@kdfrawg Funny you should mention that. I just had an email from BBC R4 Food Programme reminding me about a pumpkin programme I did with them in the 1990s, because they're planning a new one, presumably around Halloween.
They do grow reasonably well in England, especially in the warmer southwest. But there's never been that much of a taste for them.
I love them.
And the carving tradition began with giant swedes in Yorkshire, IIRC.
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