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Stingy Jack's Spiked Pumpkin Soup
Ingredients
Recipe Heat a large witch's kettle (Dutch oven pot) over medium heat. Coat pan with cooking spray. Add onion, ginger, cumin, and garlic cloves and saute for 5 minutes or until lightly browned. Stir in cider, Jack Daniels whiskey, Vermont maple syrup, pumpkin, and broth, then bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes. Place half of pumpkin mixture in a blender and process until smooth. Pour pureed mixture into a large mixing bowl. Repeat process with remaining pumpkin mixture. Return pureed mixture to pan. Stir in milk, flour, salt, and pepper, cook until thoroughly heated, but DO NOT boil. Stir frequently. Serve with sour cream and hot mulled cider. Garnish with parsley. Yields: 9 servings. 1 cup = 165 calories. Who was Stingy Jack? Here's the History of Jack O'Lanterns People have been carving Jack O'Lanterns, or Jack-O-Lanterns, for centuries, and most recently as a modern day Halloween tradition. The practice began with an Irish myth about a man who was nicknamed "Stingy Jack." According to the myth, Stingy Jack tricked the Devil, not once, but twice. He first invited the Devil to have a drink with him, and true to his nickname, Stingy Jack didn't want to pay for the drink, so he convinced the Devil to turn himself into a coin that Jack could use to buy their drinks. The Devil agreed, but once he changed into the coin, Jack decided to keep the money and put it into his pocket next to a silver cross which prevented the Devil from changing back into his original form.
Jack's lanterns took hold in Ireland and Scotland as people began to make their own versions by carving
scary faces into turnips or potatoes and placing them into their windows or near entryways to frighten
away Stingy Jack or any other wandering evil spirits. As time passed the legend of Stingy Jack made it's way
to America and immigrants soon found that pumpkins made perfect Jack O'Lanterns. The carving of
pumpkins soon became a New England Hallow's Eve tradition.
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There's nothing like a good pumpkin soup during October and November. There's just something about it. This year we perfected a
recipe that we think is exceptional, made with grade A medium amber 
Stingy Jack eventually did free the Devil, but under the condition that he would not bother Jack for one
year and that, should Jack die, he wouldn't claim his soul. The next year, Jack again tempted the Devil
into another trick by convincing him to climb a tree and pick a piece of fruit. While the Devil was up in
the tree, Jack carved a cross into the tree trunk so that the Devil could not come down until he promised
Jack not to bother him for ten more years. Unfortunately Jack didn't live ten more years and died. As the legend
does, God wouldn't let Jack into Heaven because he was such an unsavory character. The Devil, upset by
the tricks Jack had played on him, especially not being able to claim Jack's soul, wouldn't allow Jack into Hell either.
Instead, the Devil gave Jack a burning coal for light and sent him off into the dark night. Jack, being
just as resourceful in spirit as in life, put the coal into a carved turnip and has been roaming the Earth
with it ever since. The Irish eventually referred to the ghost of Stingy Jack as "Jack of the Lantern,"
and then, simply "Jack O'Lantern."
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