You’ve purchased the candy, assembled the costumes, carved the pumpkins, and are now waiting for your roasted pumpkin seeds to pop out of the oven.

Well, no need to worry. CookiesbyDave.com has your evening’s entertainment (drum roll, please)…  “Man versus Fox Stole,” the latest in Scholastic’s “Who Would Win?” series.

 Spoiler Alert:  the Tiger won the battle shown on the card game.

Navigating the narrow attic crawl space, the full grown man spots a fox fur stole from the Kennedy administration peering out from a plastic storage container. Before he has time to react, the very deceased fox lunges at the man.  Attempting to flee, the man realizes that he should have had a smaller lunch and finds it difficult to back out of the crawl space.  As the fox stole closes in on victory, both parties realize that the fox is long dead and would be better displayed during a night on the town.  Camelot never left, it has just been in storage.

That fox had been waiting years for this moment to strike!

ONCE-A-YEAR TOASTED PUMPKIN SEEDS

2 cups Pumpkin Seeds

1/8 cup Butter, melted

½ teaspoon Garlic Powder

¼ teaspoon Salt

Preheat oven to 300 degrees.

Mix together pumpkin seeds, melted butter, garlic powder, and salt.

Spread evenly on baking sheet.

Bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes or until toasted, while stirring every 15 minutes.

Cool completely on baking sheet.

Makes about 6 servings

Revised Source: “Spicy Roasted Pumpkin Seeds” on allrecipes.com

Roasting pumpkin seeds in action.