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  • #1

    Hollowing whole pumpkin

    I have just spent ages, 4 different knives and bent a spoon while hollowing a whole pumpkin so DD can make a Hallowe'en face thingy. After about half an hour..........

    Inspiration...........

    Ice Cream scoop - wow

    I apologise if it's common knowledge but I am still only learning

    Anyway for anyone else who is as unknowledgeable as me, the best technique is to hold pump on side and scrape scoop downwards like a mouse in a wheel, all other techniques involve effort.

    Now have enough for two batches of pumpkin soup (one to freeze) and a pumpkin pie (friends to dinner tonight - fish pie in the middle )
    Hayley B

    John Wayne's daughter, Marisa Wayne, will be competing with my Other Half, in the Macmillan 4x4 Challenge (in its 10th year) in March 2011, all sponsorship money goes to Macmillan Cancer Support, please sponsor them at http://www.justgiving.com/Mac4x4TeamDuke'

    An Egg is for breakfast, a chook is for life
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    I have a nice stainless steel ice cream scoop for exactly this purpose every year.one of the fixed ones rather than with the 'release' mechanism.
    I also noted in another thread you can stick your pumpkin in the microwave first to make it easier, not sure it would fit in mine though.
    Last edited by BrideXIII; 25-10-2008, 02:07 PM.
    Vive Le Revolution!!!
    'Lets just stick it in, and see what happens?'
    Cigarette FREE since 07-01-09

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    • #3
      One of my investments when we lived in the States was a full pumpkin carving kit makes easy work of it (once you have cut it's top off)

      We put up the Halloween decorations today - if it is a clear night we will try to get a piccy to post.
      Happy Gardening,
      Shirley

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      • #4
        Originally posted by shirlthegirl43 View Post
        One of my investments when we lived in the States was a full pumpkin carving kit makes easy work of it (once you have cut it's top off)

        We put up the Halloween decorations today - if it is a clear night we will try to get a piccy to post.
        we won't do ours until the day itself, traditional in our family because it's my youngests birthday, will post pics of ours then.
        Vive Le Revolution!!!
        'Lets just stick it in, and see what happens?'
        Cigarette FREE since 07-01-09

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        • #5
          The forecast was so bad we decided to put the lights up while it was dry today. Madmax will be working all week so we ran the risk of not getting the house ready for our party on Friday. Now blowing a hooligan and chucking it down so no piccies tonight!
          Happy Gardening,
          Shirley

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          • #6
            Leave the seeds for me please

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            • #7
              Originally posted by coreopsis View Post
              Leave the seeds for me please
              Oops sorry coreopsis they were toasted to go on top of the soup
              Hayley B

              John Wayne's daughter, Marisa Wayne, will be competing with my Other Half, in the Macmillan 4x4 Challenge (in its 10th year) in March 2011, all sponsorship money goes to Macmillan Cancer Support, please sponsor them at http://www.justgiving.com/Mac4x4TeamDuke'

              An Egg is for breakfast, a chook is for life

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              • #8
                well as my pumpkins are still the size of a large apple, i'm guessing an ice cream scoop will be too big lol ....... but at least they are big enough for a tea light

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by lynda66 View Post
                  well as my pumpkins are still the size of a large apple, i'm guessing an ice cream scoop will be too big lol ....... but at least they are big enough for a tea light
                  Grapefruit spoon?

                  Mind you, I find my mothers old grapefruit knife wonderful for deseeding the little squashes.
                  Nell

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                  • #10
                    it's ok, i'm not doing them lol ....... son and his g/f will be over on halloween to do them..... anyone got any miracle growth formula that will work in 5 days??

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by lynda66 View Post
                      it's ok, i'm not doing them lol ....... son and his g/f will be over on halloween to do them..... anyone got any miracle growth formula that will work in 5 days??
                      Asda??!!
                      the fates lead him who will;him who won't they drag.

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                      • #12
                        lol, that's cheating ..... i promised i'd grow them pumpkins ..... so they are flipping having them.

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                        • #13
                          How about a bicycle pump
                          Hayley B

                          John Wayne's daughter, Marisa Wayne, will be competing with my Other Half, in the Macmillan 4x4 Challenge (in its 10th year) in March 2011, all sponsorship money goes to Macmillan Cancer Support, please sponsor them at http://www.justgiving.com/Mac4x4TeamDuke'

                          An Egg is for breakfast, a chook is for life

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by HayleyB View Post
                            How about a bicycle pump
                            ooooooo good plan ....... now to find someone wih a bike

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                            • #15
                              for serious pumpkin carving pics + hints try extremepumpkins.com
                              carved the pukin pumpkin tonight with my cub pack we used the ice cream scoop too,after cutting round the top with an old hacksaw blade
                              don't be afraid to innovate and try new things
                              remember.........only the dead fish go with the flow

                              Another certified member of the Nutters club

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