'Harry Potter' Movie Marathon

Perfect Friday

I don't know what better way there is to spend a friday than watching all four of the Harry Potter movies back to back! Ok, so it took twelve hours. But hey, Dr.B and i planned ahead - because it was a friday, it meant that we got to watch movies instead of work! Hehe.

Not only did we watch the movies, but we cooked, in our traditional youth-group-movie-marathon-style. In honour of dear harry, we cooked pumpkin pasties, harry potter pizzas and butterbeer. The butterbeer was absolutely delicious! It really was all warming and frothy! YUM!

May i just say that i LOVE harry potter movies?! I haven't seen them in such a long time. Even the first one was good. Daniel Radcliffe was sooooo little in the first movie though. It was fairly hilarious watching the teensy, tiny little boy grow up. Emma Watson gets prettier and prettier every movie. And, of course, the fourth movie holds the intense highlight that is Cedric Diggory (can't remember the actors name!). It's so sad when he *spoiler upcoming* comes out of the maze with harry and his father cries over his dead body. Very emotional. I think the fourth movie is my favourite. Just so you know.

Because i love you, i'll share our super-secret recipes with you, so that you can taste the yumminess for yourself!

PUMPKIN PASTIES
1/2 kg of pumpkin
1 tablespoon of butter
1/2 cup of cheese
1 teaspoon of five-spice
ground ginger
2 eggs
splash of milk
salt and pepper
puff pastry

* Boil chunks of pumpkin until soft
* Mash it up with the butter
* Add cheese, spices, eggs, milk
* Salt and pepper to taste
* Cut puff pastry into quarters
* Place pumpkin mixture onto the squares
* Fold over and pinch the edges with a fork
(* Can glaze the pastries by brushing on a beaten egg)
* Cook in oven until brown ar 220 degrees - as per instructions on pastry packet
* Can serve warm on a train

BUTTERBEER
2 litres of milk
1 1/2 tablespoons of butter
15 butterscotch lollies
2 tablespoons of brown sugar
A pinch of ginger or nutmeg
A splash of vanilla essence

* Heat milk in a saucepan
* While stirring all the time, add all other ingredients (to taste)
* Keep heating until the lollies have dissolved and the beer is warm
* Pour into a blender and froth up
* Serve in a mug

Try them - let me know what you think!

Annie