Good Eatin': Pumpkins (everything you wanted to know but were afraid to ask)

"In early colonial times, pumpkins were used as an ingredient for the crust of pies, not the filling. ... Pumpkins were once recommended for removing freckles and curing snake bites.... Pumpkins range in size from less than a pound to over 1,000 pounds." -- from the website. <http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/pumpkins/>