[NormsRevenge]

That is, as they say in the business and ol’ pea patch, a BIG ‘UN!

[Alright_on_the_LeftCoast]

That’s a lot of pie....yummmmmmmmm

[NormsRevenge]

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Thad Starr from Pleasant Hill, Ore. celebrates after winning the Half Moon Bay Pumpkin Festival Weigh-off with a contest record of 1,524 pounds in Half Moon Bay, Calif., Monday, Oct. 8, 2007. Starr wins six dollars for each pound, which equals $9,144. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)

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The three heaviest pumpkins are on display at the Half Moon Bay Pumpkin Festival Weigh-off in Half Moon Bay, Calif., Monday, Oct. 8, 2007. Thad Starr from Pleasant Hill, Ore., wins with a contest record with his 1,524 pound pumpkin. He wins six dollars for each pound, which equals $9,144. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)

[TriGirl]

My great-grandparents grew huge pumpkins for the county fair. They made a slit in the vine of the pumpkin and ran a candle wick from the slit to a bowl of buttermilk and “fed” the pumpkin that way. They would grow them 100 pounds or more.