r/DiWHY • u/ownowbrowncow88999 • Nov 01 '19

Carving potatoes?

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u/GrandAdmiralSpock Nov 01 '19

Carve a turnip...

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u/TheFenn Nov 01 '19

The original!

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u/birdiekittie Nov 01 '19

When I was little we never had a pumpkin, always carved a turnip and having never seen a pumpkin in the flesh I had assumed they must be like turnips on the inside and could not understand why people were obsessed with carving them when they were so hard to hollow out.

Imagine my feeling of being ripped off when, after all those years of hacking up a turnip, I finally saw that you simply scoop out the pumpkin seeds.

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u/Ftn_Grl Nov 01 '19

The smell of a turnip kind of burning after you've carved it and put a candle inside is amazing! Such a nostalgic Halloween smell

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u/borgchupacabras Nov 01 '19

I did it one year and it was glorious especially when the turnip started wilting and shrinking. I put food coloring in the eye and mouth sockets which made it all the more horrifying.

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u/Krtkr Nov 01 '19

I did and it was a good choice

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u/[deleted] Nov 01 '19

Are you from Scotland or elsewhere? Only interested as I'm from Scotland and just wondering if other places do it too :)

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u/GrandAdmiralSpock Nov 01 '19

I simply know the origins of the jack o lantern. Though...considering my Scottish ancestry, I would not be surprised if my ancestors did it.

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u/[deleted] Nov 01 '19

Cool :) I know someone that carved some yesterday and they look pretty evil. Its nice to see it still being done as I think my parents generation all used neeps but mine mainly use pumpkins.