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	How to pick your pumpkin

grammydjb1

10-13-2007 9:58 PM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/674d9b5d-19a7-44cd-94bc-9818c87b56f5/D35365E6-5B0A-4A15-B800-FC0802CDF266/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.wikihow.com/Pick-Pumpkins" href="http://www.wikihow.com/Pick-Pumpkins" style="font-size: 11px;">www.wikihow.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.wikihow.com/Pick-Pumpkins"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Choose a design to carve <I>before</I> you go shopping for
pumpkins. Think about which shape would best suit your design--tall
and narrow? Fat and round? If you're going to use stencils, look
for a pumpkin with a shape similar to the pattern you're going to
carve.</LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.wikihow.com/Pick-Pumpkins"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Check for a smooth, uniformly colored skin. The flesh should be
firm, not elastic in any way. Inspect the entire pumpkin. Stay away
from pumpkins with bruises, cuts, scratches or any signs of mold.
If you'll be using stencils, steer clear of dents as well.</LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.wikihow.com/Pick-Pumpkins"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Knock on the shell. Ripe pumpkins will make a "hollow" sound.
If the pumpkin is on the vine, the vine should be dry and the stem
should be hard and brown. The ripeness of the pumpkin might not
matter as much if you're only interested in carving (in which case
an unripened pumpkin might last longer).</LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.wikihow.com/Pick-Pumpkins"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.wikihow.com/img/D4A96C28-F5F0-4BE0-B71B-C30484E805A8" alt="" /></div></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/D35365E6-5B0A-4A15-B800-FC0802CDF266/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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