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Dear Ginger People: Plz don't sue me, I just love your mascot and I couldn't resist.

We had an unexpected visitor for Halloween! I've already told duokinneas about this, but we had a bat come by and hang upside-down from the eaves on the house. (Our house already looks kind of like the house from The Amityville Horror, or so I'm told by the neighbors.) The

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I was overjoyed when I saw it! The CSA dispenses a LOT of produce, so I don't know if we'll be able to eat it all before it goes bad, but we're going to give it a good shot. We already ate the green beans (not pictured) and have nefarious plans for the zucchini (incorporation into a pie, most likely) and bok choy (consumption in chicken chow mein). Kale actually lasts quite a while in the fridge, but we're going to do another round of a salad we had over the summer which was really good. Oh, and I didn't mention that we also had some radishes and lettuce, too, so we're probably going to make another corn-and-radish-and-avocado salad like we had in the spring. :D

Crème brûlée is THE SHIT. It is one of my favorite desserts ever (the others being Key lime pie and tiramisu). :9 EVERY occasion is an appropriate one on which to serve crème brûlée! :D

Pumpkin bread is always good, and so is pumpkin cake (I was always one for the grotesqueries of life, and I used to think of it as "earwax cake" as a kid, because, while it was delicious, it was also orange and sticky). There's something called "pumpkin pie spice" here, which I imagine is a mix of various spices, but we don't buy it since we have some imagination. XD Cinnamon and nutmeg both work well; I like ginger, so I use a little bit, but if it's not your thing omit it. Cloves also work combined with the cinnamon and nutmeg (I find 3 shakes of each is about right), and allspice might also be good though we have none at present so I can't report back on it just yet.