiday, so I'm dying to get the details on yours. Plus your egg-and-toasty horrorfest, naturally!

[anthony]

I'm inside your house.

[Moira]

I'm laughing, but I did have the urge to look under the desk first.

[ejm]

But did you check behind the boots in the upstairs hall closet, Moira?

rantI cannot believe it! The local public school board has sent out a notice to teachers telling them NOT to celebrate Hallowe'en in their classrooms on Monday! PCness has struck bigtime. The reasons? Apparently because there are so many recent immigrants who don't have parents who grew up with this tradition, it's unfair (??) to them. Oh yes, and also we have to be concerned about the wikkens (sp??) being offended because this is a religious holiday for them. Oh brother. I can't wait to hear that there will be no Christmas, Valentine's Day, St. Patrick's Day, Mardi Gras, etc. etc. allowed in the public schools either./rant

-Elizabeth

[Moira]

Thanks, Elizabeth...that's just the image I need in my head in the middle of the night! ;-)

Yes, it's seems that PCness will end a lot of fun over time, but I predict a backlash. That's my enduring hope, anyway.

[Jennifer]

This was so fun! My husband loved the deviled spider eggs I cooked up for the event.

Spider Eggs & Pan de Muertos

[ejm]

Devilled Spider Eggs!!! Yikes!

Nothing quite so frightening in my post:
Hallowe'en Apples!!!

-Elizabeth

[Stephanie]

Moira, I should have my post up Tuesday or Wednesday! Meanwhile, my Halloween dinner post is up!

[Moira]

Hi Jennifer...they are my favourite way with eggs! God, I could eat deviled eggs until I bust. That's kind of horrifying, isn't it? ;-)

Hi Elizabeth...I never heard of "Halloween Apples" for Halloween! We just used to say the old "trick or treat?"...I wonder how that started?

Hi Stephanie...thank you! I'll be sure to check out your dinner post today.

[ejm]

I've asked around here and none of my friends have heard of Hallowe'en Apples either - unless they grew up in Winnipeg or Edmonton. So I'm thinking maybe it's a prairie thing. (even though Edmonton isn't really in the prairies)

-Elizabeth

[anthony]

(well) Done

[Jeanne]

Woo hoo! It's up at last! Here's my horrific entry:
http://cooksister.typepad.com/cook_sister/2005/11/eomeote_night_o.html

Thanks again for the great theme!

[sarah]

trick or treat!

hope it's not too late...

curried egg salad

[anthony]

hope it's not too late...

I'll go check.

[anthony]

No it isn't.

[Moira]

O.K. you guys...thank you for participating, and I'll have the round-up ready and up this weekend!

Anthony...you are so darned helpful! Just remember, sassy AND helpful is a deadly combination. Use your gifts wisely, my friend.