Cooking & Conversation: June 2013

HAPPY 4th BIRTHDAY !

Graham

Happy Birthday!

Graham celebrated his 4th birthday on June 30th, so Grandpa & Grandma could join in on the fun. His actual birthday is July 2nd.

I am sharing the Zombie Boogers his Dad fixed for the crowd of hungry kids and adults. The name grossed out some little girls attending the party, which I am sure was part of the fun for the brave boys who enjoyed the snack.

Graham picked Scooby Doo as his theme. The games led to clues to find his missing birthday presents. Then the night ended watching a Scooby Doo movie, after his guests had returned home.

Zombie Boogers!

Zombie Boogers

16-20 cups of popped popcorn

Mixture:
1/2 cup butter
1 cup granulated sugar
1/4 cup corn syrup
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 teaspoon green food coloring
1 teaspoon baking soda

Preheat oven to 250 degrees F (95 degrees C).

Place your popcorn in two large shallow baking dishes.In a medium saucepan over medium heat, melt butter. Stir in sugar, corn syrup, and salt. Bring to boil while stirring consistently. Boil without stirring for 4 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in vanilla and green food coloring until the mixture is evenly colored and combined. Stir in baking soda. Mixture will double. Pour the mixture over the popcorn and stir to combine and evenly coat.

Place the popcorn in the oven. Stir the popcorn every 15 minutes for 1 hour. Remove from the oven. Let cool for about 5 minutes and then break into pieces. Be careful popcorn will still be hot.

(Kevin found this recipe on Pinterest) Printable version: Zombie Boogers

Pop 16-20 cups of popcorn for a single batch.
We doubled the recipe for the birthday party.

Place popcorn into 2 large shallow baking dishes.

Graham is playing with his birthday present from Grandpa & Grandma
while Dad is making the Zombie Boogers.

In a medium sauce pan over medium heat, melt the butter.
(One stick of butter for a single batch.)

Stir in sugar.

Add corn syrup.

Measure and add the salt.

Bring to a boil.

Stir constantly until it boils.

Boil without stirring for 4 minutes.

Remove from heat.

Stir in vanilla.

Stir in baking soda. Mixture will double.

Stir in green food coloring until the mixture is evenly colored and combined.

Pour mixture over popcorn.

Stir to combine and evenly coat.

Place the pop corn into the oven which was preheated at 250 degrees,
and stir the popcorn every 15 minutes for 1 hour.

Remove from the oven and let cool for about 5 minutes.

Ready to break into pieces and serve.

Enjoy!

Birthday Party Fun!

Mom's Tie-Dye cupcakes.

Mom & Great Grandpa eating birthday cupcakes & ice cream.

Follow the clues to find Graham's missing birthday presents.

Keep finding the clues!

Balloon stomp to find the next clue.

Musical chairs.

Pin the pizza on Scooby Doo & Shaggy.

Scooby Treats leads closer to the gifts.

Mummy wrap race.

Graham can't believe Uncle Andy hid the gifts in the van!

Time to claim the gifts and take them into the house.

Pinata!

Playing outside in the clubhouse.

Grandma & Graham.

Grandpa

Great Grandpa & Great Grandma

Dad & Dottie

Cousin Duncan

Graham & Scooby Doo

Scooby Doo

Scooby-Doo has the distinction of being the longest-running cartoon on television. First appearing in 1969, the mystery-solving Great Dane has starred in 310 animated episodes of shows ranging from Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! to Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics to The Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show. But Scooby-Doo has another important distinction. Since his name comes from the refrain "Scooby-dooby-doo" from the song "Strangers in the Night," Scooby-Doo is also the only cartoon canine inspired by a Frank Sinatra lyric!

from cinema.com Scooby history)

For more go to: Scooby Doo History

Graham's Birthday Party History...