Well, this is talking about food waste, not pollution. Even if it rots and doesn't do anything, worst case it's a pile of bio-matter. The land, and everything involved in growing them could be used for actual food though, which could decrease food prices potentially.
Still, it's not a big deal and there's bugger fish to fry, but it doesn't mean it shouldn't be considered. Changing your mindset can make other issues and solutions more obvious.
Pumpkins are pretty low on my priority list, but entertainment isn't really a good reason to throw useful stuff away. It's a waste of water, waste of growing space, waste of fuel for harvest and transportation, and obviously a waste of food.
What makes you think that. Is there something odd that people aren't commenting on or something? Maybe calling the inside guts? That's the only weird thing I recall seeing.
An Englishman, an Irishman and a Scotsman were travelling abroad and needed a place to sleep for the night. They stopped at a farm and asked the farmer if they could sleep there. The farmer said "Yes, you can. But all of you must promise not to have sex with my beautiful daughter." They all solemnly agreed and were shown to their room for the night.
One by one though, each of them was overcome by temptation and sneaked down the hall to farmer's daughter's bedroom to have their wicked way with her.
I'm the morning they came downstairs and were greeted by the farmer. "Good morning!" he said, "I hope you all slept well. Take a basket each and go out and pick something from my farm to eat for breakfast". Being very hungry from their travels they all eagerly went out to look for their favourite food.
The first to return was the Englishman. The farmer was waiting for him - with a loaded shotgun. "I know what you did last night!" shouted the farmer, pointing his gun at the Englishman. The Englishman threw his hands up in the air, dropping the basket of strawberries he'd picked for breakfast. "Bend over and put those strawberries up your arse and let that be a lesson to you!" The Englishman did as he was told and pushed the strawberries up his bum. Seeing that the farmer was satisfied the Englishman ran out the door and off into the distance.
Next to return was the Scotsman. "What did you pick for breakfast young man?" asked the farmer. "I picked carrots" answered the Scotsman. "Well put them up your arse you dirty bastard!" screamed the farmer, pulling out the shotgun "I know what you did last night!" "Please dont shoot me sir!" Cried the Scotsman, as he painfully pushed each of the carrots up his bum before making a break for it and running out of the house.
Last to return was the Irishman, carrying his basket on his back. "You dirty lying son of a bitch!" screamed the farmer "You had sex with my daughter last night!" "Now tell me what you picked for breakfast."
The Irishman heaved his basket onto the floor with a thud.
The version I know is that they will only live if they can stick the fruit/vegetable in their ass without making a sound, and they were shot because they couldn’t stop giggling because they saw the third guy carrying .
Last year I placed two dozen or so pumpkins around my property and got up on the roof and started shootin with my AR until the neighbor called, claiming some maniac was on my roof shootin a gun so I went inside cuz that sounded pretty spooky smh can’t have nothin nice no more
If you know someone with chickens, give your pumpkins to them. The chickens love to eat the insides all the way to the edge of the rind. It is also supposed to be a natural dewormer.
Using running water seperate seeds from pumpkin guts. Soak them in salt water while you carve. Preheat and bake at 220C for 15-20 mins. Eat them whole.
I had an elementary school teacher who would ask all of us to save the seeds when making jack o lanterns and give it to her. She’d then make a ton of roasted pumpkin seeds and share it with us and some kids from other classes who brought seeds.
I let the squirrels have at it, even giving them a hole to get the seeds. Then when it starts rotting into the compost can. I gotta have that pumpkin spice dirt.
I'm commenting just because I think some people get this mixed up. Pumpkin spice has nothing to do with pumpkin. It's the spices you'd put in pumpkin pie, without the pumpkin pie.
I'm not a fan of pumpkin spice flavored stuff, but I'm happy it seems lately a lot more if it has become pumpkin flavor instead.
I'm not an expert but I'm pretty sure the pumpkins you carve are not the same pumpkins you eat. You can roast the seeds, sure, but the inside will probably taste like dirt
It can be. Lots of people do eat whats inside pumpkins that they carve. pies, curries, etc. I feel like in terms of waste is one of the much lesser wasteful things people are doing and it often makes good feed and compost
It's still waste even if the primary purpose is wasteful.
Of all the things to worry about when it comes to waste Halloween doesn't even scartch the surface for me
Still waiting on someone to talk about how fishing nets are 50% of the plastic in our oceans
Halloween food - no.
Halloween plastic decorations, wrapping, costumes.... yeah, we can do without
Well, this is talking about food waste, not pollution. Even if it rots and doesn't do anything, worst case it's a pile of bio-matter. The land, and everything involved in growing them could be used for actual food though, which could decrease food prices potentially.
Still, it's not a big deal and there's bugger fish to fry, but it doesn't mean it shouldn't be considered. Changing your mindset can make other issues and solutions more obvious.
It's low priority for sure.
It certainly can be
Golf courses come to mind
Or cruise ships
Pumpkins are pretty low on my priority list, but entertainment isn't really a good reason to throw useful stuff away. It's a waste of water, waste of growing space, waste of fuel for harvest and transportation, and obviously a waste of food.
And people don't realize just how much growing space pumpkins need!
Technically you can grow them with corn, but the US doesn't do companion planting so 🤷♀️
Yeah there definitely won't be enough room in there.
what if I burn it for heat afterwards?
Anything is better than the garbage. Pretty sure.
Sometimes! I think pumpkins are fairly harmless though
Frequently, yes.
Squirrels seem to eat them IIRC
Wait, why would it become an emergency room curiosity? Ohhhhh, missed that last part. Gourds really are nature's dildo.
Consider my gourd
Perfectly shaped
As all things should be.
So almost nobody read the whole image?
That's the only reason it got my upvote
What makes you think that. Is there something odd that people aren't commenting on or something? Maybe calling the inside guts? That's the only weird thing I recall seeing.
An Englishman, an Irishman and a Scotsman were travelling abroad and needed a place to sleep for the night. They stopped at a farm and asked the farmer if they could sleep there. The farmer said "Yes, you can. But all of you must promise not to have sex with my beautiful daughter." They all solemnly agreed and were shown to their room for the night.
One by one though, each of them was overcome by temptation and sneaked down the hall to farmer's daughter's bedroom to have their wicked way with her.
I'm the morning they came downstairs and were greeted by the farmer. "Good morning!" he said, "I hope you all slept well. Take a basket each and go out and pick something from my farm to eat for breakfast". Being very hungry from their travels they all eagerly went out to look for their favourite food.
The first to return was the Englishman. The farmer was waiting for him - with a loaded shotgun. "I know what you did last night!" shouted the farmer, pointing his gun at the Englishman. The Englishman threw his hands up in the air, dropping the basket of strawberries he'd picked for breakfast. "Bend over and put those strawberries up your arse and let that be a lesson to you!" The Englishman did as he was told and pushed the strawberries up his bum. Seeing that the farmer was satisfied the Englishman ran out the door and off into the distance.
Next to return was the Scotsman. "What did you pick for breakfast young man?" asked the farmer. "I picked carrots" answered the Scotsman. "Well put them up your arse you dirty bastard!" screamed the farmer, pulling out the shotgun "I know what you did last night!" "Please dont shoot me sir!" Cried the Scotsman, as he painfully pushed each of the carrots up his bum before making a break for it and running out of the house.
Last to return was the Irishman, carrying his basket on his back. "You dirty lying son of a bitch!" screamed the farmer "You had sex with my daughter last night!" "Now tell me what you picked for breakfast."
The Irishman heaved his basket onto the floor with a thud.
They both looked down at its contents.
"I picked a pumpkin sir."
That man's name, Goatse.
The version I know is that they will only live if they can stick the fruit/vegetable in their ass without making a sound, and they were shot because they couldn’t stop giggling because they saw the third guy carrying .
Man that is dark!
Last year I placed two dozen or so pumpkins around my property and got up on the roof and started shootin with my AR until the neighbor called, claiming some maniac was on my roof shootin a gun so I went inside cuz that sounded pretty spooky smh can’t have nothin nice no more
Fucking keep chucking the pumpkins, guys
At least the pumpkins are compostable.
If you know someone with chickens, give your pumpkins to them. The chickens love to eat the insides all the way to the edge of the rind. It is also supposed to be a natural dewormer.
Farm period. Cows/goats/horses/pigs all love pumpkin. Plus when they crap out the seeds, you're going to find a bunch of pumpkins in the fields
I didn't know this ..... Good tip. My retired hen is going to eat well tomorrow
I bet the inside of a pumpkin feels like... really really good.
Stop
Collaborate
wait a minute
I hear coconut is a real treat
Mmmm... there's nothing quite like warm, pumpkin pie
Look, I'm just saying I've seen two videos of people doing it for the meme.
Not as good as a warm apple pie.
Toasted pumpkin seeds:
Using running water seperate seeds from pumpkin guts. Soak them in salt water while you carve. Preheat and bake at 220C for 15-20 mins. Eat them whole.
Insert them whole.
Insert them. Hole.
Try finger, but hole
I had an elementary school teacher who would ask all of us to save the seeds when making jack o lanterns and give it to her. She’d then make a ton of roasted pumpkin seeds and share it with us and some kids from other classes who brought seeds.
They are pretty good. Highly recommend.
Or rather than soak them, you can manually separate them, oil and salt them, then cook them on a lower setting until they start to go golden brown.
Well that escalated quickly
I mean you could start by composting and not throwing into a landfill… many cities accept with leaf collection
I let the squirrels have at it, even giving them a hole to get the seeds. Then when it starts rotting into the compost can. I gotta have that pumpkin spice dirt.
I'm commenting just because I think some people get this mixed up. Pumpkin spice has nothing to do with pumpkin. It's the spices you'd put in pumpkin pie, without the pumpkin pie.
I'm not a fan of pumpkin spice flavored stuff, but I'm happy it seems lately a lot more if it has become pumpkin flavor instead.
One of these things is
not likemore appealing than the othersThe plantar fasciitis?
Toss them in the woods, deer fuckin love pumpkin
Chickens do like to eat pumpkin. I always get 5-6 pumpkins and after they are done as decoration, they're fed to the chickens. Not at all wasted.
Chickens are also infinitely easier to shove entirely into your ass. I'm stealing this!
Their head is, at least. The clawed feet can get rather... "scratchy" though
....
WTF did I just read?
Planter doesn't work very well, they shrivel and rot within a few weeks.
maybe some people use similar-looking pumpkins with way more woody flesh?
The image says "plantar" though which has something to do with the foot like a plantar wart.
Time to ties some mini gourds into an anal bead 😔
At a medium pace.
How can I expand it to that size?
Expand the pumpkin to the size of your ...?
I meant expanding my anus to fit a pumpkin in, but OK...
Imagine if we just didn't grow them in the first place since clearly people don't want to eat them anyway...
tsk white people amiright smh head pumpkins don't have a flared base
they do if you take it by the stem
that's not satisfying at all tho
Trans girls never waste pumpkins 😤
I'm not an expert but I'm pretty sure the pumpkins you carve are not the same pumpkins you eat. You can roast the seeds, sure, but the inside will probably taste like dirt
They're the same, I make pumpkin pie out of them. It's so much better than from a can too.
It can be. Lots of people do eat whats inside pumpkins that they carve. pies, curries, etc. I feel like in terms of waste is one of the much lesser wasteful things people are doing and it often makes good feed and compost
My dog likes it. :) I give her the rest of the innards.
No Paige, don’t!
Use it as a helmet at the Motocross!
Interesting :3
Pumpkin curry is sooooo good.
https://possumpat.io/post/206685
Donkeys like them
Freaks me out when they grow white fuzz on the inside 🤢