Jack Monroe’s pumpkin and sultana scones recipe — theguardian.com

I missed out on the fun of Halloween as a child, growing up in a household with strict Christian sensibilities – but I don’t carry around any huge emotional trauma from a childhood bereft of dressing up in ghoulish costumes, hollowing out pumpkins or knocking on strangers’ doors in the dark. The Halloween parties I attended in my late teens were less trick-or-treat focused, and more about raiding parents’ drinks cabinets.

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