Pumpkin Seeds and SoPo Blackout

Pumpkin Seeds and SoPo Blackout

Well, it’s been a long week here.  We didn’t get it nearly as bad as many others and are thankful for that.  The storm surge came in over the Seaport and up to the new post office on Pearl Street, a couple blocks East of us near the Korean fried chicken place. Fortunately we’re on a little incline and our building stayed dry.  But the seawater fried all the circuits and power was out in our part of SoPo for 6 days – no water (only went up to floor 5), no subways, no elevators, no cellphone service, etc. Still don’t have heat or hot water (the steam is a different system – much of NYC actually runs on steam), but at least our little piece of the city is starting to get back to normal.  Of course Halloween got cancelled, and the tot didn’t get to trot out her awesome witch costume with green face makeup — Elphaba from Wicked.  Though before the wind came and the lights went out, we did get to carve pumpkins — and cook up some seeds.

The Goods:

• Pumpkin seeds, rinsed and dried well
• Canola or peanut oil
• Kosher salt

The Execution:

The Takeaway: