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nredman · 08:17 PM

this weekend the wife and i are planning to carve pumpkins. going get one of those patterns kits from the store. was wondering if anyone has any good recipes for toasting pumpkin seeds besides the normal oil & salt. anyone else going to carve pumpkins this year? maybe make an apple logo

Carving Pumpkins this weekend

haha you put craving instead of carving haha shut up

smacintush · Sep 30, 2004, 07:55 PM

I never crave pumpkins. They are just not tasty enough to crave. Maybe I'll try craving them next year.

Yose · Sep 30, 2004, 07:58 PM

Originally posted by smacintush:
I never crave pumpkins. They are just not tasty enough to crave. Maybe I'll try craving them next year.

Muhaha.

d4nth3m4n · Sep 30, 2004, 08:17 PM

this early? we dont dare here in NY, one good frost and they're mush.

TheBadgerHunter · Sep 30, 2004, 08:28 PM

Originally posted by d4nth3m4n:
this early? we dont dare here in NY, one good frost and they're mush.

Strangely convenient.

AKcrab · Sep 30, 2004, 08:29 PM

Moose love pumpkin.

fireside · Sep 30, 2004, 10:07 PM

why are you carving pumpkins a month in advance? won't they rot or something.

ManOfSteal · Sep 30, 2004, 10:34 PM

Jaey · Sep 30, 2004, 10:38 PM

Originally posted by manofsteal:
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Damn straight.

Pumpkin pie = kick ass

andi*pandi · Sep 30, 2004, 10:43 PM

Ya know, those pumpkin kits with the wittle saws are cheating. To carve a pumpkin you need:

one large steak knife
one small paring knife
one old-fashioned veggie peeler
two metal spoons
two large bowls
and a shish kebab skewer.

As for the seeds, I just use salt. Tho I did try a recipe one year for Pumpkin Seed brittle, it was pretty yum. It was a Martha Thing.

We will wait a little longer to buy pumpkins, and definitly not carve until the week before Halloween, or else there'd be a rotty soggy pumpkin just inviting neighborhood hooligans to smash it.

moonmonkey · Sep 30, 2004, 11:33 PM

Originally posted by manofsteal:

I though pumpkin pie has maple syrup on top?

Maybe I'm hanging around with to many canadians.

Rev-O · Sep 30, 2004, 11:47 PM

From Extreme Pumpkins. Sure everyone's seen it, but still good for a chuckle.

Jansar · Oct 1, 2004, 06:18 PM

Whoops. Wrong Pumpkins.

iREZ · Oct 1, 2004, 06:59 PM

^^^WEENIE^^^

AKcrab · Oct 1, 2004, 07:50 PM

Originally posted by moonmonkey:
I though pumpkin pie has maple syrup on top?

Maybe I'm hanging around with to many canadians.

I bet you put gravy on your fries, too.

TheBadgerHunter · Oct 1, 2004, 07:58 PM

nredman · Oct 1, 2004, 08:03 PM

Originally posted by TheBadgerHunter:

sweet....but you have to roast those seeds

Shaddim · Oct 1, 2004, 10:04 PM

Originally posted by manofsteal:

New Hotness!

sorry, couldn't help myself...

TheBadgerHunter · Oct 1, 2004, 11:11 PM

I think I'm going to make pumpkin pies and tarts until the 11th.

For you pumpkin fetish: http://fooddownunder.com/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=pumpkin

Note: link does NOT contain pumpkin porn, weirdo

Gankdawg · Oct 1, 2004, 11:12 PM

Originally posted by manofsteal:

I'd hit it.

ManOfSteal · Oct 1, 2004, 11:13 PM

Originally posted by Gankdawg:
I'd hit it.

I'd Eat It.�

Shaddim · Oct 2, 2004, 12:31 PM

An oldie, but a goodie.

Police arrested Patrick Lawrence, a 22-year-old white male, resident of Dacula, GA, in a pumpkin patch at 11:38 p.m. Friday. Lawrence will be charged with lewd and lascivious behavior, public indecency, and public intoxication at the Gwinnett County courthouse on Monday.

The suspect allegedly stated that as he was passing a pumpkin patch, he decided to stop. "You know, a pumpkin is soft and squishy inside, and there was no one around here for miles. At least I thought there wasn't," he stated in a phone interview from the jail.

Lawrence went on to state that he pulled over to the side of the road, picked out a pumpkin that he felt was appropriate to his purposes, cut a hole in it, and proceeded to satisfy his alleged "need." "I guess I was just really into it, you know?" he commented with evident embarrassment.

In the process, Lawrence apparently failed to notice the Gwinnett County police car approaching and was unaware of his audience until officer Brenda Taylor approached him. "It was an unusual situation, that's for sure," said officer Taylor. "I walked up to (Lawrence) and he's...just working away at this pumpkin."

Taylor went on to describe what happened when she approached Lawrence. "I just went up and said, 'Excuse me sir, but do you realize that you are screwing a pumpkin?' He got real surprised, as you'd expect, and then looked me straight in the face and said, "A pumpkin? Damn...is it midnight already?"

nredman · Oct 2, 2004, 03:55 PM

after reading some sites online i dont think i will carve pumpkins this early, cause then it will be rotten before halloween. picked up some cool looking kits today though. anyways thanks for the tips