Receta Playing with Pumpkin.

I have often wondered pumpkin was so important for the fall and winter holidays.  Of all the squash varieties available, this particular species?  Let’s do a of time travel to 7000 BCE, and a favorite winter vacation spot, aka Mexico.  The Native tribes lived the land; growing, harvesting, collecting seeds to plant for new growth harvest.  One method used necessitated water source, The Three Sisters of squash, beans and corn.  This method allowed each crop to help other while growing along a river bed.  of beans created a trellis upon the corn, and added nitrogen into soil.  The trellis provided shade for pumpkin while the pumpkin vines helped the shallow roots of corn stay stable…