By the numbers Pumpkins

49: Calories in one cup of cooked pumpkin

350: Weight, in pounds, of the largest pumpkin pie ever cooked

36: Weight, in pounds, of sugar in that pie

90: Percentage of a pumpkin that is water

1 to 2: Ideal length, in inches, of stem when a pumpkin has been picked for a jack-o’-lantern. Any shorter and it might rot quicker.

Source: University of Illinois Extension

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