I explored into pumpkin carving … but didn’t give up my day job yet.
Following is a link to a funny way of carving … liquidgeneration.com/sabotag … _carve.asp
Great link. That was hilarious!
:roflmao:
I think it is spelled pumpkin.
What is spelled pumpkin? Pumpion? No … it’s the original spelling before the American settlers bastarized it to pumpkin … :s
Bastardized.
You are right, pumpion it is.
Anyway, great link. Thanks!
The Beljians should know, they invented it.
PUMPION
a. A coarse trailing vine (Cucurbita pumpionitis) widely cultivated for its fruit.
b.Any of several other vines bearing large pumpionlike squashes.
ALSO: of NOW obsolete pumpion, from obsolete French pompon, popon, from Old French pepon,
Also called wasabi melon in Taiwan
[quote=“Cola”]PUMPION
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Also called wasabi melon in Taiwan[/quote]
Also called wasabi melon in Taiwan 
Wasabi melon? where’s the wasabi in it?
[quote=“belgian pie”][quote=“Cola”]PUMPION
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Also called wasabi melon in Taiwan[/quote]
Also called wasabi melon in Taiwan
Wasabi melon? where’s the wasabi in it?[/quote]
Nahhh… they call them “southern squash”. Well, the word for “melon” and “squash” are the same in Chinese.
[quote=“belgian pie”][quote=“Cola”]PUMPION
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Also called wasabi melon in Taiwan[/quote]
Also called wasabi melon in Taiwan
Wasabi melon? where’s the wasabi in it?[/quote]
Pie Man,
Was just kidding. Are you going to leave PUMPION up there in the title for this thread or will you change it today to PUMPKIN?
There is no such thing as wasabi melon. I was just joking. Pumpion is a good word, but it is obsolete, whatever that means.
Pumpkin does the trick better!
No, pumpion it is pumpion will stay, because some immigrants changed the original word doesn’t mean it’s official … US dollars keep their value for ever isn’t it? … So why not pumpion?
You win. 
HALLOWEEN FACTS
Pumpkin Facts
[ul]Pumpkins are a fruit that originated in Central America. [which I think is somewhere in Belgium]
The name “pumpkin” comes from the Greek word “pepon,” meaning a large melon.
90% of the pumpkin is made up of water.
The yellow-orange flowers that bloom from a pumpkin vine are edible.
Using pumpkins as lanterns at Halloween is based on an ancient Celtic custom brought to America by European immigrants.
The largest pumpkin grown was recorded on October 2, 2004 weighing 1,446 lbs.
Pumpkins, and their seeds, were a celebrated food of the Native American Indians who treasured them both for their dietary and medicinal properties.
Illinois grows more pumpkins than any other state in the country. It harvests nearly 12,300 acres of fruit.[/ul]
Halloween Facts
[ul]The carving of jack-o’-lanterns originated from the tradition of carving the faces of lost souls into hollowed out pumpkins and turnips. A candle was placed inside the carvings making the faces glow. The Halloween lanterns were placed on doorsteps to ward off evil spirits.
The world’s fastest time to carve a face into a pumpkin is 54.72 seconds, by Stephen Clarke (USA), on October 23, 2001 (source: Guinness World Records)
More than 93 percent of children go trick-or-treating each year. (source: NCA)
Halloween also is recognized as the 3rd biggest party day after New Year’s and Super Bowl Sunday.
Trick-or-treating is thought to have its origins in a European custom called souling where people would beg for “soul cakes.”
There were estimated 36.8 million potential “trick-or-treaters” ages 5-13.
Legendary magician Harry Houdini died in Detroit from a ruptured appendix on Halloween in 1926.[/ul]
pumpkinmasters.com/halloween_facts.asp
Actually, almost all of the pumpion is edible, except the skin of the winter pumpion … you can make the leafs into a salad, put some seeds on it and top it of with a batter fried pumpion flower … and don’t forget to make a pumpion dressing … with lots of garlic, thyme, and rosemary 