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Originally Posted by Mrs. Chipotle
So why on earth can you only find pumpkin things in the fall? Doesn't it taste just as good all year round?
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You can get it canned at the grocery store and make your own pumpkin things.
Pumpkin is a long season crop and takes 120+ days to raise. It's a funny business, as they only sell in the fall, and around here in Maryland, you'll see them just going to waste in the fields.
There's this
Punkin Chunkin contest on the Delmarva peninsula where they try to use up the waste pumpkins by shooting the pumpkins as far as possible using all kinds of crazy machines. Cannons, catapults, etc.
Check out the
Punkin Chunkin Results page. Last years record was 4,331 feet, almost a mile. Oh-my-god
