Two Heads!
By pgn
@pgntwo (22408)
Derry, Northern Ireland
October 30, 2017 6:26pm CST
No, not the type found on a ship (always referred to in the plural, I am told!), or the shrunken type allegedly popular with certain South American tribes, but: pumpkin heads.
These fine chaps volunteered some of their innards as part-ingredients to a lovely pot of pumpkin, potato, parsnip and carrot soup I made tonight (using the recipe below as a rough basis...). I know I'll have something warm awaiting me after trick-or-treating around the neighbourhood tomorrow eve.
Enjoy the Halloween break, if you get one!
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@TiarasOceanView (70035)
• United States
2 Nov 17
Oh my gosh..I am stealing this recipe now..that sounds lovely..I love parsnips especially, though they are extremely hard to get here.
Thanks xo
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@TiarasOceanView (70035)
• United States
3 Nov 17
@pgntwo I got some today and am making them now.
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@pgntwo (22408)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
3 Nov 17
@TiarasOceanView I love them roasted like below. Hope you enjoy yours!
The Hairy Bikers' roast parsnips are an essential part of roast dinner tradition and a real favourite side dish. Cooked in a sticky sweet honey glaze, the Hairy Bikers' roasted parsnips are one of the most delicious sides to add to your Sunday dinner. Thes
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@lovinangelsinstead21 (36850)
• Pamplona, Spain
2 Nov 17
I love parsnips and turnips and swede and I cannot get either around here.
I really miss them sometimes.
Hope you had a grear night out tricking and treating.
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@lovinangelsinstead21 (36850)
• Pamplona, Spain
2 Nov 17
@pgntwo
I love all those root vegetables and pumpkin is a great vegetable that I have learned to like a lot.
Loads of vitamins too.
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@pgntwo (22408)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
2 Nov 17
@lovinangelsinstead21 I was not so keen on it in pumpkin pie years ago, but maybe I should try it again, to be sure 
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@DaddyEvil (137142)
• United States
1 Nov 17
Hmmm... quite handsome fellows you have there, pgn! (Who modeled for them? 
)
I agree, I would not want to Trick or Treat in one of the Heads on a ship
... 
Literally, you would be opening yourself up for something you might not actually want!
I will pass on the soup. I will eat raw pumpkin but not cooked in any form!
)
I agree, I would not want to Trick or Treat in one of the Heads on a ship... Literally, you would be opening yourself up for something you might not actually want!
I will pass on the soup. I will eat raw pumpkin but not cooked in any form!1 person likes this
@pgntwo (22408)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
1 Nov 17
Figments of my, or the younger members of my family's, imagination - sketched onto Post-Its™ and transcribed into fluent pumpkin by yours truly
I did wonder why a ship's toilet's called "the head", or "the heads", to be precise.
Pumpkin raw? Hmm. I thought your side of the pond made them into pies, I had pumpkin pie once, made by a lovely lady from Idaho, as I recall. T'was ok.
I did wonder why a ship's toilet's called "the head", or "the heads", to be precise.
Pumpkin raw? Hmm. I thought your side of the pond made them into pies, I had pumpkin pie once, made by a lovely lady from Idaho, as I recall. T'was ok.1 person likes this
@DaddyEvil (137142)
• United States
5 Nov 17
@pgntwo Good imaginations, pgn...
Yes, people here (and grocery stores) do have pumpkin pies at Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas...
There are quite a few fruits and vegetables I like raw that I won't eat cooked.
Pumpkins are one fruit I won't eat cooked! *shrug!*
Good imaginations, pgn...
Yes, people here (and grocery stores) do have pumpkin pies at Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas...
There are quite a few fruits and vegetables I like raw that I won't eat cooked.
Pumpkins are one fruit I won't eat cooked! *shrug!* 1 person likes this
@pgntwo (22408)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
5 Nov 17
@DaddyEvil Raw, as Nature intended. Carrots, celery, (never tried pumpkin!), melons... peas, beans, broccoli, cabbage, lettuce.. all good raw, I will eat them either way. However, potatoes, parsnips, zucchini, aubergines (eggplant), cauliflower, spinach - all those I prefer cooked. Tomatoes are actually better for you if cooked, or seared - the lycopene is concentrated by the evaporation of water during cooking, apparently.
Loads of literature on it, if you can stomach soch turgid tomes:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3850026/
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. I think of how my mother used to tell me that is what her mother used to call the kids when they were being bad - pumpkin heads 
@toniganzon (72279)
• Philippines
31 Oct 17
I am enjoying my break in my bed and mylotitng.
I'm sure your soup is delicious. Have a great one!
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