The Surprising History of Pumpkins
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Published 2021-09-24
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All Comments (20)
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Pumpkins are my favorite plant related thing. Even without being carved there’s just something charming about the big orange gourd.
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Cooked dinner outside over the fire last night. I love autumn
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pumpkins are just so viscerally appealing for some reason. just holding one makes things right in the world
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I love fall, simply because I get to see these funny orange lads. They are so nice! In our garden, once a Pumpkin is harvested, we roast some of the seeds, make a pie, carve it, dry it, and later use it as a bird feeder.
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My Dad once told me they where selectively breed from potatoes, in Ireland, by a guy named Jack, of the O'lanten clan, and I believed him for a lot longer than I'm willing to admit.
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These videos are sadly underrated, making history enjoyable to understand is a hard thing to do.
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Giant pumpkin grower here. At the time of this video the record for a giant pumpkin was actually 2624 pounds not 2324. As of yesterday September 26 2121 the new record is now 2702 pounds grown by an Italian man.
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in addition to “pumpion”, “Pumpkin” may come from the Wampanoag word “pôhpukun” (literally:”grows forth round”), they’re also the creators of the word “moose”
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Whoever invented pumpkin pie is a legend
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Pumpkin pie, pumpkin soup, pumpkin bread, I LOVE PUMPKIN! 🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃
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Ah yes, pumpkins. The sort of quality content is the reason I subscribed for.
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Why do so many people always assume that everyone is sad when summer ends? Some of us hate summer, and fall and winter are our happy time.
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"field pumpkins" are usually not eaten they are used as decorations and animal feed. "pie pumpkins" are usually C. maxima like the cinderella pumpkin, which is really just an heirloom pie pumpkin. In modern times they have cultivars specifically for producing pie fillings industrially.
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What do you use to fix a broken jack o lantern? A pumpkin patch! Why was Cinderella so bad at sports? Because she had a pumpkin for a coach!
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Another fun fact: the "pumpkins" used for canned Pumpkin made by Sara Lee are actually specially bred butternut squash. My uncle worked in the factory in Illinois.
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All the great foods that came from Mexico, that is amazing 👍
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This is DEFINITELY NOT a sad part of the year. Fall is my favorite
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One of the best thing about growing Pumpkins (and other squashes) is that their flowers are edible and taste amazing. Each vine produces flowers many times throughout the season. Squash vines in general are a very giving plant.
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Except in pumpkin pie I had never eaten pumpkin until I lived in Australia and then fell in love with roasted pumpkin
