2006-10-31 01:51:39 · 3 answers · asked by robbie_playa98 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
Have you never heard of Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater? I believe they were also useful in the Fairy community as impromptu carriages.
2006-10-31 01:56:29 · answer #1 · answered by Pundit Bandit 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Colonists on the Mayflower baked their pumpkins whole in the ashes of a fire. Once the pumpkins were cooked, they cut them open and served moistened with animal fat and maple syrup. Another specialty was a beer made from pumpkins, persimmons and maple sugar.
The Jack-O-Lantern arrived in this country from Ireland in the mid nineteenth century. Irish legend has it that a blacksmith named Jack sold his soul to the devil for financial gain. When it came time to pay the devil with his soul, he weaseled out of the deal by trapping the devil in a pear tree. Barred from Heaven for his deal with the devil, he was sent straight to Hell. The devil, still embarrassed over the pear tree incident, kicked him out of Hell. On his way out Jack scooped up a lump of burning coal and placed it in a pumpkin. He used this as a lantern while wondering around the earth waiting for Judgment Day.
2006-10-31 02:04:19 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
eating
2006-10-31 01:54:07 · answer #3 · answered by rebecca_sld 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋