Comments on: How to Carve a Pumpkin http://www.joyfulabode.com/blog/2007/10/13/how-to-carve-a-pumpkin/ Domesticity by Trial and Error Sun, 07 Sep 2008 17:55:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: How to Roast Pumpkin Seeds | Joyful Abode http://www.joyfulabode.com/blog/2007/10/13/how-to-carve-a-pumpkin/#comment-1114 How to Roast Pumpkin Seeds | Joyful Abode Mon, 15 Oct 2007 12:48:01 +0000 http://www.joyfulabode.com/blog/2007/10/13/how-to-carve-a-pumpkin/#comment-1114 [...] How to Carve a Pumpkin [...] […] How to Carve a Pumpkin […]

]]> By: Dawn http://www.joyfulabode.com/blog/2007/10/13/how-to-carve-a-pumpkin/#comment-1109 Dawn Sun, 14 Oct 2007 10:14:33 +0000 http://www.joyfulabode.com/blog/2007/10/13/how-to-carve-a-pumpkin/#comment-1109 Just a couple of things I learned about pumpkin carving thru the years.. 1) When cutting the lid, make sure you angle the knife INWARD slightly, don't cut straight up and down. I did that once and the lid would fall into the pumpkin!! 2) An ice cream scooper is the best tool for scraping all the gunk from the insides. 3) An alternate idea for cutting the lid.. cut out the BOTTOM! When you're done and ready to light it, you simply put the candle on the bottom, light it, and replace the pumpkin on top. Then you end up with a nice, clean pumkin top. 4) Don't forget to cut a small hole on the top for a "chimney". Sometimes if your candle is big or your pumpkin is small, you'll start smelling a burning smell.. that's the pumpkin burning! And I set the candle back a bit on the bottom of the pumpkin, not in the direct center, because it's too hard to cut a chimney thru the very center of the top. Just a couple of things I learned about pumpkin carving thru the years..

1) When cutting the lid, make sure you angle the knife INWARD slightly, don’t cut straight up and down. I did that once and the lid would fall into the pumpkin!!

2) An ice cream scooper is the best tool for scraping all the gunk from the insides.

3) An alternate idea for cutting the lid.. cut out the BOTTOM! When you’re done and ready to light it, you simply put the candle on the bottom, light it, and replace the pumpkin on top. Then you end up with a nice, clean pumkin top.

4) Don’t forget to cut a small hole on the top for a “chimney”. Sometimes if your candle is big or your pumpkin is small, you’ll start smelling a burning smell.. that’s the pumpkin burning! And I set the candle back a bit on the bottom of the pumpkin, not in the direct center, because it’s too hard to cut a chimney thru the very center of the top.

]]> By: Cat Morley http://www.joyfulabode.com/blog/2007/10/13/how-to-carve-a-pumpkin/#comment-1101 Cat Morley Sat, 13 Oct 2007 22:44:53 +0000 http://www.joyfulabode.com/blog/2007/10/13/how-to-carve-a-pumpkin/#comment-1101 That's such a great tutorial, I never through about using pin pricks to mark out the shape. Would you be interested in posting your how-to on <a href="http://www.cutoutandkeep.net" rel="nofollow">Cut Out + Keep</a>? Give me an e-mail if you are. xo That’s such a great tutorial, I never through about using pin pricks to mark out the shape. Would you be interested in posting your how-to on Cut Out + Keep? Give me an e-mail if you are. xo

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