Pumpkin Traditions

We 're all Haitian in my family. It 's not a big family, but we 're happy when we are together. My parents are very strict, I could say that it 's in our culture, but not all Haitian parents are strict. It 's just the way Haitians are. Heritage? I don 't think I have that in my family, except soils, animals like ducks, donkey, cow, and houses my grand-grandfather left before he died, but we don 't care that much. They 're not that important because all they bring is trouble to families. Education was always priority number one for my mother, and all my life I 've been influenced by a wonderful and lovely person, who has a big role in me going to college pursuing a higher education.

Ah yes, thanksgiving, also known as the turkey day. Many people hold turkey bowls in their backyards. But there are also NFL games on every thanksgiving. The Detroit Lions play every Thanksgiving, as do the Dallas Cowboys. This tradition started back in 1920 when the league first came about (There is a wikipedia article on this topic, and yes it is credible. You scroll down to the bottom and you will see all of their sources.) this Thanksgiving the Minnesota Vikings will go up against the Detroit Lions, The other two games are the Washington Redskins vs the New York Giants. And the Dallas Cowboys vs The Los Angeles Chargers. Football is the greatest Thanksgiving tradition

We 're all Haitian in my family. It 's not a big family, but we 're happy when we are together. My parents are very strict, I could say that it 's in our culture, but not all Haitian parents are strict. It 's just the way Haitians are. Heritage? I don 't think I have that in my family, except soils, animals like ducks, donkey, cow, and houses my grand-grandfather left before he died, but we don 't care that much. They 're not that important because all they bring is trouble in families. Education has been always priority number one for my mother, and all my life I 've been influenced by a wonderful and lovely person, who has a big role in my going to college pursuing a higher education.

Pumpkin is one of the economically important vegetable in the world which is native to North and Central America (Whitaker and Bemis, 1975). Pumpkin belongs to genus Cucurbita of family Cucurbitaceae, generally considered to consist of melons, cucurbits and pumpkins. (Toetia, 1992). There are three common species of pumpkin worldwide: Curcurbita pepo, Curcurbita maxima, and Cucurbita moschata (Whang et al, 1999). Each species consist of several variet¬ies, which differ in shape, color, and chemical composition. Pumpkin is grown throughout tropical and subtropical countries (Dutta et al. 2005). The world production of pumpkin in 2013 is approximately 24 million tons and China, India, Russia, United states, Egypt are the major pumpkin producing countries ( FAOSTAT ,2013).

It was a cold November evening when my family gathered at an uncle’s house to celebrate our Thanksgiving. One of my aunts brought her typical marshmallow yams, and one of my uncles brought their typical banana bread. Another brought Soba Salad, and another brought Spicy Kimchi Squid. As the food gathered to the dining table, just as everyone had arrived, we all gathered in the living room. My grandfather sitting on the couch as the head figure of the family brought out a book that everyone knew very well, the Bible. As we began to worship our God, in the middle of one of my grandfather’s sermon, an alluring aroma filled the room all the children, including myself, began to drool. It was of course, the main dish, the ham. As we finished our

Students are learning about pumpkins and they’ll learn how the grows from see to plant.

The club event I went to was the pumpkin patch at Gordon Skagit Farms which was held by the C.H.E.F club on October 24th at 2:00pm. The purpose of the event was to find pumpkins to carve for a pumpkin carving contest for another event at the college where all of the clubs come together to promote their club as well as celebrate Halloween. Some of us went by car and others grouped up to take the van that was provided day of. I took some mini polaroid photos of the farm and picked out a pumpkin to carve just for fun. In addition, I later found out that I won third place for the pumpkin carving competition which took me by surprise because I had no expectations of even placing in the competition.

The fall season is fast approaching, its time to whip out your home cooked meals and treats for the kids. You go for the classic pumpkin pie just like grandma’s homemade recipe. However, what happens when this simple recipe take a turn for the worst, instead of grandma you get a wicked witches brew. Creating the best pumpkin pie includes gathering all natural ingredients, using correct mixing techniques, slowly cooking it a heated oven creating an aroma of sweet thrills that passes through the nose, and the most important part of baking adding TLC (Tender, Love, and Care). However, leaving the pie in the oven for too long, using ingredients that are questionable for freshness, and baking when you are prone to forget safe baking aspects will

On november 1st 2,000 years ago the celts had a festival called samhain.it was part of their culture .the original holiday was called hallows’ eve. It is also believed that Halloween has pagan roots .some people think it was just a christian holiday.so those who think Halloween is the DEVIL'S holiday it was actually a christian holiday. Some foods include pumpkin pie,candy,caramel apple,soul cakes.This is a celt.There are many,many traditions for halloween including trick or treating,trunk or treating,eating candy,watching scary movies,going to haunted

Socialization is the process of learning and internalizing the values, beliefs and norms of our social group, by which we become functioning members of society (Ferris and Stein, 2016). In this photo my nephew, Devan the little boy sitting on the table, is the learner. His mom, Mindy the lady in the photo, is the agent of socialization. In this photo the norm being taught is decorating pumpkins in the month of October for Halloween. It is a norm in America that during the month of October, you are supposed to have children go to a pumpkin patch, pick a pumpkin, and then help decorate or carve it. This photo was taken a few days before Halloween, and Devan’s mom is using a marker to help him decorate a pumpkin. After they are done decorating

At the age of three I immigrated to the United States from Port-au-Prince, Haiti. I ended up residing in Miami, Florida with my dad and brother. Even though I left that country the cultural and cuisine of Haiti was very much present in my home on a daily basis growing up. Majority of my life was lived in the US, in which I eventually earned my citizenship. There has been many travels back to Haiti which aided in my ability to know more about the country.

In 1987 there was a family in Virginia that was very weird . The family loved pumpkin bread. In the family there was a mom whose name was Annabelle ,a dad named Alex ,and two little girls named Ashley and Lucy.One night Annabelle was going to make the family’s favorite bread from scratch. The little girls had noticed that there mom had an evil look on her face when she cut the pumpkin.The mom had a look on her face that looked like she was going to kill someone. The little girls asked their mom why she looked at the pumpkin in that mean way. There mother just gave the an evil smirk and said “you’ll see.” The sisters didn’t think much of it because there mother was very mysterious and they were adapted to that. Later

I can smell the homemade pumpkin bread in the oven. The three kinds of junk foods that are difficult to give up are pizza, ice cream, and pumpkin bread.

A meaningful tradition to me is when me and my dad go out a couple of days before christmas and shop for my mom. One week ago me and my dad invited my brother to are christmas shopping. We went to belk and target, and we got her a lot of really good presents.

Eating brings people closer together everyday, and for everyone, there are important memories that have been created because of food. Whether it’s a formal dinner, or an informal picnic, there will always be special bonds between people because food was involved. We need to have traditions with food because they form and strengthen the bonds between us.