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Pumpkins: More than just pies and jack-o-lanterns

The pumpkin is a ubiquitous symbol during this time of year. Pumpkins, both the plastic and real kind, are everywhere, and yet at the same time are underrated. There seems to be just a few uses for pumpkins in our national psyche…jack-o-lanterns, pies, and maybe soup.

And no, I don’t count pumpkin spice products. Those are often just something with nutmeg and cinnamon in them to make them taste sort of like a pumpkin pie with zero actual pumpkin.

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Posted by Jamie Oberdick on 10/11, 2017 at 09:16 AM

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Local Food Notes for Oct 16

This week, check out Friends & Farmers Membership Meeting (open to all), learn more about how our area is celebrating National Cooperative Month, head to the Way Fruit Farm Apple Festival, sip wine among the fall finery at Mt. Nittany Winery, and go pumpkin crazy at the Hollidaysburg Pumpkin Festival…

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Posted by Jamie Oberdick on 10/16, 2015 at 09:53 AM

Tags: LocalFoodNotes | pumpkins | apples | festivals |

Pumpkins - not just for pies and front stoops anymore

The humble pumpkin at one time was known for being just two things - a front porch decoration and a pie. Also, unless you lived in Pennsylvania Dutch country like I did as a kid and saw â€œneck pumpkins,â€ pumpkins were always orange and round.

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Posted by Jamie Oberdick on 10/14, 2011 at 06:59 AM

Tags: pumpkins | fall |

Pumpkin and Gruyere Fondue

Turn the final pumpkins of the season into vessels for rich Gruyere fondue. This recipe comes form farmer and cook Steve Spanelli of Tait Farm.

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Posted by Emily Wiley on 11/24, 2010 at 12:08 PM

Tags: recipe | fall | pumpkins |

Stuffed Pumpkins

I love October. I love the leaves, the Halloween decorations, and most of all, the pumpkins. Every year, on October 1st, I embark on a quest for the perfect pumpkins. Once I have found them, I try to come up with innovative ways to use them for cooking, outside of the typical pumpkin pie. Here is the perfect recipe for entertaining this fall. It is simple, quick, and the finished product is cute and tasty.

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Posted by Michele Frank on 10/11, 2010 at 08:27 AM