Le Mysterieux Carnival-- The Psychic Palate

****this post will remain at the top of this blog until Saturday Oct 13, PLEASE scroll down for new posts****

Good Morning and welcome one and all!

I am Esmeralda, it is my pleasure to serve you :)

However, my assistant is ill today, so I am working on my own. My Booth is still not ready for visitors, but I will be ready for readings and late lunch and dinner later on. Please come back as I will be having some giveaways and a freebie!

Please Take this silver admittance ticket so you will be allowed to roam freely among the carnival!

 Here is the invite also so you can visit all the booths, sideshows, rides, attractions and other glorious frivolities. 

I would like to thank our owners and hosts:

Frosted Petunias and Incipient Wings

I will be back shortly with my booth and offerings!

Good Afternoon and welcome to 

THE PSYCHIC PALATE!! 

 

Are you brave enough for a reading?

 After all this is a MYSTERIOUS carnival. Do not fear, the karma here is good and your Aura is bright with life and energy!

There is much we can do here for you, try to contact lost loved ones, a tarot reading. Answer some direct questions. Let's not forget to have a bite to eat either.

 We can try and summon an ancestor or lost loved one, perhaps. We need to meditate on only that person, and stare into this Scrying mirror.

 Sometimes a Crystal ball will do the same thing, or show something coming up in your future, or Someone coming!

 If your mind is clear and your energy high, we can try to use the moonstone pendulum, and ask some direct questions.

We can have a bite to eat first if you like.

this all seeing eye pie, is lime- mmmm!

This Fickle finger of FATE cake is a confectioners dream!

(and a secret family recipe)

Something more nutritious?

we have three kind of HANDwiches today:

Chicken and Cranberry salad

Egg Salad

and 

Smoked Turkey and Lorraine Swiss 

with tomato & onion Guacamole

I find this fare to work wonderfully with the body for doing psychic work!

My energy is a bit low right now, from all work putting my booth up and preparing the food, as I said my assistant is not with me today.  Not to fear, Esmeralda has everything under control, and you will see me later filled with life, energy and love! 

If you need something to help calm your nerves before a reading try one of our fantastic 

BLACK WIDOW MARTINIs

Be sure to use a napkin, as to not dirty the cards or pendulum.

Ahhh, here is my last visitor. See how satisfied he looks?

Mr. Pico had a lunch of turkey and chicken salad, and a sample lick or two of the martini. This was followed up with a tarot reading which was much to his liking.

AH, ok a Martini to go, so you can get your courage up. That is fine, please come back soon and have a sandwich or a piece of pie.

I'll share something with you, a secret...

When the tents come down and the animals are caged, and it is time for the carnival to move on, one of my lucky visitors will receive this Halloween Carnival ACEO and the large Esmeralda image colored and finished.

This post will remain at the top of my blog for a week, a winner will be chosen on Saturday night  (10-13) at approx midnight.

In the meantime something for all my visitors:

Black Widow Martinis

prep time: 10 minutes

start to finish 10 minutes

servings: 3  (I only got 2...but they are big glasses)

3/4 cup pomegranate or grape juice

2 tbsp course sugar 

ice cubes

1/2 cup vodka

1/4 raspberry liqueur

1/8 tsp black paste food color

3 or more plastic spider rings

1. pour 1 tbsp of the juice on a small plate. In the center of another plate sprinkle the course sugar. Turn martini glass upisde down in the juice and cover all of the rim, let it drip there a bit. Once covered dip the rim of the glass in the course sugar. Spinning it back and forth or moving it around until it is covered. Repeat with other glasses.

2. Fill shaker with Ice, add remaining juice, vodka, liqueur, and food color. Shake well. Strain from mixer into glasses. Garnish with spider rings.

*For a spookier looking glass dip the rim in red course(decorator) sugar

MINE:  I used Grape juice & Pomegranate liqueur

also:  my supermarket did NOT carry course sugar, so I didn't even look for the paste food color, I went into A. C. Moore (like Michael's) and got the sugar and thick gel food coloring in the Wilton's section.

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 ALL SEEING EYE PIE aka Jello light n fruity pie 

1 box 3oz. jello (I use sugar free)

1 8oz. container of cool whip thawed (NOW I use sugar free) 

1 graham cracker crust

2/3 c boiling water

2 cups ice cubes

Place jello into a medium mixing bowl, boil the water, stir the jello and water until dissolved.  Add in the 2 cups ice cubes, keep stirring and mixing around. The jello will begin to thicken, when it reaches it's maximum thickness, remove the left over ice cubes. Fold in the cool whip, keep folding until the jello and cool whip are well mixed, drop and spoon into the crust. refrigerate until ready to serve.

* This ALWAYS goes over big, I usually make 2 at once...Lime and Orange are our family's fav flavors. 

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I hope you enjoyed your visit here at my booth, the next time you see me I'll be full of color!

Much Love and Light upon you! 

xoxo,

Esmeralda 

Thanks for visiting!

Many Blessings upon you,

Susan

Acknowledgments:

Esmeralda is a licensed image by Rick St. Dennis, I have purchased it.

The "Carnie" images on the Carnival sign are licensed images by Smeared Ink, I was given them, because I am a member of the design team that used them.

The recipe for the BLACK WIDOW Martinis came from  Pillsbury "Your best ever Halloween"

The recipe for my ALL SEEING EYE PIE (jello light n fruity pie) was acquired from a woman's day magazine more than 20 years ago!

The wonderful Letters for the carnival sign and for my booth were made by a fellow artist and friend; Tristan Robin Blakemen as a custom Etsy order.  THANK YOU SO MUCH TRISTAN!  they are wonderful! (I hope they repeat this hop next year so I can use them again!)