It kind of is. Like, I imagine back in the day before we had refrigeration and other methods like canning it was something to do with excess turnips and then eventually pumpkins, but it is weird.
The one that really bothers me, though, are the mini pumpkins and gourds. Folks might have one, maybe two, jack-o’-lanterns, but they’ll waste dozens of those mini gourds on decoration. Those things are delicious! And if you’re buying them every year, not carving them, they always look basically the same… That’s a pretty good use for something like plastic or glass, and save the food for, like, food. The pumpkins I get people want to do something creative and different with each year, but the mini gourds? They just sit there like lumps!
I’d say that a cultivated gourd is a way more responsible decoration than anything made of plastic. Think of it less as a waste of food, and more as making decorations out of materials that are renewable and biodegradable
It kind of is. Like, I imagine back in the day before we had refrigeration and other methods like canning it was something to do with excess turnips and then eventually pumpkins, but it is weird.
The one that really bothers me, though, are the mini pumpkins and gourds. Folks might have one, maybe two, jack-o’-lanterns, but they’ll waste dozens of those mini gourds on decoration. Those things are delicious! And if you’re buying them every year, not carving them, they always look basically the same… That’s a pretty good use for something like plastic or glass, and save the food for, like, food. The pumpkins I get people want to do something creative and different with each year, but the mini gourds? They just sit there like lumps!
I’d say that a cultivated gourd is a way more responsible decoration than anything made of plastic. Think of it less as a waste of food, and more as making decorations out of materials that are renewable and biodegradable
i think of it less as a waste of food and more as getting durable equipment.