Halloween pumpkins from Alcampo are so versatile.
Look out for Halloween Pumpkins, as sold by La Villa Alcampo Tenerife of La Orotava by Puerto de la Cruz. No doubt that all Alcampo malls and even Alcampo France Auchan will offer them. (Auchan derives from the French equivalent to alcampo which is aux champs). Why?
Those were no ordinary pumpkins and I mean no funny pumpkins either.
The Halloween Pumpkins were advertised as specials from the end of October 2011 onwards for just under €6, while they were of a nice size. All pumpkins looked equally big and all had an unusual Halloween product packaging design. Pumpkins with Halloween decorating helpIndeed, the pumpkins were stencilled. They had pumpkin templates. Holes for eyes and mouth of the pumpkin ghost face were cut out in the sturdy cardboard packaging. All you had to do now was to copy their contours to make your own pumpkin of Halloween. Versatile use of pumpkin vegetableYou also had to cut of the top to use as lid afterwards. The flesh from within the vegetable could be used to make a pumpkin soup, stew or a simple mash spiced with a bit of cinnamon, salt and butter for taste.
Certainly, you also had to take out more pumpkin flesh. after cutting off the vegetable top to replace later to close up the ghost head. I know, as I had to battle carving a similar but, much less attractive vegetable for making an alternative Halloween pumpkin on sticks for my childhood ghost parades, many moons ago.
By the way, the orange Halloween pumpkin doesn't taste exactly like most squash, although it's part of their family. Squash are normally round and have a more watery flesh, while they come in different shades of green, yellow, beige and orange. However all pumpkins and squash are very decorative, as depicted beside. So the pumpkin of Halloween is the traditional decoration for the special day and afterwards. It serves for Halloween parties and as food for the table.
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Also admire pumpkin decorations in Dutch towns and in villages in the country. You don't see them there only from Autumn until after Halloween. They seem to be highly popular design features at all times. Orange or red pumpkin for Halloween?
The bright orange colour of the so called ghost Pumpkin is magic. That color together with the shape of the produce make an incredible focal point for interior decorating as well. Besides, pumpkins for Halloween in their original estate are natural sculptures which make ideal stills or complements for art. Admire the stunning, unusual red Halloween pumpkin beside which is made by Fred Wojciechowski from the Netherlands.
Revamp, improve, make the best of itNeedless to say is that pumpkins are fantastic decorations around your villa or any vacation home in Tenerife, when the vegetable is turned into a Halloween lantern. Then, it looks great as night illumination in any garden. Halloween lanterns greet your visitors with their friendly Halloween faces by your front door. They also are the perfect illumination ornament for any dinner or party table.More than Halloween decorationsPumpkin decorating ideas for clues to help yourself to speed up property sales or to simply revamp your holiday home in Tenerife or most business, such as a restaurant or shop and make them part of your business marketing strategies.
Grow pumpkins for Halloween or all yearBy the way, grow your own Halloween pumpkins in your holiday home in Tenerife, provided you have some ground. Pumpkins are very easy to grow, There is a big banana plantation in Tenerife North Los Realejos at the end of La Longuera where pumpkin runners almost trail over the high wall by a country road which borders bananas. Back to Tenerife events of spooky November parties.
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