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It takes months to grow these gargantuan gourds. Growers who plant their seeds in April tend to their pumpkins until the fall. The weigh-off season starts at the end of August and goes through October, and the competition can be tough.

Last year, Patrick’s entry was 785 pounds, and he had one pumpkin that weighed in at 1,020 pounds. This year’s is one pound heavier, setting a new record for Patrick.

Concepts vary across the board with options for poke, tacos, ribs, gyros, pizza, sliders, coffee, ice cream, and more. With so many choices and communal seating, American Eat Co. is an easy pick for a group gathering.

Grace Dickinson / Philadelphia Inquirer Think twice before tossing the rind of a watermelon. The crunchy layer makes for a great pickling ingredient to pair alongside barbecue or other lunchtime eats.

Hybrid sunflower seed can be made by slowly, meticulously and expensively emasculating individual flowers to create females, which are then pollinated by hand. Alternatively, mutant sunflowers, incapable of producing fertile pollen, are used as female parents in hybrid crosses.

Another way to roast sunflower seeds is to simply mix them with butter and salt. Use about 1 1/2 tablespoons butter and 1 teaspoon salt for every 2 cups of seeds and roast them for about an hour at 250 degrees Fahrenheit. Shake or stir them occasionally.

Chestnuts add a festive feel to this lentil stuffing, with a flavour nod to the East. Season carefully, as the tamari and miso both bring their own saltiness. Tahini is added for extra flavour and nutrients and to thicken the sauce; if it gets a little too thick, just let it down with a splash of water. The chestnut mixture and the kale can both be reheated if you’re speedy at the stove and they’re ready before the squash is cooked.

Clocks, teapots, sparkly chandeliers, gilded frames and white rabbits abound in this whimsical cafe with an Alice-in-Wonderland theme and New Orleans-inspired grub. Ten/6, a brunch spot in Midtown Coeur d’Alene, celebrates Cajun and Creole cookery – and all things Alice. The cafe takes its name from the label depicting the price of the hat the Hatter wears in 1865’s “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” by Lewis Carroll. Taylor Jane “TJ” Taylor owns the restaurant with her mom, Jill Davis. They’re both enamored with Alice, Disneyland, Disney movies, New Orleans, Cajun and Creole cooking, and brunch – and not necessarily in that order. They had dreamed for more than a decade of opening their own eatery where they could create their own Wonderland and help make the good times roll. Expect beignets, red beans and rice, French toast with banana-rum sauce and toasted pecans, and Jazz Kitchen Hash that features the holy trinity of celery, onions and green bell peppers, caramelized herbed breakfast potatoes, Andouille sausage, Tasso ham, pickled collard greens, two poached eggs and gumbo reduction. The Mad Platter lets guests build their own breakfast, choosing from a variety of meats and carbs, and eggs or yogurt. The Limp Brisket is a brisket sandwich with fried sweet onions, pickled jalapeño, Alabama white barbecue sauce and an over-easy egg. Look, also, for gumbo, the Prima Muffuletta sandwich and more. Walls are a deep purplish blue. Floors are polished concrete. Wainscoting is white. So is the oversized papier-mache March Hare head that anchors the dining room. Some pieces are antiques or family heirlooms. Grandma’s chandelier hangs in a front corner, for example. There are 11 chandeliers in all, including two in the restrooms. (Be sure to pay them a visit; the women’s is full of faux flowers, and the men’s is pirate-themed.) 726 N. Fourth St. (208) 930-0905. www.ten6cda.com.

In a new study, a team of scientists documented frequent occurrence of aflatoxin—a toxin produced by Aspergillus molds that commonly infect corn, peanuts, pistachios, and almonds—in sunflower seeds and their products. The study, published in PLOS ONE, is one of the first to associate aflatoxin contamination with sunflower seeds.

JatroSolutions, which is looking for partners to scale up cultivation and processing, is currently running several breeding stations and testing sites in Cameroon, Paraguay and India where it is working on yield stability and seed quality.

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After 10 minutes, heat the butter and 1 tablespoon of oil in a frying pan. When the butter is bubbling, add the chestnuts. Fry for 3-4 minutes, until crisp at the edges.