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Post by Doug T. on Sept 11, 2010 19:07:28 GMT -5
They've got some of the harvest displays out at our favorite farm. It's a great place to photograph, and they encourage you to do so.  These were taken with my FinePix S5100. More to follow!   Doug |
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Post by nikonbob on Sept 12, 2010 9:46:16 GMT -5
Looks like a bountiful harvest. I have never seen a white pumpkin before so I guess you really do learn something new every day. That is I am assuming they are pumpkins.
Bob
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Post by photax on Sept 12, 2010 10:54:24 GMT -5
Hi Doug, As Bob said, I have also never seen white pumpkins before, but not far from here is a farm where you can buy tons of pumkins. I will have a look for the white ones next weekend. I just like the pumkin soup  Nice pictures ! MIK |
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Post by Doug T. on Sept 12, 2010 14:46:30 GMT -5
Hi guys!
I'm not sure where they originated from, there are many different varieties. Some are edible, some aren't. I'll be taking some more photos as they expand their displays.
Doug
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Post by daveh on Sept 12, 2010 15:04:30 GMT -5
I've never really been a pumpkin person. I can't think of having seen any white skinned before, but then I've never really looked.
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Post by Doug T. on Sept 12, 2010 15:18:14 GMT -5
Hi Dave,
Folks seem to love pumpkins over here, although when I was living in Germany, they were used mainly to feed livestock.
Doug
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Post by mickeyobe on Sept 12, 2010 15:23:21 GMT -5
White pumpkins are new to me.
Was it genetic engineering or terror?
Mickey
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Post by daveh on Sept 12, 2010 19:27:13 GMT -5
Doug, I know of pumpkin pie, but I don't think I have ever eaten it. We have at times had such as marrow cooked as a vegetable. I always found it fairly tasteless. Butternut squash is good as a soup, as long as kept to fairly small quantities. Pumpkins tend to be sold in autumn for cutting into a head shape and putting candles in . When I was young we used to use turnips for that job. Turnips, and swedes too, are often used as animal feed here. I occasionally cook baby turnips or even raddish as part of the old meat and two veg.
Dave.
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Post by Doug T. on Sept 12, 2010 21:50:31 GMT -5
Mickey,
They lost their color when they were shown the movie "Punkinhead".
I know I certainly did!
Doug
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Post by photax on Oct 3, 2010 11:47:45 GMT -5
I found some white ones today ( but no giants ), they are looking like big onions   MIK |
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Post by Doug T. on Oct 3, 2010 15:46:16 GMT -5
Hi Mik!
That's a nice photo, I like the way they have the wall set up. Who's the fellow standing in front of the display? Looks like some folks that I know.
The white ones look like Hubbard Squash, if they are, they store well in the winter and are very tasty.
Doug
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