Ranch Pumpkins
Our pumpkins had a serious problem with tooth decay. No doubt this was brought on by swallowing up way too many left over kit kat bars. Once again, as happens every year, I completely overestimated the numbers off boogieman bambinos that would parade across our entry. I am left still holding a kings ransom worth of nougat and jellies.

Best ad hoc pumpkin carving device pulled from the recesses of our kitchen cabinets: a crumber. The original purchase of this crumber probably goes down in the books as one of the worst and most pretentious impulse buys of my adult life. There is absolutely no good reason that anyone (with the possible exception of slick waiters in five-star restaurants) should ever own this item. However, in a sculpting pinch, it does indeed make for a useful pumpkin punch and rounding tool.