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My husband and I carved a couple of pumpkins today and considering these are our first ever (well, since we were children), we were surprised at how well they came out! I carved the funny/scared (?) face and my husband carved the skull and crossbones.

If anyone else plans to carve pumpkins, be sure to add your photos to this thread!

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oooh, the skull and crossbones is so cool! My boys will love that. . .I''ll have to show them tomorrow!
 
Oooh, those are cool!

I didn''t carve mine. My daughter is 21 months so no sharp tools! Here she is....

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We don''t really have Halloween here at this stage (regardless of the best efforts of the retailers
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but I think those pumpkin lanterns are cool. Perhaps I''ll have to try it!
From what I understand of the US lifestyle, you carve pumpkin, but I hear that you don''t eat it as a savoury vegetable? Only in sweet desserts?
I hope you made a savoury pumpkin soup with your inners of your jack-o-lanterns! Yum!
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Cool jack-O-lanterns guys!

Lara- It has always been my understanding that the big pumpkins are not for eating. The only ones that can be used for pies or soups are the small pumpkins. I did have some really yummy pumpkin soup this weekend... not sure which kind it was made from though. The only part we ever ate from the large, carved pumpkins were the seeds. Sprinkle a little Cajun seasoning on and bake them... mmmmm! Do you guys eat the large pumpkins?
 
Hmm, I''m not sure how large ''large'' is. I''ve got a feeling that we do. Certainly, we eat the pumpkins that are big enough to have seeds in them. 35cm diametre? No problem, we eat them alright! Do you eat pumpkin roasted, with roast meats? Yum, Yum, YUM!
 
Our large pumpkins that we carve are maybe 12-15 inches wide. The smaller ones that are usually cooked are probably 5 or 6 inches wide. We also have those tiny ones that are fat and flat... they''re just decorative though. Until this year, I had only eaten pumpkin pie and seeds... now I''ve had pumpkin soup as well. Never had roasted pumpkin though! I''ve really never heard of anyone here veering too far from the usual pumpkin pie.
 
Date: 10/26/2008 11:16:44 PM
Author:EBree
My husband and I carved a couple of pumpkins today and considering these are our first ever (well, since we were children), we were surprised at how well they came out! I carved the funny/scared (?) face and my husband carved the skull and crossbones.

If anyone else plans to carve pumpkins, be sure to add your photos to this thread!
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Bree, these are SO COOL!!! Did you use stencils? DH and I just did ours last night, and we did use stencils. They turned out great! We did one with a haunted house and one with a crow sitting on a branch. I''ll see if I can get some pics to post!
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Those are great ladies - well done!
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Date: 10/27/2008 12:30:45 AM
Author: luvmyhalo
Oooh, those are cool!

I didn''t carve mine. My daughter is 21 months so no sharp tools! Here she is....
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Luv, can I just say, this is ADORABLE!!! So cute!
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sorry its indoors and not lit here...and H U G E
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Date: 10/27/2008 3:32:08 AM
Author: LaraOnline
Hmm, I''m not sure how large ''large'' is. I''ve got a feeling that we do. Certainly, we eat the pumpkins that are big enough to have seeds in them. 35cm diametre? No problem, we eat them alright! Do you eat pumpkin roasted, with roast meats? Yum, Yum, YUM!
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You can certainly eat the large ones here too, we always did! But my mom always said that like with any vegetable like that the bigger they are often the grainier the flesh, so the smaller ones often yield better flavor. Anyway, we certainly eat pumpkin in savory things in Massachusetts!
 
Thank you all! luvmyhalo and SailorsSweet- what cute pumpkins! Sailor, did you get that pattern from a book? We bought a 'carving kit' from Target with stencils and our book had a Halloween Kitty like yours in it.

Irish- I'd love to see yours!
 
Ladies, those are fantastic. You all are so talented.
 
Great pumpkins Ebree! I''ve always thought carving pumpkins was very difficult to do but maybe I''ll give it a try!
 
Date: 10/27/2008 5:17:13 AM
Author: oobiecoo
Our large pumpkins that we carve are maybe 12-15 inches wide. The smaller ones that are usually cooked are probably 5 or 6 inches wide. We also have those tiny ones that are fat and flat... they''re just decorative though. Until this year, I had only eaten pumpkin pie and seeds... now I''ve had pumpkin soup as well. Never had roasted pumpkin though! I''ve really never heard of anyone here veering too far from the usual pumpkin pie.
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Oh Oobiecoo, go directly to fridge or benchtop (Jack-O-Lantern leftovers!! haha) . Find some pumpkin. Cut into pieces (chop the skin off if you can be bothered!). Put in roasting dish with lots of olive oil. Season with sea salt, pepper, whatever. Put in medium oven, turning every 25 minutes or so. Remove when caramelised and crispy on the outside, soft and squishy on the inside!
Also, this roasted pumpkin makes really fantastic pumpkin soup! Mash it up with chicken stock.
 
Ok this is from a few years ago, but it''s a carved pumpkin and it took me about 6-7 hours to do completely. The red fire is candied lemons dyed red, and the green dragon is candied limes dyed green. I carved this for a contest in culinary school and won People''s Choice and Most Creative. When it was lit the lemon and lime had the effect of stained glass.

Sorry about the awful pic quality. It''s a digi pic of a paper pic.

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My camera phone isn''t very good, but here''s my pumpkin! I did this today, using a stencil from a website.

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Date: 10/27/2008 8:56:25 PM
Author: sumbride
My camera phone isn''t very good, but here''s my pumpkin! I did this today, using a stencil from a website.
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Sumbride, you''re my hero!!!
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Freke and Sumbride,

Fantastic job, ladies!

Keep ''em coming! We''ve got to have more than a handful of Jack-O-Lanterns in Pricescopeville, right?
 
Here are ours - a witch with a cauldron and a vampire face. The witch was my husband''s first jack-o-lantern ever! I think he did a great job.
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Wow, these are all incredible ladies ! I wish people did this here - oh , and I agree with Lara, if you don''t already you must all try roast pumpkin, delish!
 
I am carving with my BF tonight, so hopefully I can get some good pics! I think I want to do a haunted house of some sort.

Sumbride-I ADORE your pumpkin! I have also thought about doing that, I have a friend who did "HOPE" in a block, with the O like Obama''s. It was so cool!
 
OMG, xapora, those are awesome!
 
Thank you! We did them with stencils of course, but I think they came out pretty well. Love yours also!
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Holy cow! These are amazing.

I have four untouched pumpkins sitting on our front porch and now I just feel like I''m going to ruin them with my little triangle eyes and toothy grins!

I''ll have to find a stencil somewhere and see what happens.
 
Ohh I love these pumpkins! Keep posting people!
 
I had fun making this one.. I made like 5 of these last year and I wished I would have taken photos!

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curio!!!!! Holy moly, that is AMAZING!

I can''t believe you made that out of a pumpkin! Do you have any more????
 
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