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This blog was created to discuss all things pumpkin! By asking ourselves the question, “Where Do Pumpkins Come from”… we will be able to cover many different subject areas; such as: Math, Science, Spelling, Writing, Art, Technology, Language Arts, Social Studies, etc.
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This Digital Story piece is dedicated to my youngest child Malorie Shayne Keown. Malorie is growing up so fast. She is our last and youngest child and currently making her way through the adolescence portion of her life. There will be times she will hate me and times she will love me and all because I simply want the best for her. Therefore, I wrote this poem and chose this song in a wish that she will play it throughout these next years when things are tough. Hoping she might find comfort in knowing that I will always be here; waiting.
Pumpkin Carving »« Language Arts Center- Pumpkin Rhyming Poems
Its The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown
Pumpkin Carving Comparisons »« Is a Pumpkin a Fruit or a Veggie?
Is it a fruit or vegetable? Pumpkin, fruit or vegetable? Tomato, fruit or vegetable? To determine the difference between fruit and vegetable (which has troubled minds since there were such terms as vegetable and fruit,) let’s examine what makes a fruit a fruit and what makes a vegetable a vegetable.
Here is the definition of fruit:“The term fruit has different meanings depending on context. In botany, a fruit is the ripened ovary—together with seeds—of a flowering plant. In many species, the fruit incorporates the ripened ovary and surrounding tissues. Fruits are the means by which flowering plants disseminate seeds. In cuisine, when discussing fruit as food, the term usually refers to just those plant fruits that are sweet and fleshy, examples of which include plum, apple and orange. However, a great many common vegetables, as well as nuts and grains, are the fruit of the plant species they come from. No one terminology really fits the enormous variety that is found among plant fruits. Botanical terminology for fruits is inexact and will remain so.” (Wikipedia.org)
Are we clear now? Or are you just more confused? Don’t feel bad; many others are confused too. Here is what Science Bob has to say about this question: Is a tomato a fruit or a vegetable?
Answer: “To really figure out if a tomato is a fruit or vegetable, you need to know what makes a fruit a fruit, and a vegetable a vegetable. The big question to ask is, DOES IT HAVE SEEDS?
If the answer is yes, then technically, you have a FRUIT. This, of course, makes your tomato a fruit. It also makes cucumbers, squash, green beans and walnuts all fruits as well. VEGETABLES such as, radishes, celery, carrots, and lettuce do NOT have seeds (that are part of what we eat) and so they are grouped as vegetables.”
By these definitions, a pumpkin is a fruit, botanically speaking. So are squash and zucchini.
Modern society commonly refers to all these fruits as vegetables:
Pumpkin
Squash
Tomato
Cucumbers
Green beans
Capsicum peppers
Bell peppers
The definition of vegetable:“Vegetable is a culinary term. Its definition has no scientific value and is somewhat arbitrary and subjective. All parts of herbaceous plants eaten as food by humans, whole or in part, are generally considered vegetables. Mushrooms, though belonging to the biological kingdom, fungi, are also commonly considered vegetables…Since ‘vegetable’ is not a botanical term, there is no contradiction in referring to a plant part as a fruit while also being considered a vegetable. Given this general rule of thumb, vegetables can include leaves (lettuce), stems (asparagus), roots (carrots), flowers (broccoli), bulbs (garlic), seeds (peas and beans) and of course the botanical fruits like cucumbers, squash, pumpkins, and capsicums.” (Wikipedia.org)
How do you mend a broken Jack-o-lantern?
With a pumpkin patch!
Why do jack-o-lanterns have stupid smiles on their faces?
You’d have a stupid smile, too, if you had just had all your brains scooped out!
Total U.S. pumpkin production in 2006 was valued at $101.3 million.
496 million pounds of pumpkins were produced in Illinois in 2005.
The top pumpkin production states are Illinois, Ohio, Pennsylvania and California.
The top ten pumpkin producing counties in Illinois are Tazewell, Kankakee, Mason, Logan, Will, Marshall, Kane, Pike, Carroll and Woodford.
According to the University of Illinois, 90 percent of the pumpkins grown in the United States are raised within a 90-mile radius of Peoria, Illinois.
Pumpkins are grown primarily for processing with a small percentage grown for ornamental sales through you-pick farms, farmers’ market and retail sales.
Around 90 to 95% of the processed pumpkins in the United States are grown in Illinois.
Pumpkin seeds can be roasted as a snack.
Pumpkins contain potassium and Vitamin A.
Pumpkins are used for feed for animals.
Pumpkin flowers are edible.
Pumpkins are used to make soups, pies and breads.
The largest pumpkin pie ever made was over five feet in diameter and weighed over 350 pounds. It used 80 pounds of cooked pumpkin, 36 pounds of sugar, 12 dozen eggs and took six hours to bake.
Pumpkins are members of the vine crops family called cucurbits.
Pumpkins originated in Central America.
In early colonial times, pumpkins were used as an ingredient for the crust of pies, not the filling.
Pumpkins were once recommended for removing freckles and curing snake bites.
Pumpkins range in size from less than a pound to over 1,000 pounds.
The largest pumpkin ever grown weighed 1,140 pounds.
The name pumpkin orginated from “pepon” – the Greek word for “large melon.”
The Connecticut field variety is the traditional American pumpkin.
Pumpkins are 90 percent water.
Pumpkins are fruit.
Eighty percent of the pumpkin supply in the United States is available in October.
In colonial times, Native Americans roasted long strips of pumpkin in an open fire.
Colonists sliced off pumpkin tops; removed seeds and filled the insides with milk, spices and honey. This was baked in hot ashes and is the origin of pumpkin pie.
Native Americans flattened strips of pumpkins, dried them and made mats.
Native Americans called pumpkins “isqoutm squash.”
Native Americans used pumpkin seeds for food and medicine.
Pumpkin Facts »« THE LIFE AND DEATH OF A PUMPKIN by Aaron Yonda
How a pumpkin might really feel if he had feelings…tell me what you think about it. I loved it.
Why Am I Blogging? »« Rotting pumpkin – Featured on Hacked Gadgets
Watch a rotting pumpkin with time elapse
THE LIFE AND DEATH OF A PUMPKIN by Aaron Yonda »« Dove Evolution Parody – Pumpkin Evolution
Dove Evolution Parody- Pumpkin Carving or Is it?
Rotting pumpkin – Featured on Hacked Gadgets »« America’s ‘Pumpkin Weigh Off’ is won by a 700 kilo specimen
Watch The Weighing of one of the largest pumpkins in the World!
Dove Evolution Parody – Pumpkin Evolution »« White Pumpkin Themed Wedding
Creative ways of using pumpkins…in a Wedding!
America’s ‘Pumpkin Weigh Off’ is won by a 700 kilo specimen »« Jonas Brothers Carved Pumpkin 2007
Jonas Brother Carved Pumpkin
Take a look at what fun a pumpkin patch could be to visit. Our family loves to visit them.
The reading of Five Little Pumpkins with a different take on the art than what is in the book.
Pumpkin Patch Oct 08 »« Betty Boop Cartoon – “The Halloween Party& – Yahoo! Video
Betty Boop…a wonderful classic cartoon. What differences do you see from today’s cartoons to the cartoons the early classics?
Garfield prepares for Halloween.
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