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The big pumpkins sold for decoration are actually pretty crappy for pies. :( You'd want a little sugar pumpkin to make a pie with. Roasting the seeds is fun, easy, and tasty though.

We have jack o lantern lit baths for my son the week after Halloween. The lumina (white) pumpkins are the best to show the light. A fun tradition.

I broke up my pumpkin and put it in my compost bin. :)
Lindsay
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we don't care our pumpkins. we color faces and then after halloween i cut up each pumpkin, roast the seeds, roast the pumpkin and then scrape out the insides. i end up with a freezer full of frozen pumpkin and then i make pie, breads, muffins and soup.

I cut it into wedges, "filet" the flesh off the hard skin, then shred it using my food processor. I freeze the shredded pumpkin in 2-cup or 4-cup batches. Then all winter I make pumpkin breads, muffins, pies, and cookies. I usually get 10-20 zip-top bags out of one pumpkin!!

Just an FYI- it's really bad to eat carved pumpkins after they have been sitting out for a few days. The open flesh of the pumpkin is a breeding ground for yucky bacteria!