09.10.30【每日一游——饮食篇】 ❤HAPPY HALLOWEEN❤ Halloween, an annual holiday celebrated on October 31, is widely assumed to be an American festival but it's actually an ancient Celtic pagan celebration.
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The term Halloween comes from All-hallow-even or All Hallows' Eve - the evening before All Hallows' Day, or All Saints' Day. 
Halloween has origins in the ancient festival known as Samhain, which is derived from Old Irish and means roughly "summer's end". This was a Gaelic festival celebrated mainly in Ireland and Scotland. However, similar festivals were held by other Celts – for example the festival of Calan Gaeaf which was held by the ancient Britons.
Traditional Halloween foodIn Ireland, Halloween was once a day of abstinence when no meat was eaten. Dishes based on potatoes were eaten, such as colcannon (mash with milk or cream, kale, and leeks or spring onions), champ (mash with milk and onions or chives) and boxty pancakes - fried potato cakes that are sometimes served savoury, sometimes sprinkled with sugar.
Other dishes include potato farls baked on a griddle; apple and potato 'fadge' - upside-down cake made by layering apples and potatoes inside pastry; and barm brack, a spiced bread made with dried fruit.
In England there was a tradition of eating 'soul cakes' - flat round or oval cakes flavoured with saffron, mixed spices, and currants - as well as apple tarts. Many of these Irish and English dishes contained coins, rings and other items with symbolic meanings. They were left out for wandering spirits and fairies overnight. 
Contemporary Halloween food
Because the holiday comes in the wake of the annual apple harvest, Toffee apples (called candy apples in the US) are a common Halloween treat made by rolling whole apples in a sticky sugar syrup, sometimes followed by rolling them in nuts or chocolate.
Roasted or barbecued corn-on-the-cob and popcorn are also eaten. In the US, candy corn - sweetcorn-shaped sweets made from honey, sugar fondant and corn syrup - is consumed in large quantities. Novelty confectionery, decorated in festive shapes and designs such as skulls and worms, is also popular with children.
candy corn 
Since the beginning of the 20th century, parties featuring 'scary' foods coloured black, purple or red, have been a hit with the young and the young at heart. Dishes are often given names like 'witches cauldron' (red pepper and tomato soup), and 'fried brain' (walnut halves sautéed in paprika). Sandwiches are cut into spooky shapes like witches' hats and eyeballs, and drinks may contain 'squashed bugs' (actually flattened raisins or grapes).
If you're having a Halloween party, get into the spirit with spooky invitation cards and haunting music and décor. Set the table with ghoulish tableware, jack-o'-lanterns, corn-on-the-cobs, and autumn leaves and flowers. 
Edible zombie eyeballs Here's how to make a tasty fruit treat that looks like zombie eyeballs, and is actually good for you!
Frankenstein Finger Cookies These gross, scary and nutty cookies will be the hit of your Halloween party! Watch your guests feast on these delicious fingers covered with crusty coconut knuckle hair, rotten almond fingernail and a frosted bloody stump. Simple and fun to make with your little ghouls.
Mummy Dogs These quick and easy Mummy Dogs are sure to delight your crowd of hungry goblins! Hot dogs and biscuit dough make these tasty treats a snap to whip up. Use veggie dogs or sausages for a different twist.
Melon Brains Even vegetarian zombies crave these brains! 
Ghastly Grins It only takes a moment to compose these ghastly grins with peanut butter and apples.
Like a Cheshire Cat's smile, these ghosties have disappeared, leaving only their mysterious grins behind! What can you do but devour them?
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