P ag in 10 Minutes a Day! umpkins Now and Then Pumpkins and American History
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Pumpkin Trivia Pumpkin flowers are edible. The largest pumpkin pie ever made was over five feet in diameter and weighed over 350 pounds. It used 80 pounds of cooked pumpkin, 36 pounds of sugar, 12 dozen eggs and took six hours to bake. In early colonial times, pumpkins were used as an ingredient for the crust of pies, not the filling. Pumpkins were once recommended for removing freckles and curing snake bites. The largest pumpkin ever grown weighed 1,140 pounds. Pumpkins are 90 percent water. Pumpkin halves were used as guides for haircuts in colonial times. 
Pumpkins Then and Now – Reading Passage Directions: Read each question and fill in the best answer Name: ________________________________ Date: ________________________________ 
 
likely first made by
Native Americans did which of the following with their pumpkins?
4. Pumpkin plants 
3. The first pumpkin “pie” was made by cutting off the top, removing the seeds and fibers and filling the pumpkin with 
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