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October 2007
October 13th: Thunder Valley Stables Scarecrow Festival
Explorers started with a bit of pumpkin / gourd trivia, then visited with the animals, including sheep, goats, and turkeys. Next was the hay ride out the the hay bale maze. Finally, Explorers watch pumpkins being catapulted across the farm.
October 20th: Port Farms
There was plenty to do at Port Farms! Erie Explorers played in the corn box, went down the many slides, played in the corn maze and haystacks, visited with the goats, did the pumpkin slingshot and took a hayride. The food was good too!
Pumpkin Trivia
- The largest pumpkin pie ever made was over five feet in diameter and weighed over 350 pounds. It used 80 pounds of cooked pumpkin, 36 pounds of sugar, 12 dozen eggs and took six hours to bake.
- Pumpkins range in size from less than a pound to over 1,000 pounds.
- The largest pumpkin ever grown weighed 1,140 pounds.
- Pumpkins were once recommended for removing freckles and curing snake bites.
- Colonists sliced off pumpkin tops; removed seeds and filled the insides with milk, spices and honey. This was baked in hot ashes and is the origin of pumpkin pie.
Source: Pumpkins and More
