Pumpkin Carving, Turtle Soup and Ice Cream Making Festival

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October 19th 2008

Published: October 23rd 2008

One of the things that I missed during my 1.5 years of travel was the family get togethers when we made turtle soup. In stating turtle soup, the first question from everyone's mouth is, "you make soup from turtle?" I then say yes, but the turtle is optional. The soup is made of about 17 ingredients and really is a vegetable soup with chicken, beef and turtle if available or desired. Most peopl... Read Full Entry

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Dave B

Lucky Charms

A year of retirement in my 30's. Progressive thinking or insanity? Maybe a little bit of both. Either answer is fine by me. Spending 1.5 years seeing as much of the world as possible. It has been a good ride. Feel free to come aboard! Note: I planned to write a personal diary and then edit the diary for public viewing on this site. I soon realized during my travels that I would not have time to edit my journal writings, therefore what you see is a personal diary. The text was written on trains, boats, planes, buses, in hostels, hotels, homes, restaurants, pubs and often with very ... full info

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Thyc (Dutch) and Agnes (German) Entry!

This team got 1 vote in the competition.

Mark's Beast

This pumpkin was awarded the most likely to be behind bars in the morning.

Meow! CC

CC was not finished but still got a vote! She was awarded the pumpkin most likely to buy kitty litter.

Kirsten

This is a great entry. Very traditional looking pumpkin. Kerstin got a vote as well and was awarded the pumpkin with the most Batman like mouth!

Angelika (Asutrian) Evil Looking Pumpking

Angelika actually carved both sides of her pumpkin so we are calling her pumpkin Two-Faced!

Casey

Nice hair on your pumpkin and where's the dentures? This pumpkin was awarded the most likely to gum his food.

Time to Eat.

This meal consisted of homemade turtle soup and ice cream as well as barbecued ribs and wings.

The Pumpkin Judges!

5th November 2008

Beth Baalman
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Nice Photography
Great photography Dave! Next year when we are cooking the pig I would like to be on the beer drinking team since you have the picture taking under control. By the way, you never mentioned how your ice cream tasted without the vanilla.

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