Is it normal i consider pumpkin carving a waste of food?

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I think it would be wiser to consume the pumpkin flesh and meat instead of using it for art.

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  • Ellenna
    5 years ago | pl

    I hate any waste of food, including food fights, eating competitions and food being thrown out by supermarkets and sometimes growers because supermarket chains won't accept "imperfect" fruit or vegetables.

    On a recent Australian program about waste, banana growers were bulldozing huge piles of bananas into the ground because supermarkets wouldn't accept larger than usual fruit.

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      5 years ago | pl

      Food waste makes me so angry!

      I like France’s idea of giving the food to homeless shelters before tossing it out.

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      • Ellenna
        5 years ago | pl

        Me too!

        There's a group called Second Bite here which collects unwanted food from supermarkets and distributes it to local needy people and community meals.

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  • donteatstuffoffthesidewalk
    5 years ago | pl

    toast the seeds

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    • [Old Memory]
      5 years ago | pl

      They're a hearty food- complete protein packages with omega 3 and 6 fats, ect..

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      • donteatstuffoffthesidewalk
        5 years ago | pl

        thats good cause theres only so many ways to eat the resta the innards

        pumkin pie pumpkin ravioli and i thinks thats it

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        • Ellenna
          5 years ago | pl

          Roast pumpkin is fantastic, nearly as good as roast sweet potato

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          • donteatstuffoffthesidewalk
            5 years ago | pl

            i were never a fana that kinda flavor really

            when i were a kid they triedta fool me with candied yams which surprise surprise sure as fuck didnt taste much like candy at all to me

            i never got over it

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            • Ellenna
              5 years ago | pl

              I don't know if what you call yams in the usa are what we call sweet potato over here: it's a tropical vegetable which means I can't grow it here in the south east of the country but maybe that'll be one good thing about global warming.

              On second thoughts, they're probably not the same thing because sweet potato is sweet enough without being candied, especially when it's roasted. I roast up big batches of it sliced up and put it in stir fries, pasta sauces and as a spread: love it!

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        • [Old Memory]
          5 years ago | pl

          Meh, I'll eat pumpkin like that, and almost any other way. I'll spread pumpkin puree on bread with cinnamon, make pumpkin spice mug cakes, bake it and eat it as a side dish for random meals, ect.

          Really, the options are endless if I figure that my meal or snack could use a hit of vitamin A.

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  • Cuntsiclestick
    5 years ago | pl

    The last time I carved a pumpkin, I ate the guts that were in it. They tasted okay. Not exactly the best thing I ever ate.

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  • Ducklord246
    5 years ago | pl

    I see what youre saying and i disagree with your opinion but i think its normal to think that way

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  • [Old Memory]
    5 years ago | pl

    What do people here mean by pumpkin "flesh", "meat" or "guts"? I thought pumpkin is a fruit.

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      5 years ago | pl

      Meat and flesh are teens used to describe the “squishy,” red, fiborius inside of the pumpkin, which most people use for pie.

      Flesh is the outside of the pumpkin. Some terms are regional.

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    • Ellenna
      5 years ago | pl

      No, it's obviously a vegetable, hadn't you noticed that?

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      • [Old Memory]
        5 years ago | pl

        Many classify it as a fruit. Anyways there's need for this kind of stuff, I'm not here for taxonomy debates.

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        • Ellenna
          5 years ago | pl

          Fair enough, I was bored when I typed that, who cares if it's a fruit or a vegetable?

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      • Anonymous Post Author
        5 years ago | pl

        He’s right. Anything edible plants with seeds growing in it is considered a vegetable.

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        • [Old Memory]
          4 years ago | pl

          Fruit is more specific, as it is something that grows from the ovary of a flower, and contains the seeds.

          That includes pumpkins, cucumbers, etc.

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        • Ellenna
          5 years ago | pl

          Nup, tomato is a fruit and it's edible with seeds in it, not that it matters one bit anyway

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  • Ummitsstillme
    5 years ago | pl

    Eat the bits you remove from the jackolantern, color your Easter eggs safely so you can eat them too.

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