I've got a question which l hope isnt a stupid one

**lyrical** · 10-31-2010,01:16 AM

Ok l've got a question and l hope l dont make myself look stupid here .. but l was wondering what do you guys do with the JOL'S after halloween ????? Can you eat them ??? and if so any recipes???. Excuse the dumb question form an Aussie

**LaBruja** · 10-31-2010,02:30 AM

well....if you have not put a candle in them and they are only carved for a few hours MAYBE you could eat them..Having been exposed to air they tend to start to mold, etc..Pretty much they become part of the compost heap, or I throw them out in the woods for critters to munch on.

**lyrical** · 10-31-2010,02:38 AM

I've got tealight candles in them both are on a small round glass plate so everything is contained and not runing onto the pumpkins. And the flames arent very big

**Scruffywolf** · 10-31-2010,03:22 AM

I give my Jack 'o's a decent burial, with some kind words and a GREEN Burial in the compost so their spirits may enter the earth from whence they came, only to provide a warm glow on my porch next Halloween reincarnated.

**talkingcatblues** · 10-31-2010,05:09 AM

Originally Posted by lyrical

Ok l've got a question and l hope l dont make myself look stupid here .. but l was wondering what do you guys do with the JOL'S after halloween ????? Can you eat them ??? and if so any recipes???. Excuse the dumb question form an Aussie

Not a dumb question - in our house we put them out and let the squirrels eat them - they love the week after Halloween. Then we bury whatever's left.

**Ichabod Crane** · 10-31-2010,05:21 AM

Mine go on the compost pile. Other than food safety issues, I wouldn't recommend eating them mostly because they don't taste that great. The pumpkin that we eat in pie or soup, are the much smaller variety, usually referred to as "baking pumpkins". The larger varieties that we carve are really lacking in flavor.

**WitchyRN** · 10-31-2010,05:26 AM

Compost it is for our slaughtered pumpkins... alot of times I just leave them to rot in my flower beds.. they look creepy when they rot...

**walkingcorpse** · 10-31-2010,05:35 AM

I build a jack o lantern totem in my composter with a couple of my solar garden lights in the top few. Its amazing how fast they decompose. A few days later I retrieve the lights from the bin.