parrot pumpkin carving

[mareeee]

 

I mentioned this on another thread, but wanted to share the pictures as a new topic.

 

My favorite part about halloween is carving pumpkins. We don't have pumpkins here, so I tried to grow some in my garden, but they never bore fruit. Instead, I bought a squash in the market that was close enough to a pumpkin and had some fun.

 

Unfortunately, since the squash was going to be lunch and dinner, I had to hurry and didn't have time to do anything detailed like I wanted. C'est la vie. Plus, to do any kind of detailing, you need to carve the insides down pretty thin, and since we were cooking it soon after, that wasn't the best option.

 

We turned it into some great squash soup and pumpkin peanut butter brownies the first day, put it in peanut curry and pumpkin pie the next day, and still had two big chunks that we gave away to neighbors. It was pretty dang good. The thought of carving it and not eating it would have been a ridiculous waste in this country.<br><br>Post edited by: mareeee, at: 2008/11/22 23:59

[mareeee]

[SchroedersJen]

That's a great timneh profile. The squash is cool looking too!

[Luvparrots]

You certainly are artistic; I luv your parrot. Thanks for sharing your artwork. Sounds like you're a pretty good cook too.

[Lyric]

Great carving! Thanks for sharing! I love it that not only did you get the fun of carving the squash but you got to eat it too.