Domestic Halloween

One of the greatest joys of Halloween (as I was growing up) was eating chilli on Halloween night. It was a special meal for the occasion. In New York we were more liberal with our chilli eating and had it quite often in the colder months. I was able to find most of the ingredients I needed - even jalapenos (at Tesco's no less!) and tonight I made a big pot of chilli. I even took a picture of it, for everyone's benefit:

I also took a picture of a box of cereal I bought here. Not quite Count Chocula (my favorite Halloween 

cereal) but this is quite tasty:

One more thing: mother sent me some great Halloween paper plates: here they are (with digestive biscuits!):