Take the Third Annual Pumpkin Challenge!

For the third year in a row, I will attempt to consume as many varieties of pumpkin edibles I can in the month and half preceding Halloween. Last year I ate 25 varieties of pumpkin-named food, beating 2006’s total by five!

The rules are the same as last year:

• The item consumed must be a food. (Inhaling a pumpkin candle scent does not count.)
• The only beverage allowed is the milkshake.
• Food items cannot be doubled. (Two slices of pumpkin cheesecake count as one item. The only way it could count for two different items is if the second item has a distinct enough difference of flavor that it warrants a different name AND the item comes from a different source than the first item.)

The Pumpkin Challenge was invented to promote pumpkin in hopes of it being recognized in all seasons as a superior food.