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PUMPKIN FACTS

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@ October 31, 2008 5:46 AM Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

A little Pumpkin Trivia courtesy of Better Homes and Gardens magazine:
--More than 40 varieties of pumpkin are grown just for cooking.
--Morton, Illinois, is the self-proclaimed "Pumpkin capital of the world." 90 percent of all pumpkins used for canning in the U-S are grown within a 50-mile radius of the town.
--The largest pumpkin to date was 1,689 pounds, grown by JOE JUTRAS from North Scituate, RI, and weighed in at Toppsfield, MA, on Sep 29, 2007. 2006's winner was RON WALLACE of Greene, RI, whose gourd weighed in at 1502 pounds at the Rhode Island Weigh-off.
--Pumpkins were once prescribed for removing freckles and treating snake bites.
--New Englanders were nicknamed "pumpkin-heads." In Colonial New Haven, CT, cut pumpkins were used during haircuts as a guide for the scissors, creating a round, uniform cut.
--The Guiness Book of World Records says the biggest pumpkin pie weighed 2,020 pounds (after baking). It was prepared and baked by the New Bremen Giant Pumpkin Growers at New Bremen, Ohio, on October 8, 2005.
More pumpkin stuff: http://www.pumpkinnook.com/giants/record.htm

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