By Mark Scott, executive director of Market MontGOmery Chamber & Tourism • The judges have spoken: The winning name for the $700 hand-blown glass pumpkin is “Sasquash,” as submitted by Denise C. Saunders. She wins a free specialty drink at Speckled Paw on Main Street in Mt. Gilead.
The drawing to win “Sasquash” will be tonight. Get the latest news on Facebook.
The name makes sense. The pumpkin is a member of the squash family; this region has legendary ties to Sasquatch; and the glass pumpkin is HUGE, weighing in at 17.5 pounds. That was enough to give Denise’s entry a winning boost.
Just in case you don’t win it, you can visit the “Pumpkin Patch” at STARworks this Saturday where approximately 3,000 hand-blown glass pumpkins of all shapes, colors and sizes will be on display and for sale. Arrive early to see the vast array before many are sold.
Related trivia:
- What continent is the pumpkin native to?
- In what century did pumpkin pie recipes appear in English cookbooks?
- In what U.S. state was the largest pumpkin pie ever made?
- The world’s largest pumpkin pie had 1,212 pounds of canned pumpkin, 109 gallons of evaporated milk, 1,796 eggs, 7 pounds of salt, 14.5 pounds of cinnamon and 525 pounds of sugar. How much did the final pie weigh?
- How many feet in diameter was the world’s largest pumpkin pie?
Answers:
- The pumpkin is native to North America.
- Pumpkin pie recipes can be found in English cookbooks as early as 1675 – the 17th century.
- The largest pumpkin pie ever made was in New Bremen, Ohio, at their Pumpkinfest.
- The pie weighed in at 3,699 pounds.
- The pie was 20 feet in diameter.