Does anyone carve pumpkins?

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My youngest son & I carved these a lil while ago while helping SWMBO prep for later. Need some better night shots later...
 
Nice! Here are ours.

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You should've tossed the guts & seeds in with'em, then cover with leaves, lawn clippings etc to about 15". The lil pumpkin plants will peek through the melting snow. I used to do that...
 
unionrdr said:
You should've tossed the guts & seeds in with'em, then cover with leaves, lawn clippings etc to about 15". The lil pumpkin plants will peek through the melting snow. I used to do that...
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We cut up the pumpkins, roast 'em and then puree them. Easy way to add body and veggies to many, many meals. Like chilli, stew, cakes, breads, etc.
 
I carved a couple. One creepy one, one fun one, and one was just claws tearing through the pumpkin. This is the only one I took a picture of. We didnt' get them carved until way after dark on Halloween, so they just sit dark on the front patio until time to go into the compost pile.

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Melana said:
I always cook sugar pumpkins but these aren't as good to eat. I got rid of them because they were starting to get slimy.
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We roast the seeds and eat those, but the pumpkins go over the wall. The javelinas will eat them.
 
Roadie said:
Went to carve mine on Halloween and it was rotting from the inside out. Very soft almost tissue paper thin in spots and gross inside. All that made carving it a real b!tch.

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Had one of those this year when we helped my nieces carve them. Picked one up and the bottom (and guts) stayed on the ground. Yuck.
 
DrunkleJon said:
Had one of those this year when we helped my nieces carve them. Picked one up and the bottom (and guts) stayed on the ground. Yuck.
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The inside of the pumpkin was green and there was fluid inside it. No time left to get another. I carved Yoda into it but it took me twice as long for 1/2 as good of a job. Luckily I've never had that happen before.
 
 
pictures from yesterday. the grey pumpkin was a pain, my 8 year old helped for the first time this year. she did pretty good.

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