{"id":13010,"date":"2017-11-05T18:40:20","date_gmt":"2017-11-05T16:40:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.evildressmaker.com\/?p=13010"},"modified":"2018-10-28T16:57:22","modified_gmt":"2018-10-28T14:57:22","slug":"kokkoyo-bonfire-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.evildressmaker.com\/?p=13010","title":{"rendered":"Kokkoy\u00f6 \/ Bonfire night"},"content":{"rendered":"

Loka-marraskuu on er\u00e4s lemppariajankohdistani vuodenkierrossa. Illat pimenev\u00e4t ja t\u00e4hdet ovat taas valoisan kes\u00e4n j\u00e4lkeen n\u00e4ht\u00e4viss\u00e4 (t\u00e4\u00e4ll\u00e4 maalla n\u00e4kyy jopa linnunrata!)<\/strong><\/span>. Voi polttaa kynttil\u00f6it\u00e4 lyhdyiss\u00e4 ja ripustaa tunnelmavaloja ulos ja sis\u00e4lle. Lokakuu itseoikeutetusti tietysti syntt\u00e4rikuukautenani on suosikki. Sen lis\u00e4ksi my\u00f6s Halloween (jota rakastan)<\/strong><\/span> ja supisuomalainen kekri osuvat sinne. Marraskuussa karnevaali jatkuu sill\u00e4 Englannissa vietet\u00e4\u00e4n 5.11 erityist\u00e4 Kokkoy\u00f6t\u00e4 (Bonfire night)<\/strong><\/span>. Kokkoy\u00f6n\u00e4 muistellaan Englannin Gunpowder plottia, Ruutikapinaa, jossa katoliset aikoivat r\u00e4j\u00e4ytt\u00e4\u00e4 parlamentin yl\u00e4huoneen, vuonna 1605. Kapina ep\u00e4onnistui ja syylliset saatettiin edesvastuuseen. P\u00e4\u00e4tekij\u00e4n\u00e4 pidettiin Guy Fawkes-nimist\u00e4 kaveria, joka pid\u00e4tettiin maanpetoksesta ja tuomittiin tovereineen rangaistuksista hirvitt\u00e4vimp\u00e4\u00e4n: “hirtett\u00e4v\u00e4ksi, revitt\u00e4v\u00e4ksi ja paloiteltavaksi” (engl. hanged, drawn and quartered)<\/strong><\/span>. Kaksi j\u00e4lkimm\u00e4ist\u00e4 tapahtui henkil\u00f6n viel\u00e4 ollessa elossa (vangit eiv\u00e4t siis l\u00e4hesk\u00e4\u00e4n aina kuolleet hirtt\u00e4miseen)<\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n

Tapauksesta l\u00e4htien marraskuun viidenten\u00e4 on Britanniassa juhlittu kuninkaan pelastumista salamurhalta sytytt\u00e4m\u00e4ll\u00e4 kokkoja ja polttamalla Guy Fawkes-nukkeja niiss\u00e4. Nykyisin my\u00f6s ilotulitukset ovat suosittuja kokkojen sijaan. Tapana on my\u00f6s ollut ett\u00e4 lapset seisovat Guy-nuken kanssa kadunkulmassa ker\u00e4\u00e4m\u00e4ss\u00e4 rahaa (“Penny for a guy?”)<\/strong><\/span>. Mit\u00e4 hienompi nukke, sit\u00e4 enemm\u00e4n rahaa. Kolikoilla on sitten ostettu ilotulitteita (tai karkkia kuten is\u00e4nt\u00e4)<\/strong><\/span>. Itse Ruutikapinaa on k\u00e4ytetty hyvin v\u00e4h\u00e4n modernissa viihteess\u00e4, mutta Guy Fawkes-naamarit<\/a> ovat varmasti l\u00e4hes kaikille tuttuja, jos ei muualta niin ainakin V niinkuin verikosto-leffasta. Vaikka nykyisin Guy Fawkesin todellista osallisuutta kapinaan on jopa ep\u00e4ilty, h\u00e4nest\u00e4 on muodostunut vallankumouksen ja modernin kapinan esikuva.<\/p>\n

Kekri<\/strong><\/span>
\nEurooppalainen maatalousyhteis\u00f6jen syysjuhla. Kekrin aika kest\u00e4\u00e4 Mikkelinp\u00e4iv\u00e4st\u00e4 entiseen Pyh\u00e4inmiesten-, nykyiseen Pyh\u00e4inp\u00e4iv\u00e4\u00e4n (31.10-6.11)<\/strong><\/span> ja merkitsee jonkin p\u00e4\u00e4ttymist\u00e4. Se oli sadonkorjuun aikaa ja karjamarkkinoiden sesonkia. Alunperin suomalainen kekri ei ollut vainajien muistojuhla, vaan on muodostunut sellaiseksi my\u00f6hemmin kun kirkollinen pyh\u00e4inp\u00e4iv\u00e4 sattuu (miten paljon sattumaa t\u00e4m\u00e4 on, on tietysti arvailujen varassa, yhden teorian mukaan kirkko j\u00e4rjesti omat juhlapyh\u00e4ns\u00e4 samoihin ajankohtiin pakanallisten kanssa saadakseen tavallisen kansan kirkkoon)<\/strong><\/span> samaan ajankohtaan. Kekriperinteisiin kuuluivat naamiaisasuiset kekripukit jotka kiersiv\u00e4t taloissa etsim\u00e4ss\u00e4 kestityst\u00e4. Kekrin viettoon kuului runsas sadonkoruuateria, leikkej\u00e4, loitsuja ja lauluja jotka kirkko my\u00f6hemmin kielsi pakanallisena taikauskona.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Meill\u00e4 juhlitaan t\u00e4n\u00e4 vuonna Halloweenia Kokkoy\u00f6n\u00e4. Se v\u00e4h\u00e4n kuin sitoo yhteen englantilaisen kokkoy\u00f6n, suomalaisen kekrin ja Halloweenin. Vaikka modernit halloween-perinteet ovat varsin amerikkalaisia, juhlan historia juontuu jo antiikin Rooman juhlapyhist\u00e4, kelttil\u00e4isess\u00e4 mytologiassa ja pakanallisessa Samhain-juhlasta. Katolilaiset juhlivat pyh\u00e4in ja marttyyrien p\u00e4iv\u00e4\u00e4 1.11 ja Latinalaisessa Amerikassa se tunnetaan nimell\u00e4 Kuolleiden p\u00e4iv\u00e4, Dia de los muertos.\u00a0Vastaavia pyh\u00e4inp\u00e4ivi\u00e4 l\u00f6ytyy l\u00e4hes kaikista kulttuureista, eri nimill\u00e4, kun taas Halloweenia juhlitaan perinteisesti pyh\u00e4inp\u00e4iv\u00e4n aattona.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Kurpitsan teurastus on sotkuista puuhaa, kurpitsan mehu v\u00e4rj\u00e4\u00e4
\nvaatteet ja ty\u00f6tasot. \/<\/strong><\/span>
\nSlaughtering pumpkin is messy, juice stains your
\nclothes and counter tops.<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Halusin kokeilla ensimm\u00e4ist\u00e4 kertaa kurpitsalyhdyn tekemist\u00e4 joten hommasin kaupasta talvikurpitsan. Vinkkin\u00e4 ja varoituksena niille jotka eiv\u00e4t viel\u00e4 ole hommaa kokeilleet; jos haluat kokata kurpitsasta ruokaa ja haluat s\u00e4\u00e4st\u00e4\u00e4 “kuoret” kurpitsalyhdyksi, hanki kunnon ty\u00f6kalut. Kurpitsa on oikeasti aika kovaa tavaraa sis\u00e4lt\u00e4 joten sen kovertaminen on ty\u00f6l\u00e4st\u00e4. Lusikka on jokseenkin turha, sill\u00e4 saa vain k\u00e4mmenens\u00e4 kipe\u00e4ksi. J\u00e4\u00e4tel\u00f6kauha on kohtalaisen k\u00e4tev\u00e4 jos se on reunoista suht ter\u00e4v\u00e4. Itse totesin tehokkaimmaksi ty\u00f6kaluksi omenaporan. Sen harkotettu reuna pureutui kurpitsaan parhaiten, tosin pitk\u00e4n ty\u00f6kalun saaminen pienen kurpitsan sis\u00e4\u00e4n on hankalaa. Osta siis iso kurpitsa. Jos sen sijaan et v\u00e4lit\u00e4 ruuasta vaan haluat vain fiilistell\u00e4 hienoa lyhty\u00e4, ty\u00f6kaluiksi riitt\u00e4\u00e4 aloittelijalle viisipiikkinen ja lyhytter\u00e4inen veitsi. Isossa maailmassa toki myyd\u00e4\u00e4n ihan erityisi\u00e4 kurpitsankaiverrusty\u00f6kaluja joilla homma k\u00e4y k\u00e4tevimmin.<\/p>\n

Kurpitsan sis\u00e4ll\u00f6st\u00e4 syntyi maukasta kurpitsa-bataattikeittoa jonka ohje l\u00f6ytyy Valion sivuilta<\/a>. Itse tosin ter\u00e4stin makua raastamalla joukkoon pienen palan tuoretta inkiv\u00e4\u00e4ri\u00e4. Siit\u00e4 tuli niin hyv\u00e4\u00e4 ett\u00e4 varmasti valmistan sit\u00e4 my\u00f6s ensivuonna (kunhan olen hommannut parempia ty\u00f6kaluja)<\/strong><\/span>. Kurpitsansiemenet paahdoin uunissa herkulliseksi snacksiksi, jotka hupenevat n\u00e4emm\u00e4 parempiin suihin (eli minun)<\/strong><\/span> alta aikayksik\u00f6n. P\u00e4iv\u00e4lliseksi meill\u00e4 on tarjolla hirvipaistia ja illalla sytyt\u00e4n kynttil\u00e4n Guy Fawkes-kurpitsalyhtyyn. Ohje kurpitsansiemeniin t\u00e4ss\u00e4:<\/p>\n

Paahdetut kurpitsansiemenet<\/strong><\/span>
\noliivi\u00f6ljy\u00e4
\nkurpitsansiemeni\u00e4
\nsuolaa
\nvalkosipulijauhetta
\nmustapippuria<\/p>\n

Irrota oranssi rihmasto siemenist\u00e4 ja liota niit\u00e4 hetki kylm\u00e4ss\u00e4 vedess\u00e4. Huuhtele siemenet puhtaaksi l\u00e4vik\u00f6ss\u00e4 ja levit\u00e4 sen j\u00e4lkeen keitti\u00f6pyyhkeen p\u00e4\u00e4lle kuivumaan y\u00f6n yli. Levit\u00e4 kuivat siemenet uunipellille ja lorauta p\u00e4\u00e4lle noin pari ruokalusikallista oliivi\u00f6ljy\u00e4. Mausta oman maun mukaan. Min\u00e4 ripottelin pinnalle suolaa, valkosipulijauhetta ja rouhittua mustapippuria. Paahda uunissa noin sadassa asteessa kunnes ovat kullanruskeita. Voit tarvittaessa k\u00e4\u00e4nnell\u00e4 niit\u00e4 tasaisemman lopputuloksen saamiseksi. Min\u00e4 totta puhuakseni unohdin ne uuniin, joten en osaa sanoa kauanko siin\u00e4 tarkalleen ottaen meni, ehk\u00e4 tunnin tai pari. Tarkkaile paahtamisen aikana, uuneissakin voi olla eroja.<\/p>\n

Paahdetut siemenet voi nauttia sellaisenaan tai vaikka kurpitsakeiton p\u00e4\u00e4ll\u00e4 (tosin ne menett\u00e4v\u00e4t rapsakkuutensa hetken keitossa lilluttuaan)<\/strong><\/span>. Paahdetut siemenet s\u00e4ilyv\u00e4t ilmatiiviiss\u00e4 astiassa noin viikon-pari.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Paahdetut siemenet ovat sy\u00f6t\u00e4v\u00e4n hyvi\u00e4! \/<\/strong><\/span>
\nRoasted seeds are so good!<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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October-November is one of my favourite time of the year. When nights get darker you can see stars again, after long bright Summer (here in the countryside we can even see the Milkyway!)<\/strong><\/span>. You can light candles and hang season lights inside and out. October is my birth month, so obviously it’s my favourite. But also it has Halloween (which I love)<\/strong><\/span> and Finnish Kekri. November 5th we have British Bonfire night. It is time to remember the Gunpowder plot, when catholics were trying to explode the House of Lords in 1605. Rebellion was a failure and guilty ones were captured. Guy Fawkes was seen as the designer of the plot and he and his mates were arrested and sentenced to have the most horrible punishment of all. They were hanged, drawn and quartered. Two of the latter happened when person was still alive (so not all prisoners necessarily died on hanging)<\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n

Since that day people have celebrated the King’s escape of assassin by burning Guy Fawkes-dolls on bonfires on November 5th. Fireworks are also popular replacement for bonfires. Apparently the habit has also been that kids display their Guy-dummy at the street corner and collect money (“Penny for a guy?”)<\/strong><\/span>. The better the dummy, more money they got. They they used the coins to buy fireworks (or sweeties, like my hubby apparently did)<\/strong><\/span>. The actual Gunpowder plot is not very much used in modern entertainment, however most people recognize the Guy Fawkes masks<\/a> atleast from the V for Vengeance-movie. His part on the actual treason has been doubted later on, but even so he has turned into role model of revolution and modern mutiny.<\/p>\n

Kekri<\/strong><\/span>
\nIt is the Finnish and European Autumnal celebration of agricultural societies. Kekri starts on 31. of October and finishes on 6th of November. It means and ending of the farmers year, ending of the harvest season and time of cattle market. Originally Finnish Kekri was not to commemorate the dead, but it turned into such later when church holiday happened\u00a0 (how much of a co-incident it is, is only a guess, according to one theory religious holidays were put to same dates as pagan so church would get ordinary people to go to masses) to appear at the same time. Kekri traditions include kekri goat costumes. People would dress up in them and go from house to house, demanding a feast. Other traditions included harvest feast, games, songs and spells, which church later banned as pagan hocus pocus.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

We are celebrating the Halloween on Bonfire Night. It sort of combines the English Bonfire Night, Finnish Kekri and Halloween. Even though modern Halloween traditions are very American, the history of it goes all the way back to Roman festivities, Celtic mythology and pagan Samhain. Catholics celebrate their Saints and martyrs day on 1.11 and in Latin America the day is known as Day of the Dead, Dia de los Muertos. Similar things can be found pretty much in every culture around the world, with different names, however Halloween is celebrated traditionally on the eve of All Saint’s day or All Hallow’s day.<\/p>\n

I wanted to try first time carving the jack-o-lantern for the season. So I bought a winter pumpkin. As a tip and a warning for those who have not yet done it: if you want to make food of your pumpkin and also turn it into a jack-o-lantern, get proper tools. Pumpkins are actually rather hard inside so carving the pumpkin flesh for food is pretty hard. Plain spoon is pretty much useless, you only get the palm of your hand sore. Ice cream scoop is handy, if it’s sharp enough on the edges. I found the most usefull tool at hand to be the apple corer. It was biting the pumpkin pretty good, even though it was too long to fit inside my little pumpkin. So buy a larger pumpkin. If you want just to get a cool jack-o-lantern, your own hand and knife with small blade are enough for a starter. Or you can also spend your money on fancy pumpkin carving set.<\/p>\n

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Kurpitsaty\u00f6kalut, jokseenkin hy\u00f6dytt\u00f6mi\u00e4 paitsi omenapora. \/<\/strong><\/span>
\nPumpkin tools, pretty useles except the apple corer.<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

I turned the insides of the pumpkin into delicious pumpkin-sweet potato soup, which I spiced up with grated fresh ginger. Recipe came from the online recipe page of Finnish Valio, but you can find the translation at the end of this post. Pumpkin seeds I roasted in the oven. They turned out really lovely and apparently I am eating them like candy now. For dinner we are having a moose roast and I have my Guy Fawkes- jack-o-lantern ready for the evening. Here’s the recipe for pumpin seeds:<\/p>\n

Roasted pumpkin seeds<\/strong><\/span>
\nolive oil
\npumpin seeds
\nsalt
\ngarlic powder
\nblack pepper<\/p>\n

Clean\u00a0the seeds of\u00a0the orange stringy pulp. Soak seeds little while in a bowl of cold water. Then rinse them in a sieve properly. Spread seeds on kitchen towel and let them dry overnight. Then spread them on the oven pan and drizzle about two table spoons of olive oil on top. Season to your liking, I used salt, garlic powder and ground black pepper. Roast in the oven in 100 degrees of Celcius untill golden brown. To tell the truth, I sort of forgot them in the oven so I don’t really know how long they were there. An hour or more perhaps. Keep an eye on them during roasting to make them perfect and you can turn them around every now and then to get more even roast.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Eat them as a snack as they are or sprinkle ontop pumpkin soup (allthough they tend to loose their crunchyness when they soak in the soup for awhile)<\/strong><\/span>. Roasted pumpkin seeds stay good in airtight container for about a week or two.<\/p>\n

And then the soup recipe by Valio<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Pumpkin-sweet potato soup<\/strong><\/span>
\n500 grams of pumpkin
\n500 grams of sweet potato
\n8-10 deciliters of water
\n1 pot of vegetable or chicken stock
\n1 ml of ground nutmeg
\n1 teaspoon of salt
\nblack pepper
\n2,5 dl of double cream<\/p>\n

Cut the pumpkin and sweet potato into small cubes (or what ever the shape it comes from your pumpkin carving)<\/strong><\/span>. Add them into the boiling vegetable stock and allow to simmer until thoroughly cooked. Take off the stove and puree with food processor or wand blender. Season to your liking. I also added small lump of grated fresh ginger to the mix while it was boiling. Add cream and bring to boil. Serve hot with dollop of creme fraiche ontop and freshly baked roll.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Inkiv\u00e4\u00e4rill\u00e4 maustettu kurpitsa-bataattikeitto on parasta kasviskeittoa<\/strong><\/span>
\njota olen ikin\u00e4 tehnyt. Ranskankerman kanssa tietysti! \/<\/strong><\/span>
\nPumpkin-sweet potato soup, spiced with fresh ginger is the best<\/strong><\/span><\/em>
\nvegetable soup I have ever made. With creme fraiche of course.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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\n

“Remember, remember
\nthe fifth of November
\nthe Gunpowder treason and plot.
\nI see no reason,
\nwhy gunpowder treason
\nShould ever be forgot”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Loka-marraskuu on er\u00e4s lemppariajankohdistani vuodenkierrossa. Illat pimenev\u00e4t ja t\u00e4hdet ovat taas valoisan kes\u00e4n j\u00e4lkeen n\u00e4ht\u00e4viss\u00e4 (t\u00e4\u00e4ll\u00e4 maalla n\u00e4kyy jopa linnunrata!). Voi polttaa kynttil\u00f6it\u00e4 lyhdyiss\u00e4 ja ripustaa tunnelmavaloja ulos ja sis\u00e4lle. Lokakuu itseoikeutetusti tietysti syntt\u00e4rikuukautenani on suosikki. Sen lis\u00e4ksi my\u00f6s Halloween (jota rakastan) ja supisuomalainen kekri osuvat sinne. Marraskuussa karnevaali jatkuu sill\u00e4 Englannissa vietet\u00e4\u00e4n 5.11 erityist\u00e4… <\/p>\n

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