Jack O' Lantern Pumpkin Pie

What did YOU do with your Halloween pumpkin?

In 2011 there were 2,239 farms with pumpkin patches, covering 6,778 acres in Canada - producing 88 400 tonnes of pumpkins! The estimated farm gate value of these pumpkins is $16.7 million! The most surprising statistic I found was that a whopping 43 310 tonnes of pumpkins and squash were IMPORTED into Canada in 2011! (source)

For the Love of Jack O' Lanterns! How many of these pumpkins do you think were cut into jack-o-lanterns and then thrown away afterwards? I could not find a statistic, but I can only imagine...

I am proud to say, our Jack O' Lanterns were used to make food!
This is how we did it:

City Apples

Preserve The Harvest!

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