Pumpkins

Fall is harvest time and that means pumpkins, apples, hay rides, carmel apples, hot cider and apple cider. It is fun to sit on a pumpkin, hold on tight to the stem and ride it until it throws you off. If Grampy tried this, the pumpkin would really be squash and not just a member of the squash family!

Pumpkin is derived from the Greek word pepon, which means large mellons. The French then adapted this but called it pompon. So when you see pompons, think large mellons. The early Greeks and the French, must have appreciated cheerleaders.