Super Fruit

It is a bit embarrassing to admit, but today - the last day of April, over one month into Spring - we finally disposed of our large Halloween pumpkin - a holiday celebrated on the last day of October, over one month into Autumn.

That's right, this pumpkin lasted OVER 6 months! It looked a bit saggy and black-spotted at the end, but it held up wonderfully for the first 5 months that we kept it indoors. No joke! It looked brand new.

That pumpkin was some kind of super fruit (yes, a pumpkin is a fruit, not a vegetable). In case of WW3, I think the best source for long-term food supply could be a pumpkin patch. Just remember that you heard it here first. ; )

To the right is the super fruit as it appeared on 18-Oct-2006.

Don't let the funny face fool you - the pumpkin is the round orange thing on the right, not the roundish pink thing in denim overalls on the left. ;)