Can you eat a pumpkin after you paint it or do the paint chemicals pass through

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   kikalinaposted 12 years ago

   Can you eat a pumpkin after you paint it or do the paint chemicals pass through the skin?

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   bearnmomposted 12 years ago

   Whether the paint chemicals penetrated the outter layer or not, I would not eat a pumpkin that had been painted and used for decoration for the simple reason that it had to have been decaying while it sat out as a decoration.

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      kikalinaposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Answered you below

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   kikalinaposted 12 years ago

   Decaying why? I was under the impression that an intact, uncut pumpkin could last for weeks without decaying.

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      JThomp42posted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Most people hollow out a pumpkin before they make a Jack 'O' Lantern.

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      kikalinaposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      No my plan was just to paint on it without carving it out.

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      JThomp42posted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Okay. Then I see no problem.

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      bearnmomposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      All vegetables rot when they have been cut from the vine or taken off the stock.  If they are kept at a steady refrigerated temperature they may last a bit longer but the normal is for warmer days and colder nights which would decrease it's life.

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   JThomp42posted 12 years ago

   I wouldn't even consider eating a pumpkin that has sat around through Halloween. Forget about the paint, I would worry about food poisoning from the decaying pumpkin. If you want to eat some of it, carve out some of the meat before you paint it.

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      moonfrothposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Please LISTEN to everyone above.  You could harm yourself and your family if you eat the meat from a pumpkin that's been sitting around unrefrigerated for, say,  five days.  Don't forget the insects that have tromped thru it!  Not a good idea at all

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