Pumpkin patches are popular way to celebrate the season; Central Oregonians have several options | Black Watermelon Seeds

Eminem grew up in total and utter poverty. 8 Mile was 100% this rapper’s reality, but the millions don’t seem to have changed Em. Business Insider lists his backstage needs as follows: one loaf white bread, one loaf wheat bread, six Lunchables snacks (three turkey, three ham with cheese).

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E.J. Harrison from Hoboken, New Jersey said the surreal size of the pumpkin made it seem fake at first, “It’s like one of those mega-beachball things you might see, its so large it’s funny.”

We still aren’t sure– is it Kanye or Ye? Either way, Kanye West is proving to be a giant #Diva with his backstage demands. We get it. The man is organized. Business Insider reports requirements including a bottle of hot sauce, small yogurt, toothpicks and lots of alcohol.

Many people think of the seedless watermelons popping up at grocery stores and markets everywhere in the last few years as a marvel of modern scientific technology. In fact, more than 60 percent of watermelon shoppers seek this smoother pink flesh, and the numbers are increasing every year, according to a recent survey done for the National Watermelon Promotion Board.

Grace Dickinson / Philadelphia Inquirer Watermelon rinds are capable of lending a crunchy component to stir-fry or alongside sandwiches in their quick-pickled form, as pictured here.

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Kind of like when I buy a lottery ticket. Recently, I picked up two of those small, rotund watermelons. They were nestled together in the same bin, in the same store, and had the same sticker on their rind. The one I gave my mom was sweet and juicy. The one I saved for myself was the worst — mushy and flavourless. It was the kind of watermelon that makes you sad and vow you’ll never buy again. But, when you get a melon like that of my mom’s — sweet, juicy, ripe, and no mush in sight — it’s the stuff of summertime bliss.

Boscawen resident Steven Geddes set the record for second-largest pumpkin in the world at the Deerfield Fair in late September, weighing in at a whopping 2,528 pounds. Courtesy photo

Supermarket industry analysts have been busily touting the emergence of tactile foods as the next big trend. An emphasis on crunchy texture and its accompanying aural effects creates a memorable, multisensory eating experience, they proclaim. While this may seem cutting edge on the supermarket side, for restaurant chefs, it’s just another day in the research & development kitchen.

This story begins on a warm March Day after cross county skiing. We were coming out of a snowy winter, but pumpkin season was fast approaching. This particular patch rested for three years,  and we had high hopes. Time to shovel off an area to install soil heating cables and a hoop house.

There’s a lot of protein in cottonseeds—enough to meet the daily requirements of 600 million people should all cotton in the world be replaced with edible varieties, Hake said by telephone.