Superabundant dispatch: Roasted pumpkin-lentil salad and this week’s news nibbles

PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."Halloween itself dates back to around the 9th century, as basically a Christianized version of the ancient Gaelic harvest festival Samhain, but the Irish didn’t start carving pumpkins — an American ingredient — until they arrived in the U.S. in the 19th century. The Irish had other American crops by then (the potato being the most enthusiastically embraced) so it’s kind of a head-scratcher why they slept on pumpkins for so long."...

PO1 William "Chip" Nagel good day Brother William, always informational and of the most interesting. Thanks for sharing, have a blessed day!