October Eating Calendar - Pumpkins Page 2
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Pumpkins from the Patch:
Pumpkins grow above the ground on
vines and are in the same family as squash. The color and
shape make them great for decorating and the tasty flesh and
seeds make them popular in recipes and as a snack.
Pumpkin pies and soups are fall favorites, and the seeds can be
roasted with any kind of spices and eaten like sunflower seeds.
Giant Jack O’Lantern:
The world’s largest pumpkins can weigh
a ton or more! On the 2nd Saturday of October Floydada, Texas
celebrates Punkin Days (or Pumpkin Days).
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Growing Region:
Texas is the fourth leading state in commercial
pumpkin production, most of it in the Trans Pecos – Plains
Region of Texas.
Joke of the Month
Cantaloupe
Q.
What do you call a bandage for a pumpkin?
see answer below.
How sweet it is to be a Cantaloupe!
Cantaloupes are round melons
with orange, edible centers. They are actually muskmelons
Trans Pecos
which include honeydew melons. Texas ranks No.3 in the United
East Texas
Growing Regions
States for muskmelon production.
Central Texas
A cantaloupe is ripe when you smell the outside of one and if
Rio Grande Valley
Winter Garden
it smells sweet that is the one you want!
Growing Regions:
Central Texas, East Texas, Rio Grande Valley,
and Winter Garden
Sweet Potato e s
Home Sweet Home!
Did you know that sweet potatoes are root
vegetables and like regular potatoes they grow underground?
Sweet potatoes make delicious snacks! They are a source of
beta-carotene which turns into Vitamin A after you eat it. Your
eyes use vitamin A to see at night and recognize colors.
There are hundreds of varieties of sweet potatoes.
Growing Region:
East Texas
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