• Fixbeat@lemmy.mlEnglish
    10211·
    3 days ago

    It’s not a waste if its sole purpose for existing is to rot on porches. It’s just a bonus if you can squeeze out another use, like becoming an emergency room curiosity.

    • Cethin@lemmy.zipEnglish
      19·
      3 days ago

      What makes you think that. Is there something odd that people aren’t commenting on or something? Maybe calling the inside guts? That’s the only weird thing I recall seeing.

      • Zoop@beehaw.orgEnglish
        10·
        3 days ago

        A ‘smash party’ could sound like some sort of euphemism, I suppose. I’m guessing that’s what they’re referring to. They’ve just got a much dirtier mind than the rest of us.

  • Churbleyimyam@lemm.eeEnglish
    451·
    3 days ago

    An Englishman, an Irishman and a Scotsman were travelling abroad and needed a place to sleep for the night. They stopped at a farm and asked the farmer if they could sleep there. The farmer said “Yes, you can. But all of you must promise not to have sex with my beautiful daughter.” They all solemnly agreed and were shown to their room for the night.

    One by one though, each of them was overcome by temptation and sneaked down the hall to farmer’s daughter’s bedroom to have their wicked way with her.

    I’m the morning they came downstairs and were greeted by the farmer. “Good morning!” he said, “I hope you all slept well. Take a basket each and go out and pick something from my farm to eat for breakfast”. Being very hungry from their travels they all eagerly went out to look for their favourite food.

    The first to return was the Englishman. The farmer was waiting for him - with a loaded shotgun. “I know what you did last night!” shouted the farmer, pointing his gun at the Englishman. The Englishman threw his hands up in the air, dropping the basket of strawberries he’d picked for breakfast. “Bend over and put those strawberries up your arse and let that be a lesson to you!” The Englishman did as he was told and pushed the strawberries up his bum. Seeing that the farmer was satisfied the Englishman ran out the door and off into the distance.

    Next to return was the Scotsman. “What did you pick for breakfast young man?” asked the farmer. “I picked carrots” answered the Scotsman. “Well put them up your arse you dirty bastard!” screamed the farmer, pulling out the shotgun “I know what you did last night!” “Please dont shoot me sir!” Cried the Scotsman, as he painfully pushed each of the carrots up his bum before making a break for it and running out of the house.

    Last to return was the Irishman, carrying his basket on his back. “You dirty lying son of a bitch!” screamed the farmer “You had sex with my daughter last night!” “Now tell me what you picked for breakfast.”

    The Irishman heaved his basket onto the floor with a thud.

    They both looked down at its contents.

    “I picked a pumpkin sir.”

      • Zoop@beehaw.orgEnglish
        4·
        3 days ago

        I was thinking more like a 1Guy1Jar type of thing, but with a pumpkin. At least it won’t shatter into glass shards this time!

        (I can still clearly hear the sound of the glass after all these years…)

    • edric@lemm.eeEnglish
      2·
      2 days ago

      The version I know is that they will only live if they can stick the fruit/vegetable in their ass without making a sound, and they were shot because they couldn’t stop giggling because they saw the third guy carrying <whatever large produce>.

  • Jimbabwe@lemmy.worldEnglish
    433·
    3 days ago

    Last year I placed two dozen or so pumpkins around my property and got up on the roof and started shootin with my AR until the neighbor called, claiming some maniac was on my roof shootin a gun so I went inside cuz that sounded pretty spooky smh can’t have nothin nice no more

  • Hugh_Jeggs@lemm.eeEnglish
    351·
    3 days ago

    complain about throwing a billion pumpkins into landfill

    Order a billion tonnes of plastic shite off Temu which then breaks, and throw it into landfill

    Fucking keep chucking the pumpkins, guys

  • Zathras@lemm.eeEnglish
    34·
    3 days ago

    If you know someone with chickens, give your pumpkins to them. The chickens love to eat the insides all the way to the edge of the rind. It is also supposed to be a natural dewormer.

    • SupraMario@lemmy.worldEnglish
      14·
      3 days ago

      Farm period. Cows/goats/horses/pigs all love pumpkin. Plus when they crap out the seeds, you’re going to find a bunch of pumpkins in the fields

    • BoneDemonBoofer@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
      3·
      2 days ago

      I came here to say this! My chickens love pumpkins. If you know anyone who has goats they will demolish then. Aaaand You can also cube them or puree them and add them to dog food. With an appropriate ratio of animal protein.

      For cat food you can boil and blend some chicken with a little bit of pumpkin and salt by weight. It comes out like a pate’ and my cat loves it. Vet aproved if you stick with the correct ratios.

      If you have dogs that like to chew and shred you can cut a hole in one to get it started and let them have at it outside.

      I also highly reccomend calabaza en tacha as a dessert. Shit is sooo fucking good and really simple to make.

      I used to grow pumpkins, but this time of year so many are being thrown out at stores that i just dive them now.

  • Gimpydude@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
    18·
    3 days ago

    Chickens do like to eat pumpkin. I always get 5-6 pumpkins and after they are done as decoration, they’re fed to the chickens. Not at all wasted.

  • aeharding@vger.socialEnglish
    21·
    3 days ago

    I mean you could start by composting and not throwing into a landfill… many cities accept with leaf collection

  • fossilesque@mander.xyzOPMEnglish
    29·
    3 days ago

    Toasted pumpkin seeds:

    Using running water seperate seeds from pumpkin guts. Soak them in salt water while you carve. Preheat and bake at 220C for 15-20 mins. Eat them whole.

    • bl_r@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      10·
      3 days ago

      I had an elementary school teacher who would ask all of us to save the seeds when making jack o lanterns and give it to her. She’d then make a ton of roasted pumpkin seeds and share it with us and some kids from other classes who brought seeds.

      They are pretty good. Highly recommend.

    • DarkCloud@lemmy.worldEnglish
      71·
      3 days ago

      Or rather than soak them, you can manually separate them, oil and salt them, then cook them on a lower setting until they start to go golden brown.