Townsends | The Poor Man's Pumpkin @townsends | Uploaded October 2023 | Updated October 2024, 15 hours ago.
Who would have thought pumpkin would be an important survival food? In 18th century America, it was a staple for poor folks. Watch to see how they prepared pumpkins for food and what sort of folks were using them.

Other Pumpkin Videos on the Channel:
Soup youtu.be/BJJAWSFiDLM
Bread youtu.be/u76Yv3Feazk
Pie youtu.be/fLbfpGYf89Y
Campfire youtu.be/gFFxPVfJNXQ

Note about cooking: If you are planning on cooking some pumpkins we recommend pie pumpkins, they will have a better taste and texture than the larger decorative pumpkins (thanks to @palominogirl2732 and others)

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