SPOOKY STRAWBERRY GHOSTS
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MOUNTAIN RANGES Surrounded by the Rocky Mountains, we don’t have to go far to find mountaintop winter activities. If skiing or tubing is your idea of winter fun, Bogus Basin is just a short drive away, and heading to McCall makes a fun weekend getaway. ... AND RIVERS Not only are we surrounded by the Payette and Boise rivers, Idaho is also home to the deepest gorge in North America: Hells Canyon. Take that, Arizona! 1. In a microwave-safe bowl, heat the white chocolate at 50% power for 30 seconds. Remove it and stir, then repeat the process until melted. 2. Lay out a sheet f parchmen paper. 3. One by one, dip the strawberries into the melted white chocolate and set Directions • 16 oz white chocolate, chopped • 24 strawberries • 1 package mini dark chocolate chips
GOOD CHEER Beer lovers, rejoice! Idaho is the world’s largest hop producer, and more and more people are taking advantage of our agricultural bounty by opening breweries in the Treasure Valley. Share a few of these treasures with visiting family members and their only question will be “How did we not come here sooner?” 4. Before the chocolate coating fully cools, add three mini chocolate chips to each berry to form two eyes and a mouth. them on the parchment. Allow the extra chocolate to pool to form a“tail”effect.
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5. Let chocolate set, then serve your spooky snacks!
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During this time of year (especially close to Halloween) everyone looks forward to carving a jack-o’-lantern. Whether you favor a traditional look or something a little more creative, we can all agree that carving pumpkins is a fun — though messy! — Halloween tradition.
Yet, did you know that jack-o’-lanterns weren’t always pumpkins?
This tradition started in Ireland, where people carved those well- known jack-o’-lantern faces into large potatoes and turnips. They would then place these carvings in their home windows or near their front doors (to scare away any evil spirits and Stingy Jack himself). Stingy Jack created the first jack-o’-lantern. According to legend, he is a spirit who was forced to roam the land with nothing lighting his way but a burning coal, which he placed into a carved turnip.
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Turnips, potatoes, and large beets — what the British used — started as the most popular vegetables for carving the jack-o’-lantern, but not for long. As the Irish traveled across the ocean to America, people found that pumpkins, a native fruit here, were the perfect fit for jack-o’-lanterns!
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