{"id":19725,"date":"2023-10-16T07:43:36","date_gmt":"2023-10-16T11:43:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/?p=19725"},"modified":"2023-10-16T07:43:36","modified_gmt":"2023-10-16T11:43:36","slug":"spooky-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/?p=19725","title":{"rendered":"Spooky Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>(Click on any image to view it in high resolution.)<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_4255-use-edited-1440.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_4255-use-edited-1440.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1440\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19723\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_4255-use-edited-1440.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_4255-use-edited-1440-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_4255-use-edited-1440-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_4255-use-edited-1440-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_4255-use-edited-1440-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This post is dedicated to someone who loves Spooky Season as much as I love Christmas. Her devotion to all things pumpkin-spice rivals my passion for eggnog. I get it: these ephemeral seasons only come around once a year, and we are obliged to indulge enthusiastically before they evanesce.<\/p>\n<p>But because my focus is all about international treats and since Spooky Szn is as American as apple \u2013 er, pumpkin \u2013 pie, I\u2019ve never been able to write about it here and still stay within my rubric.<\/p>\n<p>Until now.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_4258-use-edited-1440.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_4258-use-edited-1440.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1440\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19724\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_4258-use-edited-1440.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_4258-use-edited-1440-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_4258-use-edited-1440-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_4258-use-edited-1440-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_4258-use-edited-1440-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I spotted these dim sum at the Main Street level grab-n-go outpost of Royal Queen Restaurant in Flushing. They\u2019re not pumpkin flavored of course and they\u2019re not filled with candy, but they <em>are <\/em>filled with sweet bean paste so as far as I\u2019m concerned we have an acceptable crossover here.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_4515-edited-3-1440.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_4515-edited-3-1440.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1440\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19722\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_4515-edited-3-1440.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_4515-edited-3-1440-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_4515-edited-3-1440-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_4515-edited-3-1440-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_4515-edited-3-1440-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nCouldn\u2019t resist taking a minute to PShop it a bit! \ud83c\udf83<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spooky Season? 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