It’s that time of year, time to create a jack-o-lantern.
Firstly, you have to choose your perfect pumpkin, and find the ‘just right’ side to create the face on. Next,the gloopy, seed-filled insides get scooped out and the expression of your choice is skilfully carved into the pumpkin flesh. A candle is then shoved inside to light it up and create that perfectly spooky mood.
Yes, good old Halloween fun explained in a few easy sentences.
These days I don’t get the opportunity to dress up for Halloween, but it’s still fun to carve the pumpkin, watch scary movies and eat Halloween candy. Heck, this can be done any time of year really but is especially fun in October.
This year I was amused to find out that British turnip carving was the original way to ‘celebrate’ the 31st October back in the day.
Yes, carving a turnip.
My British colleagues explained how as children they used to struggle to hollow out their rock hard turnip instead of using its softer cousin like we do across the pond.
You can read about it here and have a good giggle thinking about just how incredibly difficult this must have been back in the day.
