We began the day with a trip to Linvilla Orchards to scout out our first carving pumpkins of the season.
This is always a process. I have to circle all of the barrels of pumpkins at least twice, and if whoever I'm with points out a good one? I can't have that pumpkin now. My hunt. My kill.
During my search, though, I came across this interesting type of squash. Obviously, I needed to pose the squash for a photo op as soon as I realized the squash had nipples.
Meanwhile, boyfriend giggled but pretended to not know me.
After I made my kill, we delivered our respective pumpkins to my car then grabbed a quick lunch there before heading home.
Before digging in, I prepped the area where the feeding would begin. (I'm not sure when I decided to run with the lioness metaphor throughout the blog post.) I spread old newspaper on the floor in front of the TV, placed a bowl in between where the two of us would be working for seeds, then placed two trash bags on either end for us to dispose of the unwanted innards. Why on the floor, though? And in front of the TV? To watch Rocky Horror Picture Show, of course! (By the time we were all finished, we were halfway into a second showing of it...)
I was going to post their Creature of the Night clip, but clearly there just isn't enough Tim Curry in that one. Anyway, boyfriend went with a more traditional carving while I tried my hand at a different technique in doing Jack Skellington. He ended up looking a little apprehensive, maybe indifferent, but I think the character came across.
After admiring the Jack-o'-Lanterns in the dark...
...it was time to attack the seeds! I look forward to roasted pumpkin seeds all year long - easily one of my favorite snacks. And these didn't disappoint! You can find my easy roasting recipe here. I had to use vegetable oil this time around as we were out of olive oil, but I don't recommend it. Olive oil, in my opinion, yields the best flavored pumpkin seeds. Mmm...
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