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Autumn is upon us, a good time for Tidbits to examine one of the season’s foremost food items, the pumpkin! • Pumpkins are one of the oldest domesticated plants. Is it a fruit or a vegetable? Scientifically it is a fruit because it contains seeds and the fruit grows from a blossom on an existing plant. But nutritionally, it’s more similar to vegetables, specifically the squash family. Chefs consider them vegetables, because they’re prepared like vegetables. • A pumpkin contains about 500 seeds. If you’re planning to plant pumpkins, soak the seeds in lukewarm water the day before planting for optimum sprouting. Expect them to sprout in 8 to 10 days. Because they take between 90 and 120 days to mature, plant them between May and July. • The word “pumpkin” has undergone some modifications over the centuries. It’s believed that the Greek word “pepon,” meaning “large melon,” was the original name. The French pronounced it “pompon,” and the English changed it to “pumpion.” William Shakespeare mentioned the word “pumpion” in his 1602 play “The Merry Wives of Windsor.” It was the American colonists who altered the word to “pumpkin.” Turn the page for more!

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• More than 1.5 billion lbs. of pumpkin are produced annually in the U.S. The top-producing states are Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. Morton, Illinois proudly holds the title of Pumpkin Capital of the World.” Home to the Libby Corporation’s canning facility, the city processes 85% of America’s pumpkin. The University of Illinois tells us that 95% of the pumpkins grown in the U.S. come from that state. • What do Hooligan, Lumina, Iron Man, Cotton Candy, Cinderella, and Orange Smoothie have in common? They are all a different type of the 45 varieties of pumpkins. Those with a higher sugar content, such as the New England Cheddar, are best for desserts, while other less-sugary varieties, such as the Cinderella, named after the carriage of the fairy-tale princess, are used in savory recipes, such as those for other squashes. The smaller the pumpkin, the better the flavor. • Early artists’ impressions of the First Thanksgiving showed the Pilgrims serving traditional pumpkin pie at their outdoor tables. However, this is an inaccurate representation, as the first “pies were gutted-out pumpkins, filled with milk, spices, and honey baked in a fire’s hot ashes.” The Native Americans of the area, in addition to snacking on long strips of pumpkin roasted on the open fire, dried strips of the squash and wove them into mats. • Although we love pumpkin pie for Thanksgiving, surprisingly, it’s not our favorite. The American Pie Council says that apple pie is our preferred choice. But that didn’t stop the members of the New Bremen, Ohio Giant Pumpkin Growers from embarking on making the world’s largest pumpkin pie in 2010. Tipping the scales at 3,699 lbs., the crust was made of 440 sheets of dough and had a diameter of 20 feet. ...continued

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• In 2014, a Tennessee mom set out to make Halloween safe for kids with life-threatening food allergies. As a mother of a child with allergies, she created the Teal Pumpkin Project, asking families in her neighborhood to paint a pumpkin teal and place on their porch to indicate that they are handing out non-food treats, such as small toys or other non-edibles. The project has now blossomed into a nationwide initiative for allergy awareness. • Pumpkins have their very own sport, known as “Punkin Chunkin’,” which is a pumpkin launching competition. Several cities across the continent have organized contests, which require the pumpkins to be shot by some type of mechanical means. This includes slingshots, catapults, centrifugals, trebuchets (long-armed catapults), and pneumatic cannons. Pumpkins with thicker rinds are chosen in order to better withstand the intensity of the launch. The main rule is that the pumpkin must remain whole from the time it leaves the device until it hits the ground. The record-setting longest shot occurred in 2010 in Moab, Utah, where the pumpkin was shot from a pneumatic cannon, rocketing more than 5,545 feet before landing.

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• The Irish were the first to carve Jack-o-lanterns, but they didn’t carve pumpkins. Rather they carved turnips and potatoes, with the purpose of warding off evil spirits. The English used large beets and lit them with embers. When immigrants brought the tradition to America, they found pumpkins to be much easier to carve and the change was made. During colonial times, pumpkins were also placed on a person’s head as a guide for a haircut! ...continued

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• As if carving a pumpkin isn’t tricky enough, how about accomplishing it underwater? Several states sponsor an annual underwater carving competition, including Texas, Florida, California, Vermont, and Minnesota. In the Florida Keys, scuba divers gather in a shallow coral reef for the contest, which requires turning a pumpkin into a sea creature jack-o-lantern. In Austin, Texas, there are several categories, including Mermaid’s Delight, Creepiest Creation, and Fantastically Funny. The contest at Louise Mine Lake near Crosby, Minnesota, which began in 1998, sends divers 30 feet down to accomplish their carving. • Nutritionally, pumpkin is a wonder food. It’s 94% water, which makes it low in calories, less than 50 calories per cup. That one cup will provide 245% of the recommended daily requirement of Vitamin A, important for healthy vision, cell division, and the immune system. Pumpkin is also very high in beta-carotene, an antioxidant that contributes to eye, skin, and cell health, as well as reducing the risk for certain cancers.

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• The agoraphobic resists leaving home because of his or her fear of open spaces or crowds with no way to escape. The name comes from the Greek word “agora,” meaning “place of assembly.” Some folks with xenophobia might also stay at home, as they have a fear of strangers or foreigners. • Having a scary experience with a bearded person can lead to pogonophobia. These folks avoid individuals with beards, and might even have anxiety when just looking at a photo of someone with a beard. • Atelophobia and atychiphobia go hand-in-hand. Atelophobia is a fear of imperfection, while atychiphobia stems from a fear of failure. • There are a few different names for the fear of mirrors – eisoptrophobia, spectrophobia, and catoptrophobia. These people can’t look at themselves in a mirror, which can develop from shame of their physical appearance or low self-esteem. Some dread seeing a supernatural being in a mirror, while others avoid mirrors for fear of breaking one, bringing seven years of bad luck upon themselves. • An unusual fear, xanthophobia, affects those who are afraid of the color yellow. In the world we live in, it’s very difficult for them to avoid yellow objects, such as school buses, flowers, and people dressed in yellow. • Ablutophobia can keep a person from having friends. It’s the fear of bathing or washing the body. This phobia might stem from a disturbing incident involving water, and can be connected to aquaphobia, the fear of water. • These phobias might seem strange to the average person, but not to those who suffer from them – taphophobia, (the fear of being buried alive), phalacrophobia (the fear of baldness or going bald), gephyrophobia (the fear of crossing bridges), and arachibutyrophobia (the fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of your mouth).

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National Sandwich Day is just around the corner on November 3. Sink your teeth into these facts about one of our favorite meals. • The sandwich takes its name from John Montagu, Britain’s fourth Earl of Sandwich, who served as the first Lord of the Admiralty and postmaster general, among other positions. He financially supported the Pacific voyages of Captain James Cook, who discovered a group of islands in 1778 and named them the Sandwich Islands after his benefactor. They were renamed the Hawaiian Islands in the 1840s. • The story goes that Montagu was engaged in a 24-hour-long gambling event, during which he refused to leave the table. He instructed his servant to put meat between two slices of toasted bread to enable him to hold it in one hand and continue gambling. • In 1930, a Philadelphia hot dog vendor named Pat Olivieri added something new to his cart’s menu. He cooked up sliced ribeye steak, added some grilled onions, and served it on an Italian roll. A local cab driver spread the news about the new concoction and soon folks were lined up at the stand. The sandwich became so popular, it wasn’t long before Olivieri opened up his own restaurant, Pat’s King of Steaks. Interestingly, the original sandwich didn’t have cheese on it, but was added later by a restaurant employee, thus, the Philly cheesesteak! Other additions included peppers, mushrooms, and other veggies. The original business is still owned and operated by the Olivieri family, and is open 24/7. • The Dagwood sandwich, created from several layers of meats, cheese, lettuce, and tomato, has its origins in the “Blondie” comic strip created by Chic Young. The strip’s character, Dagwood Bumstead, who regularly indulges in enormous sand...cont'd wiches, has been doing so since 1936.

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• Depending on where you live, the name of sandwiches served on oblong rolls varies. In the 19th century, it became the “hero” when a local reported wrote that you had to be a hero to finish this gigantic sandwich. During World War II, when a Connecticut deli received an order for 500 sandwiches for the local Navy submarine base, they started calling them “subs.” Before that, folks in New England said “grinder,” a term that originated from the Italian-American slang for a dock worker. Italian workers at a shipyard called Hog Island in Philadelphia during World War II named it a “hoagie.” Other New Englanders might say “torpedo” for their oblong sandwich, while those from Yonkers, New York eat “wedges.” People in Boston call them “spuckies.” Those in Louisiana eat “po’boys,” and their sandwiches frequently feature fried seafood. • Louisiana is also famous for the Muffaletta, made from a round loaf of Italian bread filled with salami, ham, Provolone cheese, and topped with chopped green olives, pimientos, celery, capers, Italian spices, and olive oil and red wine vinegar. • A Monte Cristo sandwich consists of two slices of bread filled with ham, turkey, or chicken, along with Swiss cheese. It’s dipped in egg and fried in butter. It might come with a side of jelly for dipping. It’s a variation of a French dish called “croquet monsieur,” which translates “Mister Crunchy.” The term Monte Cristo translates from the Italian for “Mount Christ.” • What’s America’s most popular sandwich? You might think peanut butter and jelly, but it’s actually ham and cheese. A PBJ isn’t even in second place – that honor belongs to the BLT. PBJ lands in third place. By the time a child reaches high school graduation, he or she has consumed about 1,500 peanut and jelly sandwiches. Locally Owned

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