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The use of the word "pumpkin" is thought to have originated in New England in North America, derived from a word for melon, or a native word for round. The term is sometimes used interchangeably with " squash " or "winter squash", and is commonly used for some cultivars of Cucurbita argyrosperma , Cucurbita ficifolia , Cucurbita maxima ...
A traditional American jack-o'-lantern, made from a pumpkin, lit from within by a candle A picture carved onto a jack-o'-lantern for Halloween. A jack-o'-lantern (or jack o'lantern) is a carved lantern, most commonly made from a pumpkin, or formerly a root vegetable such as a mangelwurzel, rutabaga or turnip. [1]
One of the earliest examples of the pumpkin as a jack-o’-lantern is an 1846 newspaper account called “The Jack o’Lantern,” about a young boy taking a pumpkin that a farmer did not “make ...
How did the Halloween pumpkin start? The tradition of carving jack-o’-lanterns for Halloween began in Ireland hundreds of years ago thanks to an old folktale about a man called Stingy Jack.
Our country's pumpkin-carving history began with a spooky tale. The post The History of Jack-o-Lanterns and How They Became a Halloween Tradition appeared first on Reader's Digest.
C. maxima originated in South America over 4,000 years ago, [50] probably in Argentina and Uruguay. The plants are sensitive to frost, and they prefer both bright sunlight and soil with a pH of 6.0 to 7.0. [58] C. maxima did not start to spread into North America until after
[13] [14] Pumpkin "pies" made by early American colonists were more likely to be a savory soup made and served in a pumpkin [15] than a sweet custard in a crust. Pumpkins were also stewed and made into ale by colonists. [4] An early appearance of a more modern, custard-like pumpkin pie was in American Cookery, a cookbook published in 1796. [16]
42. What two candy bars were the first to come in fun size? Answer: Snickers and Milky Way. 43. In which decade did the term “trick-or-treat” originate in the United States? Answer: The 1920s. 44.