{"id":1816,"date":"2015-09-02T15:34:38","date_gmt":"2015-09-02T23:34:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gothtober.com\/gothblog\/?p=1816"},"modified":"2015-09-20T09:27:47","modified_gmt":"2015-09-20T17:27:47","slug":"pumpkin-advice-vol-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gothtober.com\/gothblog\/2015\/09\/02\/pumpkin-advice-vol-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Pumpkin Advice Vol. 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gothtober.com\/gothblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/fall_finery.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1820 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gothtober.com\/gothblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/fall_finery-300x282.png\" alt=\"fall_finery\" width=\"300\" height=\"282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gothtober.com\/gothblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/fall_finery-300x282.png 300w, https:\/\/www.gothtober.com\/gothblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/fall_finery-1024x961.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.gothtober.com\/gothblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/fall_finery-24x24.png 24w, https:\/\/www.gothtober.com\/gothblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/fall_finery.png 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n1.) Do not kick a rotting pumpkin, especially one that is bigger than your head.<\/p>\n<p>2.) Use canned pumpkin for pumpkin pie. No one will know. It&#8217;s a zillion times less work, and as long as you really are using only canned pumpkin, as in JUST pumpkin in a can (no excess sugars or extraneous ingredients), it will do. Save home made roasted pumpkin for soups and fancy sides.<\/p>\n<p>3.) When you&#8217;re picking out a pumpkin to carve, look for a thick and hearty stem, this is the sign of a healthy pumpkin. Also, pick the pumpkin up from the bottom, not from the stem, you brute!<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">4.) Canned pumpkin and canned pumpkin filling are not the same, so read carefully!<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>5.) &#8220;Pumpkin Preserver&#8221; sold at pumpkin patches and pop-up halloween costume stores is a waste of money! Don&#8217;t buy it! You can use household products, or even just put your pumpkin in the fridge overnight to preserve its good looks for as long as possible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1.) Do not kick a rotting pumpkin, especially one that is bigger than your head. 2.) Use canned pumpkin for pumpkin pie. No one will know. It&#8217;s a zillion times &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gothtober.com\/gothblog\/2015\/09\/02\/pumpkin-advice-vol-1\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Pumpkin Advice Vol. 1&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[573,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-treats-2","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gothtober.com\/gothblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1816","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gothtober.com\/gothblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gothtober.com\/gothblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gothtober.com\/gothblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gothtober.com\/gothblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1816"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.gothtober.com\/gothblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1816\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1821,"href":"https:\/\/www.gothtober.com\/gothblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1816\/revisions\/1821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gothtober.com\/gothblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gothtober.com\/gothblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gothtober.com\/gothblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}