Breaking down LSU-Alabama
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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- The band at Galette's mashed up Werewolves of London with Sweet Home Alabama because, what the hell? Everything goes with Sweet Home Alabama . The blonde student outside the bar admitted her anxiety level had skyrocketed as the week barreled toward its conclusion. Not because of any test or paper, mind you, but for a reason she thought should be obvious to anyone.
"This is the biggest game of the season," she said.
The Game of the Year. The Game of the Century. The Game of the Millennium. The Game of the Year of the Century of the Millennium.
If you live above the Mason-Dixon Line or west of the Mississippi, you've gagged on hyperbole by now. You get it. LSU and Alabama will play a football game Saturday. LSU and Alabama have excellent football teams, so good that they are ranked No. 1 and No. 2, respectively, by just about anyone who puts college football teams in order. LSU's coach is a bit quirky. Alabama's coach is a bit stern. But at 11:30 p.m. ET on Saturday, most of you will click off the television and move on with your lives. Your world will keep spinning.
Source: CNN
Don't know jack about cooking pumpkin? Here's some help
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With pumpkin season upon us, it's tempting to try to cook the big orange jack that gives the front porch atmosphere for Halloween. But for best eating, you need a different type of gourd.
There are more than 100 varieties - many with intriguing names: Baby Boo (similar in size to the adorable Jack-Be-Little, but white), Full Moon (a big variety, also white, but not good for cooking), Jarrahdale (a slate-blue variety native to Australia) and Halloween in Paris (a French pumpkin that's yellow and can be used for cooking).
Amy Goldman, author of "The Compleat Squash: A Passionate Grower's Guide to Pumpkins" (Artisan, 2004) likes to cook with pumpkin, and her all-time favorite is a variety called Winter Luxury Pie.
"It makes a pumpkin pie that's like velvet," she says.
Goldman has cooked all kinds of pumpkins - even the so-called "bitter spitters" - and she has cooked them all kinds of ways - steamed, microwaved, roasted. Hands down, the best way to cook them is to roast
Source: Pioneer Press