The Surprising History of Pumpkins

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  • In this video, we look at the history of the pumpkin, from its surprising ancient origins, to its modern day popularity.
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Komentáře • 808

  • @MaskedHeroLucky
    @MaskedHeroLucky Před 2 lety +139

    Pumpkins are my favorite plant related thing. Even without being carved there’s just something charming about the big orange gourd.

  • @TheRealJaded
    @TheRealJaded Před 2 lety +63

    Cooked dinner outside over the fire last night. I love autumn

    • @cosmicvagrant3980
      @cosmicvagrant3980 Před 2 lety +1

      I love cooking on an open fire. Last winter, my prospecting mate and I went out for a two day campout in the snow on a gold claim. I designated myself as the cook. I made "Stone Steaks", I brought a section of scrap granite countertop. Got the fire going, brought the stone to temp, threw the steaks on... Delicious!

  • @sleepin9713
    @sleepin9713 Před 2 lety +3

    pumpkins are just so viscerally appealing for some reason. just holding one makes things right in the world

  • @ssherrierable
    @ssherrierable Před 2 lety +70

    Whoever invented pumpkin pie is a legend

  • @chrisfromsouthaus2735
    @chrisfromsouthaus2735 Před 2 lety +98

    My Dad once told me they where selectively breed from potatoes, in Ireland, by a guy named Jack, of the O'lanten clan, and I believed him for a lot longer than I'm willing to admit.

    • @robinlillian9471
      @robinlillian9471 Před rokem +4

      Pumpkins are NOT in any way related to potatoes. Pumpkins are squashes. Potatoes are tubers.

    • @chrisfromsouthaus2735
      @chrisfromsouthaus2735 Před rokem +36

      @@robinlillian9471 No sh*t Sherlock. That's the point, my dad was F-ing with me.

    • @chrisfromsouthaus2735
      @chrisfromsouthaus2735 Před rokem +2

      @@robinlillian9471 BTW, tuber isn't a plant type, they are a plant part, the same way a flower is a part of a plant. Potatoes are a member of the nightshades, along with tomatoes and eggplants. If your going to be a smartass, don't forget the smart part of it.

    • @tyyeshiastarnes3005
      @tyyeshiastarnes3005 Před rokem +2

      lol😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @suecastillo4056
      @suecastillo4056 Před rokem +1

      😂🤪🤣‼️

  • @Bloyster_Sauce
    @Bloyster_Sauce Před 2 lety +159

    I love fall, simply because I get to see these funny orange lads. They are so nice! In our garden, once a Pumpkin is harvested, we roast some of the seeds, make a pie, carve it, dry it, and later use it as a bird feeder.

    • @phraydedjez
      @phraydedjez Před 2 lety

      @Shoenheim it puts the lotion in the basket

    • @Bloyster_Sauce
      @Bloyster_Sauce Před 2 lety

      @Shoenheim I wish

    • @SarahGreen523
      @SarahGreen523 Před 2 lety +3

      How do you dry it? I'd like to try that idea.

    • @Bloyster_Sauce
      @Bloyster_Sauce Před 2 lety +3

      @@SarahGreen523 we just dry them with a fan, and keep them in our freezing cellar to stop mold. It's good to coat them in wax if you want the hollow pumpkin to last longer. Once they turn to cardboard skin stuff, they're good. Have fun!

    • @beanie3693
      @beanie3693 Před 2 lety +4

      Bird feeder is such a cute idea!

  • @hylacinerea970
    @hylacinerea970 Před 2 lety +247

    in addition to “pumpion”, “Pumpkin” may come from the Wampanoag word “pôhpukun” (literally:”grows forth round”), they’re also the creators of the word “moose”

    • @Overlord99762
      @Overlord99762 Před 2 lety +20

      Another word from the American continent adapted to English is Shark, coming from Yucatec Mayan, the word for shark is Xoc, pronounced Shock

    • @berserk1437
      @berserk1437 Před 2 lety +1

      I wonder what the settler-colonials did to them?

    • @-hg7fc
      @-hg7fc Před 2 lety +12

      @@berserk1437 they still very much live in Massachusetts and New England to this day

    • @berserk1437
      @berserk1437 Před 2 lety +4

      @@-hg7fc so let's give it up to the natives

    • @JuanRios-kh8sq
      @JuanRios-kh8sq Před 2 lety +11

      @@berserk1437 "awww this shit again?!?" Is probably the most common way it was refered to.

  • @spontaneoussam3671
    @spontaneoussam3671 Před 2 lety +34

    Giant pumpkin grower here. At the time of this video the record for a giant pumpkin was actually 2624 pounds not 2324. As of yesterday September 26 2121 the new record is now 2702 pounds grown by an Italian man.

    • @-Reagan
      @-Reagan Před rokem +3

      W🎃W! Wonder if anyone will beat that record this year? I’d love to see that 🧡 - actually any of your giant pumpkins - what do you do with them? Sell them? Do you go to the fair? Have you ever eaten one of your giant pumpkins? Or carved one? What would it be like to stand inside a giant carved pumpkin?
      So many questions...

    • @damogranheart5521
      @damogranheart5521 Před rokem

      @@-Reagan All of these are good questions because curious people want to know. I know of one gentleman in Pennsylvania who has carved out his giant pumpkin to make a boat. He can crouch inside with his hat on and not be seen. I'm looking forward to the vlog on CZcams!

    • @ooee8088
      @ooee8088 Před rokem

      I was looking for this comment

    • @spontaneoussam3671
      @spontaneoussam3671 Před rokem

      @@-Reagan this year the Patton brothers grew a pumpkin that was 2907 pounds but it was damaged so it is not an official weight. I have eaten some of my giant pumpkins. The Atlantic giants are softer and more watery than others and not as sweet. I display mine at my house after the competition and after Halloween I pull out the seeds to save and take the pumpkin to a highland cow farm to feed to the cows and pigs.

  • @flameguy3416
    @flameguy3416 Před 2 lety +325

    These videos are sadly underrated, making history enjoyable to understand is a hard thing to do.

    • @janelinley3624
      @janelinley3624 Před 2 lety +3

      Love these stories 🥰

    • @micahfrye8885
      @micahfrye8885 Před 2 lety

      Its really not hard to make it enjoyable though something like this might be a tad harder.

    • @SofaKingShit
      @SofaKingShit Před 2 lety +5

      It's actually the comments that are most underrated. Like me announcing that l don't think much of pumpkin unless it's in a cake, because it's in these things that the flavor of pumpkin really shines through. It is simply a candle that shines through jack o' lantern, and nothing at all shines through the seeds or even roasted pumpkin unless you've got one of those irritatingly strong oven lights that half blind you when making a midnight snack.

    • @robkunkel8833
      @robkunkel8833 Před 2 lety

      9.8K likes about f’kn pumpkins ain’t that underrated …. certainly not “sadly” underrated. Let’s call it, “happily” underrated, so that I can read comments more easily.

    • @Miawallce80
      @Miawallce80 Před 2 lety

      @@SofaKingShit 🤣🤣

  • @erickingsepp
    @erickingsepp Před 2 lety +656

    Why do so many people always assume that everyone is sad when summer ends? Some of us hate summer, and fall and winter are our happy time.

  • @Bildgesmythe
    @Bildgesmythe Před 2 lety +10

    Pumpkin pie, pumpkin soup, pumpkin bread, I LOVE PUMPKIN! 🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃

  • @hannibalburgers477
    @hannibalburgers477 Před 2 lety +341

    Ah yes, pumpkins. The sort of quality content is the reason I subscribed for.

    • @dogslobbergardens6606
      @dogslobbergardens6606 Před 2 lety +17

      The history of food is inexorably intertwined with the whole history of humanity.

    • @DigitalDuelist
      @DigitalDuelist Před 2 lety +8

      @@dogslobbergardens6606 the avocado one was the reason I subbed lol

    • @colllrrr5338
      @colllrrr5338 Před 2 lety +3

      swedfrtghygtfrde

    • @colllrrr5338
      @colllrrr5338 Před 2 lety +2

      dslflfver'lf'ldfdvl;fededcl;kdeioe8834

    • @colllrrr5338
      @colllrrr5338 Před 2 lety +2

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  • @atomicskull6405
    @atomicskull6405 Před 2 lety +29

    "field pumpkins" are usually not eaten they are used as decorations and animal feed. "pie pumpkins" are usually C. maxima like the cinderella pumpkin, which is really just an heirloom pie pumpkin. In modern times they have cultivars specifically for producing pie fillings industrially.

  • @IowaKim
    @IowaKim Před 2 lety +53

    Another fun fact: the "pumpkins" used for canned Pumpkin made by Sara Lee are actually specially bred butternut squash. My uncle worked in the factory in Illinois.

    • @marymarysmarket3508
      @marymarysmarket3508 Před 2 lety +6

      Illinois is the largest producer of pumpkins

    • @katjakatt836
      @katjakatt836 Před rokem +6

      I think Libby uses Dickinson pumpkins

    • @MEAT_CANNON
      @MEAT_CANNON Před rokem +2

      @@katjakatt836 lol, Dickinson. Gross.

    • @MEAT_CANNON
      @MEAT_CANNON Před rokem +4

      Then why do they call them pumpkins? LIARS.

    • @boardcertifiable
      @boardcertifiable Před rokem +6

      No wonder I dont like their stuff. I dont like butter nut squash 🤢.
      But I made a pumpkin pie from scratch with sugar pumpkins and it tasted awesome.

  • @krystalchavez7334
    @krystalchavez7334 Před 2 lety +87

    This is DEFINITELY NOT a sad part of the year. Fall is my favorite

    • @sidilicious11
      @sidilicious11 Před 2 lety +5

      Mine too!!!🍂🍁🍄

    • @williampatrie514
      @williampatrie514 Před 2 lety +4

      Mine too.🎃

    • @yaantsudnbesdai972
      @yaantsudnbesdai972 Před 2 lety +1

      The fall season and year ending major holidays are uber-ambivalent for me: It's simultaneously a season of moroseness, introspectiveness, and personal reflection -- but also there is much 'gaeity' because of the holidays...
      Without the holidays the autumn would be so much more depressing....

  • @MrDDiRusso
    @MrDDiRusso Před 2 lety +215

    What do you use to fix a broken jack o lantern?
    A pumpkin patch!
    Why was Cinderella so bad at sports?
    Because she had a pumpkin for a coach!

  • @FireForEffect1533
    @FireForEffect1533 Před 2 lety +30

    One of the best thing about growing Pumpkins (and other squashes) is that their flowers are edible and taste amazing. Each vine produces flowers many times throughout the season. Squash vines in general are a very giving plant.

    • @lindenshepherd6085
      @lindenshepherd6085 Před rokem +2

      Fried squash blossoms are quite good! Even if you’re just throwing them in a salad, the texture is nice!☺️

    • @katjakatt836
      @katjakatt836 Před rokem

      they smell lovely too, at least Jarrahdales and Cinderellas do

  • @mikesorensen1981
    @mikesorensen1981 Před 2 lety +23

    All the great foods that came from Mexico, that is amazing 👍

  • @beckyjacobsen5867
    @beckyjacobsen5867 Před 2 lety +25

    As a kid growing up in the USA,we always toasted pumpkin seeds. Loved it.

  • @joegallegos9109
    @joegallegos9109 Před 2 lety +3

    Except in pumpkin pie I had never eaten pumpkin until I lived in Australia and then fell in love with roasted pumpkin

    • @ruthaussiegirl8794
      @ruthaussiegirl8794 Před 2 lety

      Pity Americans don’t know real pumpkins, I’m in Australia

  • @MATEWZZ1
    @MATEWZZ1 Před 2 lety +11

    As a Colombian child, I was kinda confused when hearing pumpkins in movies translated to Spanish being called "calabazas", when everyone else around me called them "auyamas", while naming as "calabaza" anything that resembled a spaghetti squash

  • @LilPeener
    @LilPeener Před 2 lety +8

    I love going around the neighborhood after Halloween and asking for unused pumpkins so I can harvest the guts for all my holiday cooking. This year I made 4 loaves of pumpkin bread, 3 pumpkin pies, pumpkin muffins, and plenty of seeds to snack on all for free!! (people paint them here because it’s so rainy here that they’d rot if you carved them)

    • @jacquelynjohnson9486
      @jacquelynjohnson9486 Před rokem

      Used to go yearly to a fall camp out , after a mishap painting pumpkin was only then allowed.
      I always make feathers and tails out of cardboard and then decorate the pumpkin as a turkey 🦃

  • @donguadalucio1405
    @donguadalucio1405 Před 2 lety +26

    Autumn without pumpkin pie is not worth it.

  • @countergravity6371
    @countergravity6371 Před 2 lety +126

    I can always tell someone lives in an area where summer isn't literal hellfire blowing in your face every time you step outside because of their nonsense about being sad that it's coming to an end.

    • @availanila
      @availanila Před 2 lety +1

      Lol

    • @robkunkel8833
      @robkunkel8833 Před 2 lety +2

      Seasonal weather comes in quality, not quantity, where I live, (US Virgin Islands). Endless heat all day long but in Winter, endless heat and sun but for 11pm to 7am. Than more heat.

    • @vaderladyl
      @vaderladyl Před 2 lety +5

      I know right? Laughing in Floridian here. Can't wait for summer to be over fast enough and the Fall to start every year.

    • @koolkat2867
      @koolkat2867 Před 2 lety +2

      @@vaderladyl Same from a Cali girl

    • @genghiskhan6809
      @genghiskhan6809 Před 2 lety +1

      Yes. Floridian summers are satans sauna.

  • @Sharky053
    @Sharky053 Před 2 lety +67

    I recently learned of the Pawpaw fruit. It has ties to native Americans and Lewis and Clarke. Could make for an interesting video.

    • @miguelupload555
      @miguelupload555 Před 2 lety +5

      Where I live pawpaws are available in September! You can't find them in stores. You have to find them wild or check Facebook marketplace to see if anyone is selling.

    • @dontworry4945
      @dontworry4945 Před 2 lety +3

      They're so addictive. I've been slurping them down since a child. Do you know any recipes on how to cook with it?

    • @glasgavlen
      @glasgavlen Před 2 lety +2

      I ate them growing up, they're quite good!

    • @gazepskotzs4
      @gazepskotzs4 Před 2 lety +2

      I ate pawpaw last year for the first time, also pawpaw juice is sold here, which is also very good!

    • @johnjohnson8575
      @johnjohnson8575 Před 2 lety +1

      I found my first wild tree fruiting two months ago, wasn't ripe yet so I didn't get to taste. Now it's too late but it's been on my list of fruits to try. I know where to look next year.

  • @mrs.g.9816
    @mrs.g.9816 Před 2 lety +28

    I absolutely love pumpkins! Every October I buy one from the local farmer's co-op. Not for carving up, but for cooking. My favorite recipe is a savory stuffed pumpkin that uses cooked ground beef (or cooked ground buffalo or venison), lots of sage, dry mustard, pepper, salt, eggs and wild rice. It comes from the Hidatsa people. As for decorations, my plastic LED-lit pumpkin does just fine. As for "pumpkin chucking" - Just wasteful! Disrespectful to our food, and all our brothers and sisters who don't have enough to eat.
    Anyhow, a pretty and informative video.

    • @j.kaimori3848
      @j.kaimori3848 Před rokem

      If they use some of those not tasty pumpkins for the toss that sounds alright. Sometimes using food in ways that aren't for eating is justified, even if it only brings interest to the food that wouldn't otherwise exist, such as fruit or pasta art.

    • @katjakatt836
      @katjakatt836 Před rokem +3

      crushed pumpkins not so tasty for humans are great for animals. chickens and deer love pumpkins

  • @imsquiddly6836
    @imsquiddly6836 Před 2 lety +35

    One year we forgot to buy pumpkins for Halloween and there weren’t any left so we carved pineapples instead. Now it’s a family tradition.

    • @LindaC616
      @LindaC616 Před 2 lety +1

      😋

    • @jacquelynjohnson9486
      @jacquelynjohnson9486 Před rokem +1

      TMI but I was in jail and made a pumpkin out of an orange and a plastic spoon, it sat at the end of my metal bed , with threads I made small hanging ghost with toilet paper. The deputy was cool and didn't make me take my decorations dpwn

    • @ItsMeUrDaad
      @ItsMeUrDaad Před 9 měsíci +1

      How do you hollow out a pineapple?

    • @imsquiddly6836
      @imsquiddly6836 Před 9 měsíci

      @@ItsMeUrDaad They make pineapple corers

  • @KAMiKAZE-T.V.
    @KAMiKAZE-T.V. Před 2 lety +12

    The 8 dislikes were zucchini. .

  • @romaaeterna1378
    @romaaeterna1378 Před 2 lety +20

    Always love to see a new Fruit of Learning video in my inbox!

  • @eclipseslayer98
    @eclipseslayer98 Před 2 lety +7

    The end of summer signifies to me, a time of the year when I'm not being lit on fire the moment I leave my coffin.

  • @palanthis
    @palanthis Před 2 lety +4

    A slight sadness? Summer can $@!* right off!

  • @LeDank
    @LeDank Před 2 lety +5

    You know it's fall (the best season) when the pumpkins start to show up. As soon as I start seeing them I think "awww hell yeah"

  • @lisasperandio
    @lisasperandio Před 2 lety +21

    this food series is so cute and interesting, thank you so much for making them

  • @LilMar8230
    @LilMar8230 Před 2 lety +55

    Would be nice to see the history of passion fruits.

    • @flazzorb
      @flazzorb Před 2 lety +3

      Did you mean passion fruit or am I about to learn about another fruit?

    • @Bambisgf77
      @Bambisgf77 Před 2 lety +2

      @@flazzorb yes! Is this passion fruit or a new one? I continue to learn about Asian fruits that amaze me.

    • @LilMar8230
      @LilMar8230 Před 2 lety +1

      I meant passion fruit. Don't know of any passio fruit lol

  • @captainmurphy4720
    @captainmurphy4720 Před 2 lety +34

    I dont know why but I really am looking forward to the breadfruit.

    • @tranerekt1731
      @tranerekt1731 Před 2 lety

      What's breadfruit?

    • @nunyabiznes33
      @nunyabiznes33 Před 2 lety

      Ah yes, the food Austronesians had to rely on when they became Polynesians. I'm surprised stuff that we don't usually consider as staple here in Southeast Asia (breadnut, taro, pandanus) became staples in Polynesia. Maybe they did brought rice and stuff but these hardier crops are the only ones that survived.

    • @nunyabiznes33
      @nunyabiznes33 Před 2 lety

      @@tranerekt1731 Breadfruit is the domesticated form of a breadnut. They're related to jackfruit.

    • @tranerekt1731
      @tranerekt1731 Před 2 lety

      @@nunyabiznes33 huh...never tried either here in the U.S.

  • @MrBanana0
    @MrBanana0 Před 2 lety +19

    Seems like a pretty gourd video, great work!

  • @hankhicks1108
    @hankhicks1108 Před 2 lety +2

    When I didn't have a pumpkin, I have used yellow crook-neck squash to make Jack-o-lanterns. In one really bad year, I carved overgrown cucumbers.

  • @moukidelmar
    @moukidelmar Před 2 lety +16

    Very well done! You have some excellent information in here. To build on what you've got:
    Cucabrids were orginally introduced to the Americas by mega fauna, who would eat the fruits and disperse the seeds in their poop. The wild pumpkin or field pumpkin, is now extinct, but was the particular favorite food of mastodons and ground sloths, which we know from fossils from central America. Field pumpkins were native to marshy areas and to the edges of fields, where they would feed on the nutrients provided by the marshy soil and the dung of megafauna. Pumpkins of all sorts are still big feeders and require lots of fertilizer in the garden for this reason.
    Today there are four species of pumpkin, C.pepo, C.maxima, C.moschata, and C.aegyrosperma. Pepo pumpkins are the carving pumpkins with breeds like Howden, Casper, Jack O Lantern, and Connecticut Field. Maxima are the biggest fruits in the world, with breeds like Cinderella, Big Max, Giant, and Colossal. Moschata pumpkins are the most widely cultivated and the best eating pumpkins like Kombocha, Butternut, Calabaza squash, Marrow squash, and Cheese Pumpkin. And aegyrosperma pumpkins are the closest related to modern goards, and are mostly for decorations including, Jack Be Littles, Sugar Pie, Turban pumpkins, Crook Necks and Barred.
    All species and breeds of pumpkins are edible though the Pepo pumpkins are fairly bland and watery, and all pumpkins are rich in vitamins and beta carotene.

  • @Numba003
    @Numba003 Před 2 lety +22

    I’m honestly loving the food history series. I can’t believe China grows so many pumpkins!!
    Stay well out there everybody, and God bless you friends. :)

  • @lumpyspacecadet
    @lumpyspacecadet Před 2 lety +4

    I live in Arizona. We celebrate the END of summer.

  • @steveneardley7541
    @steveneardley7541 Před 2 lety +3

    A lot of work obviously went into collecting all this information, as well as the wonderful visuals. I appreciate it.

  • @nuimaleko7
    @nuimaleko7 Před 2 lety +16

    Different species of gourd are grown as containers and to make musical instruments and even helmets. Can you talk about the fact that they seem to originate in the New World but were found d all over the Pacific by the earliest western explorers.

  • @Garrickk100
    @Garrickk100 Před 2 lety +3

    Missed an opportunity to name this the “Smashing History of Pumpkins”

  • @GarfieldRex
    @GarfieldRex Před 2 lety +29

    As a Spanish speaker who has played squash since I was a child, I'm curious about the use of the word squash to name these I only knew as pumpkins. In Spanish is Calabaza, name coming from the Hispanic peninsula before the Romans, but also in America it has many names from the Nahuatl, Carib, and Incan.

    • @moukidelmar
      @moukidelmar Před 2 lety +2

      Simply put, all pumpkins are squash, but not all squash are pumpkins. The word "calabaza" refers to squashes as a whole and could be equally applied to summer squash and winter squash. It's particularly confusing as there is a specific cultivar of pumpkin from the Caribbean called Calabaza, which is related to the Caribbean pumpkin and the Seminole pumpkin.

    • @hertrueself
      @hertrueself Před 2 lety +5

      According to Grammarphobia:
      The word for the gourd is a short form of asquutasquash, a term for the vegetable in the Narragansett language, spoken by indigenous people in what’s now Rhode Island.
      The verb “squash,” on the other hand, ultimately comes from exquassare, a derivative of quassare, Latin for to shake off or drive away. An etymological relative is “quash.”

    • @GarfieldRex
      @GarfieldRex Před 2 lety +1

      @@hertrueself thank you very much!! 😁

    • @gazepskotzs4
      @gazepskotzs4 Před 2 lety +1

      Here in the Netherlands we cal them Kalebas, i assume it is derrived from calabaza.

  • @bobsaturday4273
    @bobsaturday4273 Před 2 lety +2

    wow ! man , this is a perfect example real video art . right from the start your collage of artwork masterpieces and stunning photography is in itself the creation of a 21st century media masterpiece . PERFECT ! and I actually enjoyed your narrative but somehow watching with no sound the second time gave me tighter focus on the visual beauty . either way you truly deserve the international pumpkin award .

  • @mschweig42
    @mschweig42 Před rokem +2

    I’ve been following this guy for years. Awesome that he’s becoming the world’s greatest food historian.

  • @Mojabi_ghost
    @Mojabi_ghost Před 2 lety +56

    Hey, someone from El Salvador🇸🇻 (Central America) here, and it’s true we still eat pumpkin seeds today! We actually cook, and grind them up using an indigenous tool made of volcanic stone called a “Metate”, until it becomes a delicious powder we call “Algüashte”, we typically use it as a condiment, and I highly recommend everyone tries, makes, or purchases some in stores!:)
    On another note I found it Interesting how well the Celtics/Christian traditions align with the Day of the Dead celebrations practiced close to Halloween? Might have something to do with colonization, because research is showing the indigenous people actually celebrated this festival around July-August, not November? Nice video nonetheless!

    • @colleennewholy9026
      @colleennewholy9026 Před 2 lety +9

      My father told me, that we Lakotas. Would grind pumpkin seeds with corn, and make a sort of powder, that would in turn. Enter sort of corn bread?
      But the recipe was lost, due to colonization
      But I shall endeavor to try and recreate it!

    • @odinfromcentr2
      @odinfromcentr2 Před 2 lety +7

      @@colleennewholy9026 Ooh, let us know how it turns out! 🤤

    • @audreybailie8863
      @audreybailie8863 Před 2 lety +3

      Christians align with other holidays to make people feel comfortable when they convert. Or so I'm told. Actuwl Christians back in the day would avoid these holidays, and allowed other people to celebrate as long as it was in Jesus's name. Or other priests.

    • @LindaC616
      @LindaC616 Před 2 lety +1

      Samhain celebrations were likely tied to seasons.

    • @audreybailie8863
      @audreybailie8863 Před 2 lety

      @@LindaC616 idk. Christians didn't like most holidays.

  • @jmfn3966
    @jmfn3966 Před 2 lety +5

    Great food history videos! As a Mexican who grew up growing and eating pumpkins, I greatly appreciate your work. You got a new subscriber :)

  • @snufkinhollow318
    @snufkinhollow318 Před 2 lety +1

    I've just discovered your channel and have only watched a few videos so far, but I am hooked and itching to dive into the rest.
    I've made my first comment on this one because squash are one of my favourite crops to grow here on my smallholding (although not an easy one here in Ireland) and also too eat. I also have a passion for history and folklore, so this video ticked all the boxes for me. :)
    You have that wonderful gift of cramming a lot of fascinating information into a relatively short space of time without making it seem rushed. Oh, and at a rather more shallow level (perhaps?), I find your voice very soothing and it lends itself well to both learning and relaxing at the same time - especially the way you say pumpkin. I am plagued by insomnia so I'm going to try listening to you reading the pumpkin poem at bedtime and see if that helps. Seriously, I'm not trying to weird you out - I've tried every other sleep technique under the sun so I'll try anything! :D

  • @alexilyin6134
    @alexilyin6134 Před 2 lety +38

    Came for the German history. Stayed for the fruits

  • @ricrodrigh1
    @ricrodrigh1 Před 2 lety +2

    I love these videos!! Keep up the good work

  • @swayback7375
    @swayback7375 Před 2 lety

    I was sad this video wasn’t longer, I loved it!
    Subbed!

  • @whateverman4945
    @whateverman4945 Před 2 lety +7

    Thankfully. I'm so sick of sweating and hating pants.

  • @seosamhrosmuc
    @seosamhrosmuc Před 2 lety +12

    We used to carve turnips for halloween in Ireland in the 80s, well my dad did, we just watched

  • @butterman0007
    @butterman0007 Před 2 lety +7

    Really really love this series.
    Worth mentioning your volume is comparatively low.

  • @Verlisify
    @Verlisify Před 2 lety +1

    The intro was masterfully done

  • @magimon91834
    @magimon91834 Před 2 lety +5

    You know I liked this video a lot more than I was expecting to

  • @thomasmarshalljr3892
    @thomasmarshalljr3892 Před 2 lety +3

    Another great video !!!

  • @dogslobbergardens6606
    @dogslobbergardens6606 Před 2 lety +1

    Native people from South, Central and North America developed many, many staple foods that the entire world enjoys today. Pumpkins and squash, corn, potatoes, peppers, tomatoes, sweet potatoes... the list goes on and on and on.

  • @damonmont8374
    @damonmont8374 Před 2 lety +10

    I really enjoy this episode.

  • @timwade5157
    @timwade5157 Před 2 lety +1

    Great history lesson on pumpkins. 👍🏼 Thank you.

  • @threwthelookingglass7194
    @threwthelookingglass7194 Před 2 lety +2

    PUMPKINS!!!!
    THE SPICE MUST FLOW!

  • @LDrosophila
    @LDrosophila Před 2 lety +2

    Well my dreams of driving around in a pumpkin carriage were squashed

  • @raveltoexpand
    @raveltoexpand Před 2 lety +1

    How that's an impressive amount of info on the history of pumpkins. INSPIRING!!

  • @sarahburton3110
    @sarahburton3110 Před 2 lety

    Really enjoy watching this. Very interesting. Happy New Year to everyone 💕🇬🇧❤️

  • @darkironsides
    @darkironsides Před 2 lety +6

    It would be great if you can talk about the three sisters farming method as well as other Early American methods in another video.

  • @janelinley3624
    @janelinley3624 Před 2 lety +3

    I just love this channel.. excellent..

  • @silvermoontearoom7123
    @silvermoontearoom7123 Před 9 měsíci

    Excellent in every way! Educational & Entertaining! 🎃

  • @0x0404
    @0x0404 Před 2 lety +20

    Pumpkin seeds are pretty good. I imagine they are mostly being sold from the larger non carving version.

    • @heavymetalbassist5
      @heavymetalbassist5 Před 2 lety +3

      I grow "lady godiva" pumpkins for seed. they end up about 10lbs and give about 18oz of seeds. The shell isn't as thick as a typical pumpkin seed so great for snacking

    • @katjakatt836
      @katjakatt836 Před rokem

      @@heavymetalbassist5 also anti-parasitic :). kakai and Styrian also have hull-less seeds

  • @nurmaybooba
    @nurmaybooba Před 2 lety +3

    I did enjoy this very much.

  • @bootsarmstrong8421
    @bootsarmstrong8421 Před 2 lety

    Great video. Appreciate your efforts.

  • @Hisloyalservantslistenlove613c

    Seminole Pumpkin ( native to Florida ) has a very unique flavor and is easy to grow.

  • @caseychapman9856
    @caseychapman9856 Před 2 lety +4

    I'm loving this historic fruit videos.

  • @YasuTaniina
    @YasuTaniina Před 2 lety +2

    I grew up in Houston in the 90's and my family always would carve our pumpkins just before Halloween, and then just a few days after we'd cook and puree the pumpkins. We froze the puree and used it in all sorts of recipes. It confuses me to this day seeing so many people let their pumpkins rot on their porch. What a waste of good food.

  • @pibly674
    @pibly674 Před 2 lety +8

    Autumn is my favorite season.

  • @gailgaddy5340
    @gailgaddy5340 Před 2 lety +1

    Very interesting. I love anything pumpkin anytime of the year. My dad wouldn’t grow pumpkins even though he enjoyed
    It’s pie. I love to bake/cook any pumpkin recipe. Thanks for the video.👍👍

  • @caitlinallen8400
    @caitlinallen8400 Před 2 lety +1

    I enjoy pumpkin pie and just about everything pumpkin much more as an adult than I did as a kid

  • @wilsonsticks
    @wilsonsticks Před 2 lety +6

    This video was great! To keep with the Halloween-esque theme, do you think you could do about the history of scarecrows?

  • @kclarke2971
    @kclarke2971 Před 2 lety

    Very interesting. I learned a lot Thanks.

  • @viktoriaironpride4977
    @viktoriaironpride4977 Před 2 lety +1

    Pumpkins are fun! If I had the room, I'd have a big pumpkin patch, and sit in it every Hallowe'en night! Seriously, the most fun is seeing what you get for your efforts, and what you may discover hiding under those big leaves--something you missed all season.

    • @mkucstars1
      @mkucstars1 Před 2 lety

      Take your blanket with you and with a little luck the great pumpkin will grant you a wish😁

  • @boogieboy6946
    @boogieboy6946 Před 2 lety +2

    I have a Pumpkin Cookies Jar, it makes me happy every time I see it in my kitchen.

  • @jasonz7788
    @jasonz7788 Před 2 lety

    Great work Sir thank you

  • @jacktribble5253
    @jacktribble5253 Před 2 lety

    I've always believed that a good knowledge of history requires an understanding of each facet and food, in general, is a major factor in our development as a whole. Thanks for the video.

  • @Anthronauts
    @Anthronauts Před rokem

    Thank you for this informative pumpkin video!

  • @manricobianchini5276
    @manricobianchini5276 Před 2 lety +1

    Agreed. I love these videos

  • @tixontoxin6429
    @tixontoxin6429 Před 2 lety +4

    One of the best things about the season is the pumpkin pie and what a coincidence I find this video in my sub box immediately after settling down with a nice, big slice.

  • @TheShveyn04
    @TheShveyn04 Před 2 lety +4

    Happy Spooktober!

  • @christobonbanana
    @christobonbanana Před 2 lety +1

    Great now I want pumpkin pie 🥧! Thanks, and also want to try that baked honey milk spice recipe sounds cool.

  • @joechilds3256
    @joechilds3256 Před 2 lety +2

    I always love the painting style you used in the video.
    Where did you find all the artwork

  • @the-clown-connoisseur
    @the-clown-connoisseur Před 2 lety +7

    It is Spooky Season my dudes!

  • @travelswiththeredsuitcase5403

    I teach English to teens in Mexico. This is a great topic for them to research and report on. Thank you

  • @jeremyday9056
    @jeremyday9056 Před 2 lety +2

    This video just adds to my excitement for the greatest season of all! Autumn! 🍂🍁🎃👻

  • @rosannacellini2158
    @rosannacellini2158 Před 2 lety +2

    So interesting. I love the beautiful orange color of the pumpkins and the beauty of the trees. Decorating with pumpkins and carving them with my family is traditional. We make it spooky fun. 🎃🍁🌰🎃🍁🎃🍂🌾🍏

  • @hhairball9
    @hhairball9 Před 2 lety +3

    I love this series! Thank you!

  • @kayceegreer4418
    @kayceegreer4418 Před 2 lety

    I enjoyed this very much.

  • @pagerhoads1531
    @pagerhoads1531 Před 2 lety +3

    3 sisters garden corn beans and squash

  • @auspiciouscloud8786
    @auspiciouscloud8786 Před 2 lety

    ❤️❤️❤️ great channel!!!!

  • @susanbuckley4153
    @susanbuckley4153 Před 2 lety

    Awesome video!! 🎃🍁🎃

  • @janereich5170
    @janereich5170 Před 2 lety

    Yayyyy I love this video especially for fall! 🍁🍂🍅