We all love pumpkins once winter comes. We even find ways to use them as home decor or add them to different meals. These delicious fruits hide much more potential than you thought. Check out some of the surprising facts about pumpkins that you’ve never heard of.
Pumpkins Are Fruits
For all the ones that had them confused with vegetables, pumpkins belong to the large group of fruits. They are winter squashes. If tomatoes can be fruits, so can pumpkins.
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They Come In Many Colors
These fruits come in a wide number of shapes, colors, and sizes. It’s really impressive how many different pumpkins you can see. Everyone relates the color orange to a pumpkin, but it is available in yellow, dark green, blue, cream, and so on. Shapes and sizes vary too. They can be huge and round, long like cucumbers, shaped like pears and more. The sizes range from super small, to humongous.
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Every Part Is Edible
Back in the day, people used to eat all of the parts of a pumpkin. It is strange to hear, but the vines, flowers, seeds and even leaves are edible. The seeds are, of course, super-delicious, we all know that. But the flowers can actually be cooked. The same applies to the vines and leaves.
