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  Pumpkin lore and more   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The pumpkin has been a longtime favorite of children, featured in their literature (Cinderella's coach) and in song (the keeper for Peter Pumpkin Eater's wife).
Pumpkin technically belongs to the squash family, but performs so beautifully as pie filling it is often considered a fruit.
Historically, pumpkin seeds have been used medicinally: American Indians chewed them to ward off kidney infections and parasites, and they were an official drug in the 19th century as a diuretic and worm remedy.
www.ext.colostate.edu /PUBS/COLUMNCC/cc041019.html   (542 words)

  
 Pumpkin Eater - WEBB Cooks - American Diabetes Association   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Pumpkins should be small, but heavy for their size.
If you notice the pumpkin produces a lot of moisture, then strain the pumpkin over cheesecloth lined inside of a strainer and allow the puree to drain overnight in the refrigerator until most of the liquid is gone.
Pumpkin season is really short, stretching from late September to only around Christmas, so prepare them at their peak for best results.
www.diabetes.org /nutrition-and-recipes/nutrition/September2005.jsp   (488 words)

  
 Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater is an English nursery rhyme
It would seem this rhyme is about a man who murdered his wife and hid her corpse in a pumpkin.
Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater Rhyme. Nursery Rhymes Lyrics and Origins.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Peter_Peter_Pumpkin_Eater   (104 words)

  
 Blog Appetit: Pumpkin Eater
No matter what kind of cooking pumpkin you use, select one that is bright orange and seems heavy for its size with its stem attached.
Cut open at the “lid.” If you are going to peel the pumpkin to use raw or to steam, use a sharp knife and trim away the outside peel, then cut the pumpkin shell in half vertically.
Pump up vegetable soup by adding one to two cups of pumpkin puree along with some fresh minced ginger, a pinch of red pepper flakes, a half teaspoon or so of coconut extract and possibly some leftover, chopped steamed greens and two tablespoons of smooth peanut butter.
clickblogappetit.blogspot.com /2005/10/pumpkin-eater.html   (694 words)

  
 Pumpkin Lore & More
The pumpkin has been a longtime favorite of children, featured in their favorite stories (Cinderella's coach) and in song (the keeper for Peter Pumpkin Eater's wife).
Pumpkin technically belongs to the squash family, but is used so often as a pie filling that it is often considered a fruit.
pumpkin is to cut the pumpkin in half, scoop out the seeds and stringy pulp, and cook the halves face down in a conventional or microwave oven until pulp is tender (about an hour in a 350 degree F oven, or 6-7 minutes per pound in the microwave).
www.ext.nodak.edu /county/stark/house/pumpkin.htm   (472 words)

  
 Welcome to the Pumpkin Patch @ KinderKorner.com
Pumpkins, gourds, and other varieties of squash are all members of the family Cucurbitacae, which also includes cucumbers, gherkins, and melons.
From the opening spread of a mound of giant pumpkins, dwarfing the preschooler nestled in their midst, to a concluding series of shots of a seed toothed jack-o' lantern gradually subsiding into the regenerative earth -- i.e., decomposing over time -- each spread is a visual delight.
From the opening spread of a mound of giant pumpkins, dwarfing the preschooler nestled in their midst, to a concluding series of shots of a seed-toothed jack-o' lantern gradually subsiding into the regenerative earth, each spread is a visual delight.
www.kinderkorner.com /pumpkinpatch.html   (4155 words)

  
 Peter, Peter The Pumpkin Eater Nursery Rhyme | Craft | Preschool Lesson Plan Printable Activities
Peter, Peter the Pumpkin-Eater is a popular nursery rhyme that is effective to practice letter P (Peter and pumpkin), focus on an pumpkin and autumn harvest theme, or an alternative for Halloween celebrations.
Pumpkin Patch: Visit a pumpkin farm in your area or recreate a pumpkin patch one by placing pumpkins the children can find outdoors and take home.
Visit this related set of activities to present P is for Pumpkin and other learning activities to incorporate with this or as a separate activity.
www.first-school.ws /activities/nrhymes/peter.htm   (575 words)

  
 Lesson 1   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
After their pumpkins are dry from group activity 1, glue the p- pictures on the back of the pumpkin.
With the small pumpkin pattern trace it onto the construction paper making sure the top of the pumpkin is on the fold.
Pumpkin sequencing from small to large: On an 11” x 18” sheet of manila paper, have the children draw a field with a fence on a dark night with a moon shining.
www.thesolutionsite.com /lpnew/lesson/3151/lesson1.htm   (1568 words)

  
 Pumpkins and More - Pumpkin History
The name pumpkin originated from the Greek word for "large melon" which is "pepon." "Pepon" was nasalized by the French into "pompon." The English changed "pompon" to "Pumpion." Shakespeare referred to the "pumpion" in his Merry Wives of Windsor.
American colonists changed "pumpion" into "pumpkin." The "pumpkin" is referred to in The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Eater and Cinderella.
The origin of pumpkin pie occurred when the colonists sliced off the pumpkin top, removed the seeds, and filled the insides with milk, spices and honey.
www.urbanext.uiuc.edu /pumpkins/history.html   (476 words)

  
 A Pumpkin Unit - filled with lessons, printables, and more
Estimate the circumfrence of the pumpkin by having the students cut a piece of yarn that they think will fit around the pumpkin.
Pumpkin shaped chart stickers can be bought in bulk at Staples or your local teacher store.
Tape a snapshot of the child near the bottom of her pumpkin then cover the snapshot with the "door" you cut.
teachingheart.net /apumpkinunit.html   (2585 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Places to be a pumpkin (pie) eater   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The 2-inch pumpkin baby pie has ground pecans in the crust and is served with crème fraîche or rum whipped cream." 540-675-3800.
Fitting in nicely with the restaurant's contemporary American cuisine, pumpkin pie and cheesecake with cinnamon whipped cream, "featuring a graham cracker and ground-pecan crust," says pastry chef/owner Pamela Sturkey, will be served from before Thanksgiving through the holidays.
A rich pumpkin filling made with maple sugar, in a deep-dish crust, is flavored with toasted and fresh-ground cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and allspice.
www.usatoday.com /travel/destinations/10great/2003-09-29-pumpkin-pie_x.htm   (643 words)

  
 thoughts and tomfoolery: peter peter pumpkin eater   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Because instead of hearkening their words-- and taking delight in the wonderful joys and palpable experiences this fall has brought me--I seem to be of a one-track mind these days.
Overshadowing the mosh-pit experiences of Cold Play and Springsteen, the Sunday morning easy talks I've had with Brandi, and the laugh-until-you-cry times I've had with others, the PUMPKIN is lord of my October.
Pumpkin lattes, pumpkin beer, pumpkin ice cream, pumpkin donuts, pumpkin soup, pumpkin muffins, and pumpkin bread.
currencyofhope.blogspot.com /2005/10/peter-peter-pumpkin-eater.html   (224 words)

  
 Pp is for Pumpkins   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
While it is folded, cut out a pumpkin shape (but do not cut along the fold!) Open it up and you will have 4 paper-doll style pumpkins.
Using an individual pumpkin pie size pumpkin, have each student cut a string that is "just right" for his/her pumpkin.
On the bottom, write "Pp is for Pumpkin." After the student cuts out the pumpkin, give her pumpkin seeds to glue on the "Pp" for tactile letters.
www.kinderhive.net /P.html   (515 words)

  
 ChamomileTimes.com Forums - Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
I puree all my pumpkins that make it past the decorating committee, and freeze in 2 cup packages.
Blend brown sugar, egg whites, buttermilk, and pumpkin puree in a medium bowl.
I heard you have a pumpkin bread recipe that is to die for....Can you please share it with us......
www.chamomiletimes.com /forum/printthread.php?t=854&pp=40   (1482 words)

  
 ToxicUniverse.com - Jack Clayton - 1964 - Pumpkin Eater, The Movies Review
The Pumpkin Eater is a film about marriage and madness, which are not, of course, mutually exclusive.
Only Alan Parker's Shoot the Moon (1982) rivals The Pumpkin Eater as a portrait of a ruined relationship, garnished in both cases by a brood of howling children.
But The Pumpkin Eater is such a painful film that Clayton was right to give us a small catharsis.
www.toxicuniverse.com /review.php?rid=10005838   (1295 words)

  
 Pumpkins
We have a large laminated pumpkin that is hung beside of pumpkin that we will be counting the seeds from.
Then the students have a worksheet that they color, cut out the pumpkins, and then glue the pumpkins in order from smallest to largest on another strip of paper.
Have the children paint their pumpkins orange and the twisted stem stays brown.
www.mrspohlmeyerskinderpage.com /pumpkins.htm   (1516 words)

  
 Pumpkin Eater
If you find yourself cloistered inside a pumpkin shell of existence, there are many things you must do now.
"He put her in a pumpkin shell and there he kept her very well." Now, there is a male-chauvinist statement.
One excuse some pumpkin shell women give for remaining in an abusive relationship is that they believe they won’t be able to find another person to marry.
www.wolverton-mountain.com /articles/pumpkin.htm   (659 words)

  
 Scifi and Fantasy Forum: Writers Showcase: SF/F Short Stories:The Pumpkin Eater
She had climbed out of her window as the key was turned in the lock and she and Peter Peter spent the evening waltzing through the pumpkin patch to the faint strains of music wafting out the the ballroom windows.
Meanwhile, Ella's pumpkin coach pulled up in front of the royal palace and she regally stepped out of it and climbed the white marble stairs that led up to the huge double doors that led into the ballroom.
In the pumpkin patch the tiny fairy zoomed around on fireflies, their glowing eyes slightly worried as they watched Peter Peter work his way through the pumpkins.
speculativevision.com /forum/messages/29/5219.html   (3789 words)

  
 North Coast Journal - October 27, 2005: DINING - Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater
She notes that Howdens are not really the pumpkin of choice for cooks.
Her shopping tip: "Pie pumpkins are like bananas in that, as they ripen, the sugar comes to the surface and they get the same kind of brown speckles bananas do when they get nice and ripe.
Dandeneau is preparing a bunch of pumpkin pies that will be given away and making trophies for the award winners.
www.northcoastjournal.com /102705/food1027.html   (984 words)

  
 Features Item : It's a bird ... a plane ... a pumpkin?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
It involved tossing a 10-lb pumpkin as far as possible using compressed air, a catapult, centrifuge, or any other means to toss it.
It was decided that two launchers would participate in the competition: the original Pumpkin Eater and the new, unnamed Mega-launcher.
The smaller Pumpkin Eater launcher, manned by students, stood true to form.
www.achrnews.com /CDA/ArticleInformation/features/BNP__Features__Item/0,1338,549,00.html   (1056 words)

  
 Writing.Com: Peter Pumpkin-Eater   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
I was carving a plain ordinary pumpkin when an elf popped out.
Now I must admit it was roomy inside, and the seeds were quite pleasant to nibble on, but that naughty elf chased me all around, and he never gave me a moment of peace.
I kept thinking about how the pumpkin was probably starting to rot on the bench of my porch.
www.writing.com /view/899000   (1435 words)

  
 Andrew Levy | Diary of a Pumpkin Eater
The pumpkin eater picks up the spoon and dips it gently into the pumpkin.
We plan to gorge the elephant slowly with pumpkin from the midwestern states.
The lesson: Children measured in the same proportion as pumpkin should be happy as oxen.
ccat.sas.upenn.edu /xconnect/v4/i2/t/levy2.html   (450 words)

  
 Peter Peter pumpkin eater nursery rhyme lyrics with origins and history
Peter Peter pumpkin eater nursery rhyme lyrics with origins and history
This rhyme is known of by British children but is only in recent years that it has become clear exactly what a pumpkin is! As it is not indigenous to the British shores the vast majority of the British population have never eaten pumpkin!
Peter Peter pumpkin eater rhyme: history and origins
www.famousquotes.me.uk /nursery_rhymes/peter_peter_pumpkin_eater.htm   (103 words)

  
 Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Eater   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
When most people think of pumpkin as food (rather than as a jack-o-lantern), they think of pumpkin pie.
The pumpkin is a fruit, a member of the melon family.
Here's a delicious way to serve it with dinner, and easy, too, because it uses canned pumpkin.
www.librarysupport.net /mothergoosesociety/rhymes/peterpeter.html   (100 words)

  
 pumpkin Recipes | Recipe*zaar   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Martha Stewart's Pumpkin Soup in a Pumpkin by Lennie
This is the one pumpkin pie recipe I keep coming back to year after year.
White pumpkin with pulses(S. Indian style white pumpkin in hot and sour gravy) by Charishma Ramchandani
www.recipezaar.com /r/q=pumpkin   (346 words)

  
 Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater rhyme
The lyrics of the "Peter Peter pumpkin eater" rhyme (unlike most) originate not in Europe, but in America.
This rhyme is has become known to British children only in recent years as for most British children it has only just become clear exactly what a pumpkin is! As it is not indigenous to the British shores the vast majority of the British population have never eaten pumpkin!
The American tradition of dressing up for Halloween (and the subsequent use of the pumpkin for making lanterns) together with 'Trick or Treat' has only reached our shores a few years ago.
www.rhymes.org.uk /peter_peter_pumpkin_eater.htm   (122 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: Video: The Pumpkin Eater [IMPORT]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The Pumpkin Eater: A Modern Tragedy, September 1, 2001
It is a tribute to Amazon.com that this film is available.
Pumpkin Eater is an intelligent,sensitive,adult movie about the break down of a marriage.
www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/6303651631   (599 words)

  
 Pumpkin History
The name pumpkin originated from the Greek word for "large melon" wich is "pepon." "Pepon" was nasalized by the French into "pompon." The English changed "pompon" to "Pumpion." Shakespeare referred to the "pumpion" in his Merry Wives of Windsor.
Since then they use pumpkins instead of turnips.
In the 20th century, Halloween in America became most of all a party where little children were dressed up as ghosts and with hollowed pumpkins like lanterns went by houses to "trick or treat".
www.lasan.org /lasan-readings/forum/pumpkin-history.htm   (1028 words)

  
 The Pumpkin Eater
A television reporter (John Leguizamo) on a quest for fame investigates serial murders in an Ecuadorean town.
Antonio Banderas leaves his mark on every film; in his latest, the mark he leaves is a big "Z." Find out more here.
Currently, there are not enough Tomatometer critic reviews for The Pumpkin Eater to receive a rating.
www.rottentomatoes.com /m/pumpkin_eater   (307 words)

  
 (GCJZKF) Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Eater by craziecacher
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The Walden police station overlooks the playground, so the challenge here is to find, sign and replace this one without looking suspicious, or getting spied by muggles-especially the knee-high variety- they see everything.
The playground had few little pumpkins in it on a beautiful afternoon.
www.geocaching.com /seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCJZKF&log=y   (954 words)

  
 RIT Players - Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater Theatre   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
RIT Players - Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater Theatre
If you would like to contact us for a performance, please e-mail, Jason "Stick" Treadwell.
Pictures from Peter Peter Pumpkine Eater Theatre 1999
www.rit.edu /~players/current_projects/pppet.html   (97 words)

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