A pumpkin is a winter squash plant. Cucurbita pepo is the most common pumpkin.
They are round with a smooth, slightly ribbed skin, and most often they are orange.
A: Pumpkin is a FRUIT because it’s an edible seed-bearing structure of a flowering plant. Many fruits that are not sweet, like tomatoes, beans, green peppers, avocados, etc. are mistakenly called vegetables.
Hollowed Out Pumpkin (with seeds and pulp removed)
Pumpkin, when sliced and cut, can be roasted, puréed into soup or baked into pies.
The pumpkin seeds are also edible and highly nutritious.
Toasted Pumpkin Seeds!
Separate seeds from pulp using a colander and a bowl. The seeds float. Clear the pulp. Rinse seeds and pat dry (as dry as possible). Combine in a bowl with olive oil and salt.
Heat oven to 375 degrees. Place seeds on foil or on a sheet. Bake for 20-30 minutes.
Spice as desired. (We used curry-ginger-cayenne-salt-brown sugar on these)
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Pumpkin is high in vitamins and minerals and low in calories. It’s a great source of beta-carotene, a carotenoid that is converted into vitamin A. Pumpkin also contains the antioxidants alpha-carotene, beta-cryptoxanthin and many others, which may protect cells against damage by free radicals. These compounds are linked to lower risks of stomach, throat, pancreas and breast cancers. Pumpkin is high in vitamins A and C, which can help boost the immune system. It is also a good source for of vitamin E, iron and folate which strengthen immunity as well. Pumpkin also has potassium, vitamin C, fiber and antioxidants, which have been linked to heart and other health benefits.
“I Am The Pumpkin King!”
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“When hinges creak in doorless chambers And strange and frightening sounds echo through the halls Whenever candlelights flicker where the air is deathly still That is the time when ghosts are present Practicing their terror with ghoulish delight”
Halloween, also known as Allhalloween, All Hallows’ Eve, or All Saints’ Eve is still on October 31st for now.
“When witches go riding, and black cats are seen,
the moon laughs and whispers, ’tis near Halloween.”
Try carving a Pineapple!
Julie Driscoll sings “Must Be the Season of the Witch!” with Brian Auger in 1968>
The Halloween traditions originated with the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain, when people would light bonfires and wear costumes to ward off ghosts. During Samhain the souls of those who had died wold return to visit their homes, and those who died during the year were believed to journey on to the otherworld. When the Romans conquered the Celts in the first century, they added some traditions (like bobbing for apples) from the festivals of Feralia and Pomona, celebrating the passing of the dead and the goddess of the harvest respectively, to the ancient holiday.
“Trick or treat, bag of sweets, ghosts are walking down the street.”
Chuck Barris! The Gong Show!
GENE, GENE! THE DANCING MACHINE!
GENE, GENE! THE DANCING MACHINE!
GENE, GENE! THE DANCING MACHINE!
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“There is something haunting in the light of the moon.”
THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW!
(always a classic, but extra fun for Halloween) “Let’s do The TIME WARP Again!”
“Hey Riff, show us your mother!”
It’s astounding Time is fleeting Madness takes it’s toll But listen closely Not for very much longer I’ve got to keep control
I remember doing the Time Warp Drinking those moments when The blackness would hit me And a void would be calling “Let’s do The TIME WARP Again!” “Let’s do The TIME WARP Again!”
It’s just a jump to the left And then a step to the right With your hands on your hips You bring your knees in tight
But it’s the pelvic thrust That really drives you insane…… “Let’s do The TIME WARP Again!” “Let’s do The TIME WARP Again!”
It’s so dreamy So fantasy free me So you can’t see me, no not at all In another dimension With voyeuristic intension Well secluded, I’ll see all
With a bit of a mind flip You’re into the time slip And nothing will ever be the same You’re spaced out on sensation Like you’re under sedation! “Let’s do The TIME WARP Again!” “Let’s do The TIME WARP Again!”
Well I was walking down the street just-a havin’ a think When a snake of a guy gave me an evil wink
He shook me up, he took me by surprise He had a pick-up truck and the devil’s eyes He stared at me and I felt a change Time meant nothing, never would again
“Let’s do The TIME WARP Again!” “Let’s do The TIME WARP Again!”
“In this 1975 cult classic, sweethearts Brad (Barry Bostwick) and Janet (Susan Sarandon), stuck with a flat tire during a storm, discover the eerie mansion of Dr. Frank-N-Furter (Tim Curry), a transvestite scientist. As their innocence is lost, Brad and Janet meet a houseful of wild characters, including a rocking biker (Meat Loaf) and a creepy butler (Richard O’Brien). Through elaborate dances and rock songs, Frank-N-Furter unveils his latest creation: a muscular man named Rocky.”
“Be afraid … Be very afraid.”
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
“Listen to them, the children of the night. What music they make!” – Bram Stoker
It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown!
Q: “Why are vampires like false teeth? A: They all come out at night.”
Do you like scary stuff? Halloween is the perfect time to break out the horror films and spooky stories. Lots of good television too. Halloween holiday classics!
Monster Chiller Horror Theater with Count Floyd! OOOOOOOOHHHH, Very Scary.
It’s a TOTALLY FUN HOLIDAY! Costumes and PARTIES and CANDY!
Musical genius Warren Zevon should be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame!
“Every day is Halloween, isn’t it? For some of us.” – Tim Burton
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“By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes.”
“Where there is no imagination, there is no horror.” – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
“Are you a good witch, or a bad witch?”
Barbara Eden as Jeannie “Bewitched”
“WANT SOME CANDY?”
What’s your favorite treat?
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“Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn and caldron bubble.”
“If you need me I’ll be in my coffin.”
Universal Pictures’ Classic Monsters
The horror-fantasy-thriller-science fiction films made by Universal Pictures 1920 – 1950. They were the first shared universe in the history of Hollywood. Beginning with The Hunchback of Notre Dame and The Phantom of the Opera (both silent films) starring Lon Chaney. Universal produced the monster franchises Dracula (with Bela Lugosi), Frankenstein (with Boris Karloff), The Mummy, The Invisible Man (with Claude Rains who also starred in the sound remake of The Phantom of the Opera), The Wolf Man (with Lon Chaney Jr.) and the Creature from the Black Lagoon.
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FULL Performance of Disneyland’s “The Cadaver Dans” during Mickey’s Halloween Party. This performance from Oct 8, 2013 on the Rivers of America in Frontierland at Disneyland Park in Anaheim, CA> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hc_jcAEvsE
THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW! (1975)
And then “DO THE MONSTER MASH!” (Boris Karloff on Shindig 1965):
“He did the mash. He did the monster mash!
The monster mash. It was a graveyard smash.
He did the mash. It caught on in a flash!
He did the mash. He did the monster mash.”
The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band do “The Monster Mash!”
“Hurry back…Hurry back… Be sure to bring your death certificate if you decide to join us. Make final arrangements now. We’ve been…dying…to have you!”
“Beware of Hitchhiking Ghosts!” Phineas, Ezra & Gus
“There was a lot more to magic, as Harry Potter quick found out,
than waving your wand and saying a few funny words.”
