Let it be said that Autumn is officially my favorite season. Leaves of changing colors blowing through sunlit streets, the sounds of football announcers and raging fans echoing through the house and the aroma of pumpkin pies and toasted pecans filling hearts and tummies.
It's simply beautiful.
Autumn also marks a time of pumpkin carving and pumpkin-patch going — something of which my roommates and I had to take advantage. So off we went Sunday afternoon to visit the Hayden Pumpkin Patch. It proved to be a jolly time of candy-apple eating and perfect-pumpkin finding (along with every other child in north-central Alabama).
Upon returning to our lovely fall-decorated home, we immediately set out with one task in mind: Carving the perfect pumpkin (with deliciously roasted pumpkin seeds to follow). Silence fell over the table as 10 hands set to work, chipping away at the course shelling of the farm-grown orange sphere. Success claimed the reigns as we arose with our completed projects, each screaming with the "personality" of its creator. What's left but to wash the remnants of the large gourds to prepare its seeds for roasted perfection. From salted and Parmesan-Italian to brown sugar-cocoa and cinnamon-sugar, these birthrights were a delight to withhold. And nothing could complete the evening but a lovely fire, proving perfect for s'mores making.
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We did the family carving thing recently. Carlee loved reaching in and pulling out the pulp and seeds.
Great ideas on the seed flavors....might have to carve another one (wink).
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