Sure, pumpkins are popular for Halloween decorations and for pumpkin pie, but did you know?………. Pumpkins are a winter squash and technically a fruit because they have seeds. They are native to North America and one of the oldest domesticated plants, but they can be grown anywhere except in Antarctica. There are 45 different varieties of pumpkins. Pumpkins are packed with nutrients and are naturally low in calories. Each pumpkin produces about 500 seeds. The seeds can be roasted and eaten for a healthy snack. In the early colonial days, pumpkin pies were baked in the hollowed out pumpkin, to serve as the pie crust. Pumpkins were named by French Jacques Carter in 1584 and the first known use of the word, pumpkin, in literary terms was in Cinderella. The tradition of carving Halloween Pumpkins started from a scary Irish folktale about “Stingy Jack”. The heaviest pumpkin world record is 2624.6 pounds from Belgium in 2016. The US produces 1.5 billion pounds of pumpkins every year and most of that is sold in October. That’s a lot of pumpkin!! Thanks for reading and hope you enjoyed!!
PREPARE TO BE PUMPKIN OVERWHELMED!!!
05 Oct 2021 Leave a comment
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Sure, pumpkins are popular for Halloween decorations and for pumpkin pie, but did you know?………. Pumpkins are a winter squash and technically a fruit because they have seeds. They are native to North America and one of the oldest domesticated plants, but they can be grown anywhere except in Antarctica. There are 45 different varieties of pumpkins. Pumpkins are packed with nutrients and are naturally low in calories. Each pumpkin produces about 500 seeds. The seeds can be roasted and eaten for a healthy snack. In the early colonial days, pumpkin pies were baked in the hollowed out pumpkin, to serve as the pie crust. Pumpkins were named by French Jacques Carter in 1584 and the first known use of the word, pumpkin, in literary terms was in Cinderella. The tradition of carving Halloween Pumpkins started from a scary Irish folktale about “Stingy Jack”. The heaviest pumpkin world record is 2624.6 pounds from Belgium in 2016. The US produces 1.5 billion pounds of pumpkins every year and most of that is sold in October. That’s a lot of pumpkin!! Thanks for reading and hope you enjoyed!!
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