Pumpkins! What Can I Use My Big Pumpkin For?

A Huge Pumpkin!

Grown outside a family's fence.

I recently was out on a run and saw these huge pumpkins. Luckily I had my iphone with me and snapped a few pictures. It got me to thinking about what uses we could use for a pumpkin. Of course, you could eat it, although one this big might not be the best option. So, I did a little research and came up with 5 interesting ways to use pumpkin.
1. In Early Colonial Times, the pumpkin was used as a crust for pies, not for the filling. I wonder if we could try that. Anyone have a recipe for that?
2. Pumpkins have been recommended as a freckle remover. Although, I haven't tried it.
3. Native Americans used pumpkins as material for mats. They dried it and flattened it out.
4. You can deep fry pumpkin flowers, they are edible.
5. Pumpkins halves were used in the colonial period as a guide for haircuts. (I think I've seen some of those cuts recently)

5 Unusual Uses For Aluminum Foil

Did you ever play with Aluminum Foil as a kid? I did. I can remember making swords and party hats and big balls from foil. As an adult, I am still thinking of how to use this wonderful product. Here are five unusual ways to recycle and use aluminum foil.

1. Soften Up Your Brown Sugar-bake your hardened brown sugar at 300 degrees for 5 minutes wrapped in foil.
2. Sharpen your scissors with leftover foil. Just fold it over into several layers and start cutting.  It should take just a few cuts.
3. Move furniture with foil. Place small pieces of foil under large furniture (dull side down) and pull your furniture effortlessly.
4. Need a lure for fishing but are fresh out?  Wrap some foil around a fishhook and make strings of the foil to dangle in the water and watch the fish come.
5. Keep paint off your doorknobs when painting your doors. Just wrap it around the knob and trim with a sharp knife.....clean doorknobs!

Did you know that most people still refer to aluminum foil as tin foil? It hasn't been made of tin since 1947. I guess we are all creatures of habit when talking about our favorite products that are in our home. Do you know more? Let us know. Do you have an unusual use for foil?

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