Are you able to determine the celebrity character shown by Will and Guy?
[above] These pumpkins have been carved by gardener David Finkle
Rather than carving out the traditional sinister smiles on his prized
fruit for Halloween, gardener David Finkle is busy carving out the faces of
his favourite stars for decorative "jack-o'-lanterns." David, 30, has carved
out the faces of X Factor judge Simon Cowell, glamour model Jordan and Prime
Minister, Gordon Brown on the fruits of his labours which grow on his small
holding in Chelmsford, Essex, England.
Other celebrity pumpkins he has completed include singer Amy Winehouse,
Manchester United and England soccer player, Wayne Rooney, Girls Aloud
singer Cheryl Cole, Michael Jackson and US president Barak Obama.
'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow' (1820) has spawned generations of headless
horseman with pumpkins at Halloween. As you can imagine from the above
picture, the story tells of a suitor being killed by a headless horseman.
Before you cut the lid of the pumpkin visualise how to stop the lid
falling in later. This means angling the edge of blade to get a cone
shape which bevels away from the middle.
Actually, a saw works better than a knife for removing the lid, cut
slowly and gently.
A co-worker asked Abegale,
'What is it like to be a Christian?'
Abegale replied, 'It is like being a pumpkin.' God picks you from the
patch, brings you in, and washes all the dirt off of you. Then He cuts off
the top and scoops out all the yucky stuff.
He removes the seeds of doubt, hate, and greed. Then He carves you
a new smiling face and puts His light inside of you to shine for all the
world to see.'
This was passed on to us by another pumpkin called Joe Muise. We liked
this enough to send it to all the pumpkins in our patch. Now it's your turn
to pass it to other pumpkins.
It is true that, after we have carved it, most of the pumpkin ends up in
the bin. In fact, in the USA, where Halloween has spawned a multibillion
dollar industry, it is estimated that more than 90% of pumpkins that are
grown are never eaten.
Will and Guy feel that this wastefulness is a pity.
1. Firstly, these gourds are very tasty. Not many things are more
comforting than a good pumpkin soup.
2. Second, it takes a lot of water,
warmth and, often, pesticides to grow these bulbous beasts - especially if
there is a poor summer.
We have discovered that the smaller varieties offer the best flavour. The
football-sized Jack-o-lantern pumpkins that most of us buy to carve are
usually Howden Fields, Hundredweight or Connecticut Fields. The truly
massive pumpkins grown to show, some weigh up to half a tonne, are Atlantic
Giants, typically. If you want a variety to cook and sculpt, try Jack of all
Trades, Jaspee de Vendee or Baby Bear.
Or perhaps you may choose to use beetroots or turnips to sculpt out the
'souls of the dead', just as the Irish did before emigrants discovered
pumpkins on arriving in the USA.
Once you are finished with the hollowed-out skin, compost it, or do as
Martha Stewart does: cut it into two halves, fill it with seeds and hang up
as giant bird feeders.
Crochet Mask Here is a 'Sweet Satisfaction' crochet
pattern which is a skein-and-notion-holder, inspired by the sugar skulls
traditionally served for El Dìa de los Muertos.
Pumpkin Fashion Bag 45 free Halloween patterns that
you can knit or crochet such as this crochet pumpkin candy bag and the knit
skull candy bag. See more on
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