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Can you eat the pumpkin that you have used to make your Jack-o'-lantern?

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Yes! You need to cook it though. You could use it in a curry or a soup too. I always toast the seeds and sprinkle them in salad.

The "meat" can also be used in pumpkin bread, cookies, cakes.
I don't think that's sucha good idea, the pumpkin has been sitting out all day and accumulates bacteria and germs. It's best to use a fresh pumpkin and throw out the one ou used for the jack o lantern.

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