The Surprising History of Pumpkins

[@MaskedHeroLucky]

Pumpkins are my favorite plant related thing. Even without being carved there’s just something charming about the big orange gourd.

[@colleennewholy9026]

And their round shape! Like I just look at Pumpkins, and give a little satisfied sigh lol

[@roboticceltic2388]

Maybe because it reminds you of something 😏

[@MaskedHeroLucky]

@@roboticceltic2388 Yeah, Fall. I love Fall.

[@roboticceltic2388]

@@MaskedHeroLucky I was gonna say big balls

[@juliopadua641]

@@roboticceltic2388 😆

[@chrisfromsouthaus2735]

My Dad once told me they where selectively breed from potatoes, in Ireland, by a guy named Jack, of the O'lanten clan, and I believed him for a lot longer than I'm willing to admit.

[@robinlillian9471]

Pumpkins are NOT in any way related to potatoes. Pumpkins are squashes. Potatoes are tubers.

[@chrisfromsouthaus2735]

@@robinlillian9471 No sh*t Sherlock. That's the point, my dad was F-ing with me.

[@chrisfromsouthaus2735]

@@robinlillian9471 BTW, tuber isn't a plant type, they are a plant part, the same way a flower is a part of a plant. Potatoes are a member of the nightshades, along with tomatoes and eggplants. If your going to be a smartass, don't forget the smart part of it.

[@tyyeshiastarnes3005]

lol😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@suecastillo4056]

😂🤪🤣‼️

[@MrDDiRusso]

What do you use to fix a broken jack o lantern? A pumpkin patch! Why was Cinderella so bad at sports? Because she had a pumpkin for a coach!

[@TheHardys01]

Totally stealing these for a rainy day.

[@XenoRaptor-98765]

Save those jokes for October and November

[@earthmamma85]

You’re my kind of people. 👏

[@mrs.g.9816]

Ooooh! Pun my word, that's awful! 😂 ♥

[@terrywestbrook-lienert2296]

Groan 😖

[@hannibalburgers477]

Ah yes, pumpkins. The sort of quality content is the reason I subscribed for.

[@dogslobbergardens6606]

The history of food is inexorably intertwined with the whole history of humanity.

[@DigitalDuelist]

@@dogslobbergardens6606 the avocado one was the reason I subbed lol

[@colllrrr5338]

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[@colllrrr5338]

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[@colllrrr5338]

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[@TheRealJaded]

Cooked dinner outside over the fire last night. I love autumn

[@cosmicvagrant3980]

I love cooking on an open fire. Last winter, my prospecting mate and I went out for a two day campout in the snow on a gold claim. I designated myself as the cook. I made "Stone Steaks", I brought a section of scrap granite countertop. Got the fire going, brought the stone to temp, threw the steaks on... Delicious!

[@hylacinerea970]

in addition to “pumpion”, “Pumpkin” may come from the Wampanoag word “pôhpukun” (literally:”grows forth round”), they’re also the creators of the word “moose”

[@Overlord99762]

Another word from the American continent adapted to English is Shark, coming from Yucatec Mayan, the word for shark is Xoc, pronounced Shock

[@berserk1437]

I wonder what the settler-colonials did to them?

[@-hg7fc]

@@berserk1437 they still very much live in Massachusetts and New England to this day

[@berserk1437]

@@-hg7fc so let's give it up to the natives

[@JuanRios-kh8sq]

@@berserk1437 "awww this shit again?!?" Is probably the most common way it was refered to.

[@Bloyster_Sauce]

I love fall, simply because I get to see these funny orange lads. They are so nice! In our garden, once a Pumpkin is harvested, we roast some of the seeds, make a pie, carve it, dry it, and later use it as a bird feeder.

[@phraydedjez]

@Shoenheim it puts the lotion in the basket

[@Bloyster_Sauce]

@Shoenheim I wish

[@SarahGreen523]

How do you dry it? I'd like to try that idea.

[@Bloyster_Sauce]

@@SarahGreen523 we just dry them with a fan, and keep them in our freezing cellar to stop mold. It's good to coat them in wax if you want the hollow pumpkin to last longer. Once they turn to cardboard skin stuff, they're good. Have fun!

[@beanie3693]

Bird feeder is such a cute idea!

[@mikesorensen1981]

All the great foods that came from Mexico, that is amazing 👍

[@sleepin9713]

pumpkins are just so viscerally appealing for some reason. just holding one makes things right in the world

[@erickingsepp]

Why do so many people always assume that everyone is sad when summer ends? Some of us hate summer, and fall and winter are our happy time.

[@katherinedrake355]

Agree. Fall is great.

[@christianweibrecht6555]

if gross Halloween decorations where not common autumn would be my favorite season

[@PugLover9955]

Agree. "To each his own", though.

[@webuyhouse8917]

@@christianweibrecht6555 don’t ever say such blasphemy

[@christianweibrecht6555]

@@webuyhouse8917 I don't know why so many Halloween decorations have to be gross

[@flameguy3416]

These videos are sadly underrated, making history enjoyable to understand is a hard thing to do.

[@janelinley3624]

Love these stories 🥰

[@micahfrye8885]

Its really not hard to make it enjoyable though something like this might be a tad harder.

[@SofaKingShit]

It's actually the comments that are most underrated. Like me announcing that l don't think much of pumpkin unless it's in a cake, because it's in these things that the flavor of pumpkin really shines through. It is simply a candle that shines through jack o' lantern, and nothing at all shines through the seeds or even roasted pumpkin unless you've got one of those irritatingly strong oven lights that half blind you when making a midnight snack.

[@robkunkel8833]

9.8K likes about f’kn pumpkins ain’t that underrated …. certainly not “sadly” underrated. Let’s call it, “happily” underrated, so that I can read comments more easily.

[@Miawallce80]

@@SofaKingShit 🤣🤣

[@ssherrierable]

Whoever invented pumpkin pie is a legend

[@dewaldsteyn1306]

Including pampoenkoekies(a south african pumpkin fritter)😋

[@voodoo_1_viper]

Yes

[@spontaneoussam3671]

Giant pumpkin grower here. At the time of this video the record for a giant pumpkin was actually 2624 pounds not 2324. As of yesterday September 26 2121 the new record is now 2702 pounds grown by an Italian man.

[@-Reagan]

W🎃W! Wonder if anyone will beat that record this year? I’d love to see that 🧡 - actually any of your giant pumpkins - what do you do with them? Sell them? Do you go to the fair? Have you ever eaten one of your giant pumpkins? Or carved one? What would it be like to stand inside a giant carved pumpkin? So many questions...

[@damogranheart5521]

@@-Reagan All of these are good questions because curious people want to know. I know of one gentleman in Pennsylvania who has carved out his giant pumpkin to make a boat. He can crouch inside with his hat on and not be seen. I'm looking forward to the vlog on KZbin!

[@ooee8088]

I was looking for this comment

[@spontaneoussam3671]

@@-Reagan this year the Patton brothers grew a pumpkin that was 2907 pounds but it was damaged so it is not an official weight. I have eaten some of my giant pumpkins. The Atlantic giants are softer and more watery than others and not as sweet. I display mine at my house after the competition and after Halloween I pull out the seeds to save and take the pumpkin to a highland cow farm to feed to the cows and pigs.

[@atomicskull6405]

"field pumpkins" are usually not eaten they are used as decorations and animal feed. "pie pumpkins" are usually C. maxima like the cinderella pumpkin, which is really just an heirloom pie pumpkin. In modern times they have cultivars specifically for producing pie fillings industrially.

[@krystalchavez7334]

This is DEFINITELY NOT a sad part of the year. Fall is my favorite

[@sidilicious11]

Mine too!!!🍂🍁🍄

[@williampatrie514]

Mine too.🎃

[@yaantsudnbesdai972]

The fall season and year ending major holidays are uber-ambivalent for me: It's simultaneously a season of moroseness, introspectiveness, and personal reflection -- but also there is much 'gaeity' because of the holidays... Without the holidays the autumn would be so much more depressing....

[@Bildgesmythe]

Pumpkin pie, pumpkin soup, pumpkin bread, I LOVE PUMPKIN! 🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃

[@ruthaussiegirl8794]

How about pumpkin scones

[@Sharky053]

I recently learned of the Pawpaw fruit. It has ties to native Americans and Lewis and Clarke. Could make for an interesting video.

[@miguelupload555]

Where I live pawpaws are available in September! You can't find them in stores. You have to find them wild or check Facebook marketplace to see if anyone is selling.

[@dontworry4945]

They're so addictive. I've been slurping them down since a child. Do you know any recipes on how to cook with it?

[@glasgavlen]

I ate them growing up, they're quite good!

[@gazepskotzs4]

I ate pawpaw last year for the first time, also pawpaw juice is sold here, which is also very good!

[@johnjohnson8575]

I found my first wild tree fruiting two months ago, wasn't ripe yet so I didn't get to taste. Now it's too late but it's been on my list of fruits to try. I know where to look next year.

[@countergravity6371]

I can always tell someone lives in an area where summer isn't literal hellfire blowing in your face every time you step outside because of their nonsense about being sad that it's coming to an end.

[@availanila]

Lol

[@robkunkel8833]

Seasonal weather comes in quality, not quantity, where I live, (US Virgin Islands). Endless heat all day long but in Winter, endless heat and sun but for 11pm to 7am. Than more heat.

[@vaderladyl]

I know right? Laughing in Floridian here. Can't wait for summer to be over fast enough and the Fall to start every year.

[@koolkat2867]

@@vaderladyl Same from a Cali girl

[@genghiskhan6809]

Yes. Floridian summers are satans sauna.

[@IowaKim]

Another fun fact: the "pumpkins" used for canned Pumpkin made by Sara Lee are actually specially bred butternut squash. My uncle worked in the factory in Illinois.

[@marymarysmarket3508]

Illinois is the largest producer of pumpkins

[@katjakatt836]

I think Libby uses Dickinson pumpkins

[@MEAT_CANNON]

@@katjakatt836 lol, Dickinson. Gross.

[@MEAT_CANNON]

Then why do they call them pumpkins? LIARS.

[@boardcertifiable]

No wonder I dont like their stuff. I dont like butter nut squash 🤢. But I made a pumpkin pie from scratch with sugar pumpkins and it tasted awesome.

[@KAMiKAZE-T.V.]

The 8 dislikes were zucchini. .

[@roonilwazlib3089]

The rest was courgette

[@mrs.g.9816]

I absolutely love pumpkins! Every October I buy one from the local farmer's co-op. Not for carving up, but for cooking. My favorite recipe is a savory stuffed pumpkin that uses cooked ground beef (or cooked ground buffalo or venison), lots of sage, dry mustard, pepper, salt, eggs and wild rice. It comes from the Hidatsa people. As for decorations, my plastic LED-lit pumpkin does just fine. As for "pumpkin chucking" - Just wasteful! Disrespectful to our food, and all our brothers and sisters who don't have enough to eat. Anyhow, a pretty and informative video.

[@j.kaimori3848]

If they use some of those not tasty pumpkins for the toss that sounds alright. Sometimes using food in ways that aren't for eating is justified, even if it only brings interest to the food that wouldn't otherwise exist, such as fruit or pasta art.

[@katjakatt836]

crushed pumpkins not so tasty for humans are great for animals. chickens and deer love pumpkins

[@imsquiddly6836]

One year we forgot to buy pumpkins for Halloween and there weren’t any left so we carved pineapples instead. Now it’s a family tradition.

[@LindaC616]

😋

[@jacquelynjohnson9486]

TMI but I was in jail and made a pumpkin out of an orange and a plastic spoon, it sat at the end of my metal bed , with threads I made small hanging ghost with toilet paper. The deputy was cool and didn't make me take my decorations dpwn

[@ItsMeUrDaad]

How do you hollow out a pineapple?

[@imsquiddly6836]

@@ItsMeUrDaad They make pineapple corers

[@eyeslikeajungle]

this food series is so cute and interesting, thank you so much for making them

[@MATEWZZ1]

As a Colombian child, I was kinda confused when hearing pumpkins in movies translated to Spanish being called "calabazas", when everyone else around me called them "auyamas", while naming as "calabaza" anything that resembled a spaghetti squash

[@Numba003]

I’m honestly loving the food history series. I can’t believe China grows so many pumpkins!! Stay well out there everybody, and God bless you friends. :)

[@romaaeterna1378]

Always love to see a new Fruit of Learning video in my inbox!

[@LilMar8230]

Would be nice to see the history of passion fruits.

[@flazzorb]

Did you mean passion fruit or am I about to learn about another fruit?

[@Bambisgf77]

@@flazzorb yes! Is this passion fruit or a new one? I continue to learn about Asian fruits that amaze me.

[@LilMar8230]

I meant passion fruit. Don't know of any passio fruit lol

[@FireForEffect1533]

One of the best thing about growing Pumpkins (and other squashes) is that their flowers are edible and taste amazing. Each vine produces flowers many times throughout the season. Squash vines in general are a very giving plant.

[@lindenshepherd6085]

Fried squash blossoms are quite good! Even if you’re just throwing them in a salad, the texture is nice!☺️

[@katjakatt836]

they smell lovely too, at least Jarrahdales and Cinderellas do

[@donguadalucio1405]

Autumn without pumpkin pie is not worth it.

[@pieluvr7362]

Apple ,peach ,cherry ,are easily better than pumpkin but enjoy the pie u choose

[@beckyjacobsen5867]

Rhubarb

[@jonhohensee3258]

@@pieluvr7362 - Nope. You're wrong. Too bad.

[@BBB-rd2qi]

Pumpkin everything!♥️

[@alexilyin6134]

Came for the German history. Stayed for the fruits

[@captainmurphy4720]

I dont know why but I really am looking forward to the breadfruit.

[@tranerekt1731]

What's breadfruit?

[@nunyabiznes33]

Ah yes, the food Austronesians had to rely on when they became Polynesians. I'm surprised stuff that we don't usually consider as staple here in Southeast Asia (breadnut, taro, pandanus) became staples in Polynesia. Maybe they did brought rice and stuff but these hardier crops are the only ones that survived.

[@nunyabiznes33]

@@tranerekt1731 Breadfruit is the domesticated form of a breadnut. They're related to jackfruit.

[@tranerekt1731]

@@nunyabiznes33 huh...never tried either here in the U.S.

[@beckyjacobsen5867]

As a kid growing up in the USA,we always toasted pumpkin seeds. Loved it.

[@nuimaleko7]

Different species of gourd are grown as containers and to make musical instruments and even helmets. Can you talk about the fact that they seem to originate in the New World but were found d all over the Pacific by the earliest western explorers.

[@captainmurphy4720]

Fun fact: KZbinrs are classified as fruits, not mammals.

[@jonhohensee3258]

Shame on you.

[@BBB-rd2qi]

That’s funny!

[@DrJ-hx7wv]

It's both fun, and a fact.

[@LilPeener]

I love going around the neighborhood after Halloween and asking for unused pumpkins so I can harvest the guts for all my holiday cooking. This year I made 4 loaves of pumpkin bread, 3 pumpkin pies, pumpkin muffins, and plenty of seeds to snack on all for free!! (people paint them here because it’s so rainy here that they’d rot if you carved them)

[@jacquelynjohnson9486]

Used to go yearly to a fall camp out , after a mishap painting pumpkin was only then allowed. I always make feathers and tails out of cardboard and then decorate the pumpkin as a turkey 🦃

[@palanthis]

A slight sadness? Summer can $@!* right off!

[@joegallegos9109]

Except in pumpkin pie I had never eaten pumpkin until I lived in Australia and then fell in love with roasted pumpkin

[@ruthaussiegirl8794]

Pity Americans don’t know real pumpkins, I’m in Australia

[@Garrickk100]

Missed an opportunity to name this the “Smashing History of Pumpkins”

[@eclipseslayer98]

The end of summer signifies to me, a time of the year when I'm not being lit on fire the moment I leave my coffin.

[@whateverman4945]

Thankfully. I'm so sick of sweating and hating pants.

[@Mojabi_ghost]

Hey, someone from El Salvador🇸🇻 (Central America) here, and it’s true we still eat pumpkin seeds today! We actually cook, and grind them up using an indigenous tool made of volcanic stone called a “Metate”, until it becomes a delicious powder we call “Algüashte”, we typically use it as a condiment, and I highly recommend everyone tries, makes, or purchases some in stores!:) On another note I found it Interesting how well the Celtics/Christian traditions align with the Day of the Dead celebrations practiced close to Halloween? Might have something to do with colonization, because research is showing the indigenous people actually celebrated this festival around July-August, not November? Nice video nonetheless!

[@colleennewholy9026]

My father told me, that we Lakotas. Would grind pumpkin seeds with corn, and make a sort of powder, that would in turn. Enter sort of corn bread? But the recipe was lost, due to colonization But I shall endeavor to try and recreate it!

[@odinfromcentr2]

@@colleennewholy9026 Ooh, let us know how it turns out! 🤤

[@audreybailie8863]

Christians align with other holidays to make people feel comfortable when they convert. Or so I'm told. Actuwl Christians back in the day would avoid these holidays, and allowed other people to celebrate as long as it was in Jesus's name. Or other priests.

[@LindaC616]

Samhain celebrations were likely tied to seasons.

[@audreybailie8863]

@@LindaC616 idk. Christians didn't like most holidays.

[@GarfieldRex]

As a Spanish speaker who has played squash since I was a child, I'm curious about the use of the word squash to name these I only knew as pumpkins. In Spanish is Calabaza, name coming from the Hispanic peninsula before the Romans, but also in America it has many names from the Nahuatl, Carib, and Incan.

[@moukidelmar]

Simply put, all pumpkins are squash, but not all squash are pumpkins. The word "calabaza" refers to squashes as a whole and could be equally applied to summer squash and winter squash. It's particularly confusing as there is a specific cultivar of pumpkin from the Caribbean called Calabaza, which is related to the Caribbean pumpkin and the Seminole pumpkin.

[@hertrueself]

According to Grammarphobia: The word for the gourd is a short form of asquutasquash, a term for the vegetable in the Narragansett language, spoken by indigenous people in what’s now Rhode Island. The verb “squash,” on the other hand, ultimately comes from exquassare, a derivative of quassare, Latin for to shake off or drive away. An etymological relative is “quash.”

[@GarfieldRex]

@@hertrueself thank you very much!! 😁

[@gazepskotzs4]

Here in the Netherlands we cal them Kalebas, i assume it is derrived from calabaza.

[@lumpyspacecadet]

I live in Arizona. We celebrate the END of summer.

[@moukidelmar]

Very well done! You have some excellent information in here. To build on what you've got: Cucabrids were orginally introduced to the Americas by mega fauna, who would eat the fruits and disperse the seeds in their poop. The wild pumpkin or field pumpkin, is now extinct, but was the particular favorite food of mastodons and ground sloths, which we know from fossils from central America. Field pumpkins were native to marshy areas and to the edges of fields, where they would feed on the nutrients provided by the marshy soil and the dung of megafauna. Pumpkins of all sorts are still big feeders and require lots of fertilizer in the garden for this reason. Today there are four species of pumpkin, C.pepo, C.maxima, C.moschata, and C.aegyrosperma. Pepo pumpkins are the carving pumpkins with breeds like Howden, Casper, Jack O Lantern, and Connecticut Field. Maxima are the biggest fruits in the world, with breeds like Cinderella, Big Max, Giant, and Colossal. Moschata pumpkins are the most widely cultivated and the best eating pumpkins like Kombocha, Butternut, Calabaza squash, Marrow squash, and Cheese Pumpkin. And aegyrosperma pumpkins are the closest related to modern goards, and are mostly for decorations including, Jack Be Littles, Sugar Pie, Turban pumpkins, Crook Necks and Barred. All species and breeds of pumpkins are edible though the Pepo pumpkins are fairly bland and watery, and all pumpkins are rich in vitamins and beta carotene.

[@Zaeyrus]

For the Algorithm!

[@woolywonders5546]

On a side note those canned pumpkin aren’t pumpkin.. they’re squash… so most of us never had real pumpkin…..

[@ruthaussiegirl8794]

We have plenty of real eating pumpkins in Australia, canned pumpkins do not sell here, no one is interested in them

[@sazerchu]

I may be getting a few pie pumkins near christmas and cooking a real pumkin pie (or tarts) myself. Ive done it before too and the texture really somethin' else compared to the can. I may do a cranberry desert for xmas instead though. I have frozen cranberries in my freezer. Have yet to decide

[@darkironsides]

It would be great if you can talk about the three sisters farming method as well as other Early American methods in another video.

[@PakBallandSami]

your my pump-king justin ....haha.........ha...why isn't any body laughing?

[@seosamhrosmuc]

We used to carve turnips for halloween in Ireland in the 80s, well my dad did, we just watched

[@0x0404]

Pumpkin seeds are pretty good. I imagine they are mostly being sold from the larger non carving version.

[@heavymetalbassist5]

I grow "lady godiva" pumpkins for seed. they end up about 10lbs and give about 18oz of seeds. The shell isn't as thick as a typical pumpkin seed so great for snacking

[@katjakatt836]

@@heavymetalbassist5 also anti-parasitic :). kakai and Styrian also have hull-less seeds

[@butterman0007]

Really really love this series. Worth mentioning your volume is comparatively low.

[@drscopeify]

There is an ongoing error on many websites and sources including Wikipedia due to China and India including Gourds and Pumpkins as the same category. So when you see China and India are top producers of Pumpkins they mean Gourds and mostly verities consumed in Asia such as WAX Gourds. I was all over China and never saw a single Pumpkin but Gourds are everywhere.

[@LeDank]

You know it's fall (the best season) when the pumpkins start to show up. As soon as I start seeing them I think "awww hell yeah"

[@minisaiju7699]

Next video: Surprising history of Potatoes

[@hankhicks1108]

When I didn't have a pumpkin, I have used yellow crook-neck squash to make Jack-o-lanterns. In one really bad year, I carved overgrown cucumbers.

[@brienweston8334]

I love that idea. Do you have any pictures?

[@Ghoststone1]

You left out the Curcubita Moshata. There are many in this species that are considered pumpkins. The Long Island Cheese Pumpkin being one of the most well known.

[@Fireoflearning]

I had a little bit about butternut squash being moshata in the original draft but decided to edit it out, I suppose I should have kept it in hindsight

[@mbvoelker8448]

Don't be afraid of making slightly longer, more in-depth videos. We documentary nuts will watch them.

[@Vin-qz9yy]

Oh, most definitely!

[@wilsonsticks]

This video was great! To keep with the Halloween-esque theme, do you think you could do about the history of scarecrows?

[@martinsriber7760]

I have never eaten pumpkin. Not even taste. What is it like?

[@danielmartens156]

Pumpkin! 😁👍🌿

[@wholeNwon]

Buy a can and try it.

[@Fireoflearning]

I'm not sure that I can think of anything to compare it to

[@biffyqueen]

Mostly what we associate as "pumpkin flavor" is a mix of cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg and ginger, usually called "Pumpkin Spice". Actual pumpkin has a very mellow taste, it's not strong, and really just similar to squash. It mixes well with spices and when pureed is easily baked and really that's what makes it so popular. The pumpkin is more of a vehicle for the spice.

[@danielmartens156]

@@biffyqueen excellent explanation. 😁👍🌿

[@jmfn3966]

Great food history videos! As a Mexican who grew up growing and eating pumpkins, I greatly appreciate your work. You got a new subscriber :)

[@the-clown-connoisseur]

It is Spooky Season my dudes!

[@janelinley3624]

Oh yeah🤗😎👻🍂🎃💀

[@Hisloyalservantslistenlove613c]

Seminole Pumpkin ( native to Florida ) has a very unique flavor and is easy to grow.

[@magimon91834]

You know I liked this video a lot more than I was expecting to

[@pibly674]

Autumn is my favorite season.

[@damonmont8374]

I really enjoy this episode.

[@pagerhoads1531]

3 sisters garden corn beans and squash

[@YasuTaniina]

I grew up in Houston in the 90's and my family always would carve our pumpkins just before Halloween, and then just a few days after we'd cook and puree the pumpkins. We froze the puree and used it in all sorts of recipes. It confuses me to this day seeing so many people let their pumpkins rot on their porch. What a waste of good food.

[@TheShveyn04]

Happy Spooktober!

[@erichtomanek4739]

Orange Vegie Good....

[@Eidenbites]

The Tarahumara eat pumpkin seeds and flower.. In Mexico they eat a lot of pumpkin.. they grow almost anywhere.. We grew up eating calabacitas ( squash) and pumpkin atole .. south west Texas border to chihuahua

[@NordicDan]

Funny stumbling across this now. My kids and I just planted my Howden pumpkins for this year a few days ago.

[@BeanOfBean]

Its not even October yet!

[@christobalcolon6601]

one week . . .

[@LDrosophila]

Well my dreams of driving around in a pumpkin carriage were squashed

[@atomicblonde9667]

I like to drive around the morning after Halloween to collect about four nice looking ones bring home wash cut blanch mash bag and freeze. Each nag is enough pumpkin filling for a couple pies or muffins. Don't forget nutmeg cinnimun allspice or ginger

[@jonnyeldritch]

Cool now I know about pumpkins 🙂

[@damonmont8374]

I might go buy some pumpkin pie. 😭

[@rph8704]

Isn’t it odd that a fruit from southern Mexico thrives in the northeast USA?

[@b.a.erlebacher1139]

This is the result of centuries of indigenous farmers selecting for varieties suitable to their growing conditions so the crop could spread far from its climate of origin. Ditto for corn and beans, etc.

[@marschlosser4540]

One old way pumpkins and round squash were cooked by cutting off the top, cleaning out the seeds, and adding a stew mix. Put cap back on, small fire around the bottom. Keep coals away from the pumpkin. When it's tender, remove fire.

[@rosannacellini2158]

So interesting. I love the beautiful orange color of the pumpkins and the beauty of the trees. Decorating with pumpkins and carving them with my family is traditional. We make it spooky fun. 🎃🍁🌰🎃🍁🎃🍂🌾🍏

[@threwthelookingglass7194]

PUMPKINS!!!! THE SPICE MUST FLOW!

[@Verlisify]

The intro was masterfully done

[@boogieboy6946]

I have a Pumpkin Cookies Jar, it makes me happy every time I see it in my kitchen.

[@steveneardley7541]

A lot of work obviously went into collecting all this information, as well as the wonderful visuals. I appreciate it.

[@Sweetpea1128]

I see some sarcastic-type comments here, and maybe I’m just simple-folk, but a lot of us are here today because an ancestor could grow a pumpkin or gourd for survival. They are integral to several continents and cultures. Thank you for this timely video. Pseudo-intellectual critics…. Buy some seeds and give it a shot growing a pumpkin. You might not be as smart as you think you are. 👍🏻🎃

[@katjakatt836]

give them lots of fertilizer

[@bchittim1801]

Babe wake up! New Fire of Learning fruit video just dropped!

[@anarchorepublican5954]

🎃 smaller less hollow "Sugar Pie" Pumpkins make the best Pies from scratch...🥧

[@TheShveyn04]

I can see you!

[@trumplostlol3007]

Squash? Pumpkin is a GOURD. Gourd is a large family with species growing everywhere on planet earth.

[@bobsaturday4273]

wow ! man , this is a perfect example real video art . right from the start your collage of artwork masterpieces and stunning photography is in itself the creation of a 21st century media masterpiece . PERFECT ! and I actually enjoyed your narrative but somehow watching with no sound the second time gave me tighter focus on the visual beauty . either way you truly deserve the international pumpkin award .

[@mschweig42]

I’ve been following this guy for years. Awesome that he’s becoming the world’s greatest food historian.

[@tixontoxin6429]

One of the best things about the season is the pumpkin pie and what a coincidence I find this video in my sub box immediately after settling down with a nice, big slice.

[@dogslobbergardens6606]

Native people from South, Central and North America developed many, many staple foods that the entire world enjoys today. Pumpkins and squash, corn, potatoes, peppers, tomatoes, sweet potatoes... the list goes on and on and on.

[@caseychapman9856]

I'm loving this historic fruit videos.

[@Smokeyj911]

I love pumpkin Seeds specially grinding them. When it becomes powder sprinkle on fruits and Veggies. Good old Mayan way to eat fruits and veggies. How my people enjoy in Guatemala. Thank me later. :) 🎃👌

[@jflow5601]

So many great fruits and vegetables come from the New World.

[@gailgaddy5340]

Very interesting. I love anything pumpkin anytime of the year. My dad wouldn’t grow pumpkins even though he enjoyed It’s pie. I love to bake/cook any pumpkin recipe. Thanks for the video.👍👍

[@KFrost-fx7dt]

I eat pumpkins every day! My favorites are the zucchini pumpkin, the spaghetti pumpkin, the acorn pumpkin, the butternut pumpkin and the red Japanese pumpkin. Never heard of a Cinderella pumpkin. Now I want to grow some in my garden. I'm ready to meet my prince.

[@katjakatt836]

Cinderella pumpkins are delicious

[@icaliver]

If you have that warm happy feeling of fall, after watching this video then you must be a Jack O’Lantern. Happy Fall fellow pumpkins. 🎃

[@Brackets_Guy]

[@caitlinallen8400]

I enjoy pumpkin pie and just about everything pumpkin much more as an adult than I did as a kid