Now in stores you can easily buy souvenir artificial pumpkins for Halloween. However, it is much more interesting to cut a face on a red vegetable yourself. Natural pumpkin will add atmosphere to the holiday. How to choose the right pumpkin for Halloween?
Pumpkins with funny or scary faces are a must for Halloween. In autumn, it is not difficult to find this vegetable in stores or in markets. But how to choose the right pumpkin for Halloween? What should you pay attention to before buying?
The main criteria for choosing a pumpkin for Halloween
The first thing to consider when choosing a pumpkin for Halloween is the size of the vegetable. Much depends on what kind of drawing you want to cut. It is recommended to think about this moment in advance. Medium pumpkins will be easier to handle, especially if you've never made a holiday pumpkin lantern before. For small pumpkins, for the result to be cute, skill is needed. You will also need additional suitable tools such as thin and small knives. It will take a lot of time on a pumpkin of impressive size during the preparation period, when it will be necessary to clean out the pulp and all the bones.
If in the future you do not plan to cook anything from pumpkin, then you can give preference to slightly unripe vegetables. However, you need to be prepared that their insides will be quite tough, you will need to apply force to clean them. Overripe fruits are in no way suitable for creating a pumpkin decoration for Halloween. They can be rotten on the inside, the skin is either too soft or too dry.
The traditional option is the fruit of a bright red hue. But here you can be guided by individual preferences, choosing a pumpkin by color to your taste. The main thing is that there are no dents, cracks, black spots on the surface of the vegetable. It will be easier to cut out faces for Halloween on round pumpkins, but oval options will also work.
Before buying a vegetable, it is recommended to hold it in your hands, to estimate the approximate weight. Even a small pumpkin shouldn't be too light. You should also knock on the walls of the fruit, listening to what the sound will be. If he is deaf, with an echo, then such a pumpkin is suitable for creating a lantern for Halloween, and for eating.
Another important point is the presence of a tail in the vegetable. If there is no tail, then this pumpkin option is best set aside. In fruits that are overripe and rotting inside, which may look very pretty in appearance, the stalk falls off by itself. If the tail looks fresh or slightly dried, then this is an exceptional plus.
You can buy a pumpkin for Halloween in about a week. Having brought the vegetable home, it is better to leave it somewhere on the balcony / loggia, but only if it is not very hot and not too humid there. You don't need to wash the pumpkin in advance. This should be done just before cutting the face or pattern. Otherwise, the vegetable will simply perish in anticipation of the holiday.
