SC - Pumpkins and such...

[lilinah at earthlink.net]

Lady Celia des L'archier wrote:
>See, I was always told that if you used a pumpkin to make a jack-o-lantern,
>then you *couldn't* use the pumpkin flesh to eat, only the seed.  I was
>suprised to see the thread on "pumpkin innards" and all the ideas on how to
>use what was left when you were done carving, since as I was taught to
>carve jack-o-lantern the only thing that came out were the stringy parts
>and the seeds, no pumpkin flesh.   Following that discussion I can only
>assume that folks scoop out part of the flesh as well as the strings and
>seeds when they are carving a pumpkin and use that (since I can't believe
>they use the dried up husk after it has sat for a week or so.)

Some people put their pumpkins out just at Halloween and take it in 
right after, not leaving it around to dry out or to rot. That way the 
flesh is still pretty fresh, all they have to clean out is a little 
wax, and the pumpkin can be cooked.

Anahita al-shazhiyya