frogprince --

Yeah, I've heard the "that rhyme is really about a murder," but I've also seen arguments against the murder theory.


Personally, I think it's another example of nursery rhyme nonsense. You know, in the same camp with flying cows, and blackbirds that eat washerwomen's noses....

As for the culinary pleasures of pumpkins, I'd love to try them the way they were traditionally eaten by the Lenape, when they lived in the Mid-Hudson Valley:

They'd slice the pumpkins thinly, cross-wise, into rings, and dry them for storage over the winter. When the time came to cook them, they'd be fried in bear fat (Crisco can be used as a modern substitute), with maple sugar for flavoring...