It’s the great potato Charlie brown

 IT’S THE GREAT POTATO CHARLIE BROWN?

Yesterday a post on a social media site that rhymes with space hook  had a comment  about the high price on some smallish straggling pumpkins at a local market.  With the rising popularity of Halloween maybe people are grabbing up these seasonal spheres early?  If you can’t find the type of “Just waiting to be Jack-o-lantern” may we suggest you go old school and turn to the turnip or proceed with a potato?  You see the tradition of carving up innocent garden items started with these victims rather than the big orange gourds.  The Irish started the tradition and only when Americans took up the tradition did pumpkins become the canvas of choice for this chopping of faces into fresh produce.  

If you are a turnip you can probably relax, however potato’s in the US should plan on making a trip to  the table with a detour  through someone who says “do you want fries with that.”  If you are  one of the approximate 1.5 billion pounds of pumpkins grown in the United Sttes you are likely to headed  for  a Halloween  display of some sort.   Now there are some exceptions….Other popular destinations?  Well fairy godmothers have a standing order for carriages and there are multiple  pumpkins grown for contests.  In fact, the new record pumpkin was found in a contest in Italy tipping the scales…dare we say “squashing” the scales at 2,702 pounds! Now that’s a great pumpkin Charlie Brown.  

So what’s the “peace and joy” angle?  

You see Americans switched to pumpkins because tha’s a food that not aloof people liked and it didn’t;t store as well as potato’s.  People decided to use what was. Available rather than making a limited resource costly and something people might fight over or thatwealthy  people might waste.  Maybe when seeking. Peace. And joy we can turn  to the experiences that are available rather than expecting some upcoming trip or gift we are going. To get as a. Source. Of peace. And. Joy?  Maybe our present moments can be carved up into little moments of satisfaction,gratification,and smiles.  Maybe our daily gifts can be used like a small candle  to light the way of others seeking  the fun sized blessings that days can hold?  Well…that’s  about it for today…It’s time to cut out some triangle eyes and figure out what kind of recipe  once uses to make a pie with a 2,701 pound loser?