Pumpkins 10p each - Sainsbury's

freefree973

In Sainsbury's today and they were selling pumpkins for 10p if you haven't had enough already

lutzi1

Chop the top off, scoop out the flesh and serve soup or a nice warming casserole in them for bonfire night. Looks very good.

enevel

Or, in an even more radical move, EAT the pumpkin.

I despair at the amount of perfectly good food that is being carved-up, binned or smashed in the name of a pointless American retail extravaganza.

Damzel_In_Distress

enevel wrote: »

Or, in an even more radical move, EAT the pumpkin.

I despair at the amount of perfectly good food that is being carved-up, binned or smashed in the name of a pointless American retail extravaganza.

Thats a rather unfair thing to presume. Just because someone has carved a pumpkin doesnt mean they havnt made use of the inside as well!
Shall i take it buy the rather grumpy nature of your post you dont have children? My 4 year old rather enjoyed the several pumpkins we carved and made jack-o-lanterns out of.

happymum168

didn't see any pumpkin at local Sainsburys but their Halloween cakes, flapjacks, Jaffe cake bars all 75 % off. The flapjacks 25p and expire next April.

soop2

enevel wrote: »

Or, in an even more radical move, EAT the pumpkin.

I despair at the amount of perfectly good food that is being carved-up, binned or smashed in the name of a pointless American retail extravaganza.

I had a great time carving mine too, and I'm proud of it. So there.

enevel

Damzel_In_Distress wrote: »

Shall i take it buy the rather grumpy nature of your post you dont have children? My 4 year old rather enjoyed the several pumpkins we carved and made jack-o-lanterns out of.

Please don't mistake my anger at the wasting of perfectly good food for mere grumpiness. And whether or not I have children is immaterial, unless this offers special privilege to behave irresponsibly at a time when millions worldwide are starving, and hundreds of thousands in this country don't eat a healthy or balanced diet.

I certainly wasn't brought up to destroy food like this, and nobody I know of my age who grew up in this country was either. If the Americans want to create a festival centred on antisocial behaviour (aka 'trick or treating') and wasting food - then let them keep it. But it has no place in a civilised society like the UK.

katskorner

currenty sitting at home with my three small children eating homemade pumpkin soup - yummy

loveabargain13

Roasted pumpkin is sooooooo yummy!

Mammy_of_4_boys

I'm American....living in the Northeast of England and now quite insulted!!!! Just because we cut pumpkin up doesn't mean we waste it. I for one use the pumpkin for making pumpkin pie, I roast the seeds and I save some seeds to plant next summer. I do this every year, and I will keep on doing it! And 10p for a pumpkin is awesome when you think about how much you can get out of 1! Well done on the find!

Damzel_In_Distress

enevel wrote: »

Please don't mistake my anger at the wasting of perfectly good food for mere grumpiness. And whether or not I have children is immaterial, unless this offers special privilege to behave irresponsibly at a time when millions worldwide are starving, and hundreds of thousands in this country don't eat a healthy or balanced diet.

I certainly wasn't brought up to destroy food like this, and nobody I know of my age who grew up in this country was either. If the Americans want to create a festival centred on antisocial behaviour (aka 'trick or treating') and wasting food - then let them keep it. But it has no place in a civilised society like the UK.

Oh please! Dont be so ridiculous! When did you grow up? In the prehistoric era!!? Like i said previously, just because people carve a pumpkin does not mean that they waste the insides!
Halloween is not centered on 'antisocial behaviour' - What tosh!! In fact halloween where i live was a rather lovely affair that my little 4 year old boy enjoyed very much, giving out sweets to small children isnt 'anti social' nor is decorating your window/outside with decorations such as pumpkins etc.
All i can say is IM GLAD i dont live near you. What happens at christmas,is it all doom and gloom then too?