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Fun Facts about Pumpkins.

Fun Pumpkin Facts.

The Irish brought the tradition of pumpkin carving to America. It started with the carving of turnips. When the Irish immigrated to the U.S., they found pumpkins a plenty and they were much easier to carve.

Colonists sliced off pumpkin tops: removed seeds and filled the insides with milk, spices and honey. This was baked in hot ashes and is the origin of the pumpkin pie.

Native Americans flattened strips of pumpkins, dried them and made mats.

Pumpkins are a fruit and their flowers are edible.

The name pumpkin originated from “pepon” – the Greek word for large melon.

Total U.S. pumpkin production in 2008 (in major pumpkin producing states) was valued at 141 Million Dollars.

The largest pumpkin pie ever made weighed over 350 pounds. It used 80 pounds of cooked pumpkin, 36 pounds of sugar, and 12 dozen eggs, and took six hours to bake (no report on the time it took to eat)…But I bet it was a lot less than 6 hours.

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Posted by Steve Loynd/ 800-926-5653, White Mountains NH on 10/26/2009 04:19 PM

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25 Comments on Fun Facts about Pumpkins.

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Great seasonal trivia - thanks for positng.

Great Trivia to get us all in mood for Fall! Now I need to go out and buy a few pumpkins :)

Thanks for the break in my day. Now, I have something to quiz my 5th grader on instead of the other way around. lol.

where'd they make that pie.

they just don't look right down here. my brain seems to tell me the air should be cool and crisp when there's a pumpkin on the doorstep.

and we don't usually have any dew to have on the pumpkin. i mean what's a pumpkin without dew?

Greg... Both sides of my family immigrated from Ireland, and we grew up not to far from Plymouth plantation in Massachusetts...SO we covered the Irish, colonists and the native Americans, all that was left to do was eat the pie. Good Luck on your quiz...Steve

Jay...as a true Irishmen I'm used to the "dew", but prefer a Guinness stout.

If they put that huge pie in one of those food eating contests, one of those skinny Japanese food eating champions would probably polish it off in nothing flat.

Steve.. This is right in line with my trivia question of last week.. of the World Record for the largest pumpkin.

There is one thing I did not know.. You can eat the flower of the pumpkin I *DO* have a question... what stove is large enough to fit that pie into?

valerie osterhoudt

Melissa...I can see the skinny Kid trying to polish me off...but I love pumpkin pie, and make mine from scratch.

Wondrous facts for a great time of year, thanks, Steve!

Some very interesting facts that I didn't know. Can't believe someone would make a pumpkin pie that HUGE! LOL

Sincerely,

Kathleen

I think Pumpkin Pie is my favorite pie. I'm not sure I would like the Colonists' version though!

Sharon...I would try this version if I was a colonist...or a survivalist.

I do love pumpkin pie and this time of the year it tastes even better.

OCT

Holy cow - I never knew any of that! This is a great "fun fact" post and I am going to HAVE to reblog it - Thanks, Steve!!!!!

Terry & Bonnie...and Leesa, What can I say I like pie!!

Steve - You're just full of fun facts... lol I too am a guinees stout guy.....

I never knew half this stuff but I never was a big pumkin fan soo..... Good stuff though....

My family ate pumpkin pie with slabs of honey (in the comb from our own hives) on top!

Bob...I'm prepared to talk about any fruit you like - over a Guinness, seriously you pick!

Betty - I never would have guessed you to be a Colonist :o) ...thanks for stopping by I appreciate hearing from you. Steve

Steve: Thank you for that delectable information!

Now I'm hungry!

Now featured on the Optimist Group, so other members could get their appetites going.

This part really intrigues me:

Colonists sliced off pumpkin tops: removed seeds and filled the insides with milk, spices and honey. This was baked in hot ashes and is the origin of the pumpkin pie.

Steve...intersting tidbits. The pioneers ate most anything they could to survive. The had to get creative.

Mirela...Thanks I appreciate the feature, these were fun little facts. Steve

Bill... I hadn't really thought of that...the Colonist probably eat bugs, roots, bark and all kinds of gross stuff . guess that's why they celebrated Thanksgiving... when the crops and hunting were plentiful. P.S. pass the Pumpkin Pie!!

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