OT--what are pumpkins?

what an absurd notion! taxing food....what we do with it after it's bought is not state's business. oy! what next.... amy in CNY

Howdy!

Yes, this is stupid. And invasive. And maybe just wrong!

I testify that I'm roasting the pumpkin seeds which makes it food,do I get a 1/2 tax? What if I promise to scrape out all the goodieand cook it up as food, do they waive the tax? What if I send itto the elephants at the zoo, making it animal feed---is there atax rebate? What's next? The corn? I used the whole corn on the cob in the shuck as a decoration-- tax that? That dark, multi-color "Indian" corn-- waiver or tax? And what about those hay bales my neighbor has stacked in her yard-- did anyone at the feed store ask her if these were for work or play? Iowa's Dept. of Revenue sounds about as goofy as the Texas Lege; may be related. 8->

Some people just take all the fun out of fun!

R/Sandy-- taking a quilting break to eat some sunflower seeds which are still considered food, even for us non-birds ;-P

You'll all be relieved to know (or maybe not!) that our governor felt the same way and the tax has been rescinded!

There are two kinds of pumpkins grown locally, "field pumpkins" and "sugar pumpkins". Field pumpkins are bigger and don't have as good a flavor, often they are used for animal feed. Sugar pumpkins have thinner skins and sweeter more flavorful flesh. Field pumpkins are usually the ones people choose for carving ecause they are bigger and sturdier than sugars. Field pumpkins are just as edible, just not as tasty as the other kind. When I buy a pumpkin that begger is going to get eaten regardless of what else I decide to do with it, be it a field pumpkin or a sugar pumpkin!. I like field pumpkins better than hubbard squash, or for that matter better than most other kinds of squash. Since they have some size and stand upright better than most other squash it is easy to get all fancy with pumpkins too.

NightMist

Somebody once gave me a pumpkin soup recipe served in the shell. Roberta in D, way too lazy to do more than just eat the thing

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Howdy!

YEEEEEE-Hsw!

At least your governor has some sense!

This Halloween...Lunacy was funny:

So it's back to quilting and pumpkin fun, huh?

Thanks, Louise!

R/Sandy--orig> You'll all be relieved to know (or maybe not!) that our governor felt the

Well, see we would never expect sense out of a politician in CA. That would surprise us all. Taria

Sandy Ellis> Howdy!

It gets WAY worse when they cross the Washington, D.C, line. Really.

I think I already related the story about the 70+ Republican Senator who tried on (and bought) a bustier and thong set in a store I worked at..

Though, you know, he did look fair decent in it, if you go for that sort of thing! ;)

:)