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by Paul Taylor on October 23, 2007 at 12:00 am
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  1. Jrage
    April 17, 2010, 10:12 pm | # | Reply

    I believe this practice should be extended toward other fruits, vegetables, and people I don’t like.

    • Page-Mistress
      August 19, 2010, 11:07 pm | # | Reply

      Well, I believe turnips were used originally…

      • BigBadRichard
        September 4, 2010, 9:55 pm | #

        Yes it was originally turnips. but when the tradition moved to America it became pumpkins due to their greater availability and the lack of turnips. the christian folktale behind jack-o-lanterns is quite interesting.

      • Bryan
        October 23, 2010, 1:58 am | #

        I’m having difficulty imagining someone cut open, hollow out and sticking a candle inside a turnip, probably mainly because they’re small.

      • Etak
        May 1, 2012, 3:20 am | #

        Bryan, here in Switzerland the carving of turnips is done with enthusiasm. For some art, do a Google picture search on “räbeliechtli” or “raabeliechtli” to treat your eyes.
        Traditionally there is a räbeliechtli-parade done at dusk with little children and their turnip (raabe) lanterns around this time of year.

      • bmonk
        November 23, 2010, 4:04 pm | #

        Also, pumpkins are much easier to hollow out and stick a candle in…

      • Fauxlosopher
        January 17, 2011, 10:39 pm | #

        What? There’s a greater availability of something? And a lack of the other thing that was normally used? This could not possibly happen at the same time.

      • JustaPhilosopher
        June 4, 2011, 7:55 pm | #

        NEVER! It’s like… some creationist MYTH for new traditions… Also, I love the name.

      • Eternallyquestioningsanity
        June 9, 2018, 11:35 am | #

        Nobody’s gonna talk about the “and people I don’t like” bit?

  2. Centaur1971
    October 30, 2010, 2:10 am | # | Reply

    What I have a problem with is…how do you roast the seeds of a turnip?

  3. Puck
    November 7, 2010, 6:45 pm | # | Reply

    You don’t, because turnips, as a fully grown root vegetable, do not have seeds. If you leave a turnip in the ground without waiting for the /roots/ to be ready, eventually the plant above will flower and that’s where you get the seeds.

    So a turnip, as a vegetable, does not technically have seeds. At all.

  4. wrabbit
    December 8, 2010, 8:04 pm | # | Reply

    I’ve always found jack-o-lanterns to be a waste of good empanada material.

    • Critter
      July 29, 2017, 5:03 am | # | Reply

      Hmm…never had pumpkin empanadas, sounds awesome, would make for an interesting change from my favored whipped cream delivery vehicle, pumpkin pie.

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