SMASHING PUMPKINS

WHAT BETTER WAY TO SEE IN THE SEASON THAN BY GATHERING FRIENDS, FAMILY AND A PILE OF BIG PUMPKINS...

Once pumpkins arrive you know autumn is really in full swing. Throw a pumpkin party: ask people to bring a small pumpkin as well as the one they’ll be carving. Carve off the pumpkin tops and fill them with tea lights, votive candles or dried flowers and seedheads from the garden. Send everyone home with their pumpkin vase. Tell stories as you carve of fancy dress disasters, maybe a ghost story you once heard or simply what the word ‘pumpkin’ brings to mind. Eat pumpkin, too – a pie is the obvious choice. But pumpkin and sage lasagne or pumpkin soup make for filling savoury dishes, especially accompanied by a mug of hot cider or two. How to carve YOU WILL NEED Carving tools (a variety of spoons, knives and other tools for…

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The Simple Things (Digital) - 1 Issue, October 2016 - Issue 52

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