New Hampshire Pumpkin Sets North American Record | Big Size Pumpkin Seeds

Fields of sunflowers are now a common – and beautiful – sight all over the world. They have inspired artists from Van Gogh to Klimt, and continue to do so in the age of Instagram, if the recent selfie craze is anything to go by and as one Canadian sunflower farm discovered. It was forced to shut after thousands of tourists seeking the perfect selfie caused chaos. An astonishing 7,000 vehicles caused a traffic jam stretching over four kilometers.

Menus are getting pretty seedy. Restaurateurs are employing a wide variety of seeds to add textural interest to their dishes, but these days pumpkin seeds are first among culinary equals. This is especially true in the fall, when pumpkin seeds, or pepitas in Spanish, pop up all over menus. The seasonal Harvest Grain & Apple Salad at Columbus, Ohio-based Piada Italian Street Food, for example, received a boost from pumpkin seeds and pecans, while the Autumn Harvest Salad at Saladworks, based on Conshohocken, Pa., upped the flavor quotient with smoked-paprika pumpkin seeds. But they’re not just an autumnal treat: The Kale Salad on offer year-round at Mighty Quinn’s Barbecue in New York City marries kale with shaved brussels sprouts and pumpkin seeds.

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Get your vegan protein fix in this hearty, inventive take on spaghetti and meatballs. Each vegan ball is a bite-size nutritional powerhouse of flaxseeds, black beans, oats, and sunflower seed butter, only to be kicked up a nutritional notch with the accompanying seed butter sauce and fiber-rich carrot noodles.

“They’re relatively low in calories, too – about 160 calories per 1-ounce portion, or essentially a palmful,” says Shank, who recommends munching on them straight out of the oven, too.

Authors of a review from 2014 note that cacao is rich in antioxidants and minerals that have an anti-inflammatory effect on the skin. They also explored the use of chocolate in the prevention and treatment of skin issues, including acne and psoriasis.

We like to grow the pumpkins on a piece of metal mesh fabric. These came from the Rumford paper mill. They spin paper on them and the mill needs to throw them out when old.  The fabric drains water well, and keeps mice from getting in under the fruit.

Green tea makes for a healthful, energizing drink, and it contains certain compounds that may benefit the skin.

Here’s a fun fact that I’ll bet you didn’t know about gossypol: It was developed in some countries as a contraceptive for men. At the proper doses, it induces sterility, without acute toxicity. But over time the sterility becomes permanent. The long term side effects were problematic and this line of research has been abandoned.  So you can understand why cottonseeds, similar to little peanuts and chock full of fat and protein haven’t caught on the way sunflower and pumpkin seeds have a snack or the basis of a buttery spread like tahini (sesame seeds) or sunflower butter. And you can see why you wouldn’t want your bulls eating cottonseed meal.

Some of the Mullers’ other friends, though, say they believe critics are completely distorting Half Moon Bay’s past and future. John Szabo, whom John Muller taught to grow Atlantic Giants, said he first bought marijuana in the photo lab at Half Moon Bay’s high school in 1968. He thinks people have smoked pot in town longer than they’ve grown pumpkins.

“You can either use the roasted pieces as a winter vegetable like Brussels sprouts, or add them to soups and stews for a subtle sweetness and earthy flavor,” says D’Amica, of Eighty-Four, Washington County.

Scott mainly focuses on side projects. In addition to serving on the Board of Directors for the Wisconsin Crop Improvement Association, he also works with the University of Wisconsin on developing better oat genetics.