cat lover
06-28-2006, 04:18 AM
:) Central America is the birthplace of the pumpkin, but North America has grown them for the last 3000 years.
Native Americans cooked with pumpkin and they aslo wove dried pumpkin strips into mats that they could trade.
Pumpkins once were recommended for removing freckles and curing snakebites and the seeds were thought to have medicinal powers.
American colonists first created pumpkin pies by filling hollowed pumpkins with milk, spices and honey and baking them in hot ashes.
The best variety for cooking or baking is the sweet pie pumpkin but the common jack o lantern makes a good substitute.
Pumpkins are 90% water but hey are still chock full of vitamin A, and 1 cup cooked pumpkin has 564 mg of potassium.
Native Americans cooked with pumpkin and they aslo wove dried pumpkin strips into mats that they could trade.
Pumpkins once were recommended for removing freckles and curing snakebites and the seeds were thought to have medicinal powers.
American colonists first created pumpkin pies by filling hollowed pumpkins with milk, spices and honey and baking them in hot ashes.
The best variety for cooking or baking is the sweet pie pumpkin but the common jack o lantern makes a good substitute.
Pumpkins are 90% water but hey are still chock full of vitamin A, and 1 cup cooked pumpkin has 564 mg of potassium.