Pumpkins 10p each - Sainsbury's

MoneySaver5678

I think this is store specific, as ive been to 3 sainsburys in doncaster and they are a £1 a KG NOT 10p

andychelt

enevel wrote: »

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.

wikipedia . org /wiki/Halloween

"The practice of dressing up in costumes and begging door to door for treats on holidays dates back to the Middle Ages and includes Christmas wassailing. Trick-or-treating resembles the late medieval practice of souling, when poor folk would go door to door on Hallowmas (November 1), receiving food in return for prayers for the dead on All Souls Day(November 2). It originated in Ireland and Britain"

"The souling practice of commemorating the souls in purgatory with candle lanterns carved from turnips, became adapted into the making of jack-o'-lanterns. In traditional Celtic Halloween festivals, large turnips were hollowed out, carved with faces, and placed in windows to ward off evil spirits.The carving of pumpkins is associated with Halloween in North America where pumpkins are both readily available and much larger – making them easier to carve than turnips"

Who'd of thought the "antisocial" behaviour started here in the "civilised" UK?!?

And to think our ancestors wasted all those turnips too..... :rotfl:

ampafc

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.

What a load of nonsense. 'Centred on antisocial behaviour' - well I had about 15 sets of kids at the door last night, and they were all really happy when they got loads of sweeties from us They were polite by saying thank you, and they were clearly having a lot of fun in their various outfits. The parents were with them as well, so i saw this as a nice family occasion. You don't have to be so negative about it.

Damzel_In_Distress

andychelt wrote: »

wikipedia . org /wiki/Halloween

It originated in Ireland and Britain"


Who'd of thought the "antisocial" behaviour started here in the "civilised" UK?!?

No point trying to reason with this person. We'll all proabably just get tarnished with the 'anti social' brush :rotfl:

Bongedone

andychelt wrote: »

"The souling practice of commemorating the souls in purgatory with candle lanterns carved from turnips, became adapted into the making of jack-o'-lanterns. In traditional Celtic Halloween festivals, large turnips were hollowed out, carved with faces, and placed in windows to ward off evil spirits.The carving of pumpkins is associated with Halloween in North America where pumpkins are both readily available and much larger – making them easier to carve than turnips"
. :rotfl:

I was brought up in the North East and we used to use turnip (suede as there called in London where I am now) and that was 30 years ago.

The turnip was never wasted either!

In fact the only time I had a pumkin the strings snapped and it exploded all over my mothers friends brand new carpet.

LilDevil66

Bongedone wrote: »

I was brought up in the North East and we used to use turnip (suede as there called in London where I am now) and that was 30 years ago.

The turnip was never wasted either!

In fact the only time I had a pumkin the strings snapped and it exploded all over my mothers friends brand new carpet.

Ha ha yeah my mam used to carve turnips for me when I was small. I carve pumpkins now though. I'm 28 and have no kids but I love Halloween and I celebrate it every year. I'll be popping to my local Sainsburys to see there's any pumpkins going cheap and will make some soup :j
And please, to the complainer further up the thread, please don't preach on how people should live, if you have a problem with people starving go and tell someone like Bono. I don't believe you eat perfect all the time and never throw anything away. But as previously said, we're probably wasting our comments anyway

Thanks for posting the barg!

Tracey77

As well as the pumpkins my local Sainsburys was selling halloween costumes reduced from £12.00 to £2.00, so I managed to pick up some for the kids next year as well as some decorative bits. Paid under a tenner and got nearly £50 worth of stuff. I have promised to make more effort next year!!

soop2

Well, I have to say I didn't eat any of mine, the smell was a bit off-putting. But here's a picture of my Jack, post lobotomy:

http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/LF61Q7iFUGnwhgNBcQFvlw?feat=directlink

LilDevil66

soop2 wrote: »

Well, I have to say I didn't eat any of mine, the smell was a bit off-putting. But here's a picture of my Jack, post lobotomy:

http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/LF61Q7iFUGnwhgNBcQFvlw?feat=directlink

Looks ace! Love it

lutzi1

lutzi1 wrote: »

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

Derrr......I was actually trying to make a helpful suggestion. Suggesting it might be pumpkin soup seemed a tad obvious. Thank you to all those who took it in spirit in which it was intended.