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What else can you do to a pumpkin besides eat it?

You can also carve a pumpkin. October 31st is "Carve a Pumpkin Day". So pumpkin carver's don't forget to carve out some time to celebrate this art. Everyone knows it takes great skills and patience to carve a pumpkin, but did you know it takes that same patience and skill to prepare a pumpkin for eating.

These following 8 links will take you on a journeyof carving and kitchen exploration:

http://www.holidayinsights.com/moreholidays/October/carveapumpkinday.htm

http://www.bhg.com/halloween/pumpkin-carving/how-to/

http://www.thedailygreen.com/living-green/blogs/save-money/pumpkin-recipes-461009

http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/menu/views/bamp_pumpkincarvingparty

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http://www.squidoo.com/pumpkin-pumpkins

http://www.pumpkinnook.com/cookbook.htm

http://simplyrecipes.com/tag/Pumpkin

http://simplydesigning.blogspot.com/2011/10/carving-pumpkin-with-cookie-cutters.html

Let the time that you take to explore the links, fuel your desire to get into the kitchen and get your culinary juices flowing .  Enjoy the memories you make, and let them last a lifetime.

, Tulsa Food Examiner

Nannette lives in Northeast Oklahoma, where she resides with her husband of 12 years plus, Michael and their four dogs(Cupid,Jackson Andrew,Oreo&Lucky). She is an avid competitor in her local State Fair since 2006, where she has placed in the top 10 each year she has competed, in the cooking...

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