There is a thing called "Pumpkin"

[woodbutcher]

Ok so am guilty of growing this object , can't think what possessed me !
My Swedish partner called me this morning while she was on horse feeding duty and said "why don't we have pumpkin soup for lunch"?
All l can say is that never having tried to peel and chop up one of the afore mentioned plant things, l recon l would have had an easier time trying to peel an armadillo with a pair of nail scissors

 

[woodbutcher]

[QUOTE 5434462, member: 9609"]when did we stop hollowing out turnips for Halloween ?[/QUOTE]
Not sure which country you are in User9609 but in this part of France the practice is still widespread. I ought to have photographed a few but unfortunately l didn't get round to it .

 

[Levo-Lon]

I had pumpkin soup tother day.
Wow never had it before.
Delicious

 

[T4tomo]

https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/17...n-york-as-man-takes-to-ouse-in-giant-pumpkin/

Hollow it out and sail it....

 

[woodbutcher]

I had pumpkin soup tother day.
Wow never had it before.
Delicious

Just finished the soup and l agree it is really very good . I made it, blended with onion, garlic, cumin and coriander seeds and Thai red curry paste.
The very thing for a damp, chilly day

 

[Threevok]

People around here have got it into their heads to dump all their Halloween pumpkins at the side of my local cycle route.

I suspect their favorite form of social media has told them that the squirrels will eat them.

I was unaware that squirrels liked hollowed out carcasses of smelly rotten produce

They don't seem to have much of an appetite - judging by how long they've been there

 

[Threevok]

That's a squash. The orange Halloween pumpkins are a type of squash that has been bred specially to have a thin skin for easy cutting and carving, and they don't keep whereas hard-skinned squashes will keep for six months. Discarded orange pumpkins do get eaten with relish by all sorts of animals, including pigs.

That's bloody marvelous. It's hard enough avoiding suicide squirrels every morning, but pigs ?

 

[The Crofted Crest]

Pumpkins?

 

[Threevok]

Don't you have wild boar like we do in Sussex?

Everything is wild down here

 

[The Crofted Crest]

That is an intriguingly weird photo!

Although not a set-up, the photographer, Joel Sternfeld, is being deceptive. The building a-blaze in the background is part of a fire drill and the fireman perusing the pumpkins is on his break.

 

[dan_bo]

I don't bother peeling em most of the time the skin is usually thin enough to ignore.

 

[Reynard]

Split into chunks with a cleaver or large knife, drizzle with oil and roast in the oven until tender, then remove the flesh from the rind with a spoon.

Simples.

 

[Houthakker]

Pumpkin soup with a touch of smoked paprika in. Smells like bonfire night as well as tasting lush.

 

[woodbutcher]

I don't bother peeling em most of the time the skin is usually thin enough to ignore.

I do that with the little uns but the big fella wouldn't fit in my roasting pan !

 

[Andy_R]

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