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Toasted Pumpkin Seeds

Posted Sat, 2009-10-31 16:08 by matthew

Pumpkin CarvingEvery year I end up tossing the pumpkin seeds from our jack-o-lanterns. Elizabeth, at work took the seeds home from our company pumpkin carve-fest last Tuesday and toasted them up and brought them back to work for snacking. I had forgotten how yummy they can be. So, I dug up my own recipe from years ago.

In our case, we had four pumpkins to work with. This yielded 2.75 cups of seeds, so we'll have lots to snack on.

You need:
Pumpkin Seeds, Salt, Water, Olive oil

Preheat oven to 400°F.

It's the Great Druplakin Charlie Brown!

Posted Tue, 2009-10-27 19:21 by matthew

pingVision Pumpkin CarvingThis afternoon, at pingVision, we spent the very end of the day carving pumpkins. The pumpkins ranged from my Druplicon to scary faces to kitty cats.

It became a bit of a family effort when Karyn Cassio's son and husband showed up to join in.

We're hoping that tomorrow we'll have candles to light them all weather permitting. The Metro Denver region is supposed to be blanketed in up to 14 inches of snow in the next 36 hours or so. Still, more pictures should be expected of the pumpkins, the people, and probably the snow!

The photos that I took can be seen on Flickr. So Happy Halloween (just a touch early)!

Happy Halloween!

Posted Thu, 2008-10-30 20:33 by matthew

Happy Halloween everybody!

Halloween 2008

Carving Pumpkins

Posted Wed, 2007-10-31 21:24 by matthew

For the second year in a row I've engaged in speed carving of pumpkins. This year, I managed to do three pumpkins in about 15 minutes with a jigsaw. I was only going to carve two, but my daughter bailed after her first pumpkin. She's 7--so it isn't too surprising.

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taking the top off

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