It’s October, which means pumpkin season is here. From pumpkin spiced lattes to pumpkin pies, soups, and roasted seeds, now’s the time to make the most of America’s favorite gourd. So grab your blanket and make like Linus and head to the patch to see the Great Pumpkin rise, again. Then, make the most of the delicious results.
While many will become jack-o-lanterns, pumpkins also make for delicious treats. Either way, letting nothing go to waste is an excellent philosophy during the fall, or all year round. Here are some ways to use every bit of these seasonal staples.
Decorating
We’ll start with the first thing that probably comes to most people’s minds in October: Halloween. Pumpkins became inexorably linked to this holiday, as a way to ward off evil spirits away in the past, while today’s culture treats them as cheerful,, spooky decorations.
When carving a pumpkin,…