Carving a pumpkin is fun but it’s also messy and time consuming.
Any parent who does the tradition with their kids knows that it involves lots of scraping at the sides to make it hollow enough.
But one mum has shared a genius have to save you time, effort and mess.
Nina Rutherford, from Falkirk, posted the five minute pumpkin carving hackon Facebook last Friday to help others save time when creating their spooky decoration.
She slices the top off and puts a handheld whisk inside. She turns it on and gently moves it around the sides to scrape some of the flesh, holding the pumpkin firmly at the same time.
Then, with the waste all dislodged, she is able to scoop everything out, leaving a clean pumpkin, which she can then carve shapes in and add a tealight inside.
She shared her hack on Facebook the same day captioned with: ‘I feel I need to pass on this Halloween pumpkin hack: once you have cut the top off get a hand mixer (with one or two whisks on it as both work) and use this to detach all the insides of the pumpkin.
‘Take the whisks right to the edge of the pumpkin so it scrapes the bits off then just scoop out the insides that are now all mush. It has just taken me five minutes to do the inside of a pumpkin.’
Since posting the hack on Facebook, the post has had 14,000 shares and over 2,000 comments from impressed viewers.
Tyler Jay Young wrote under her post: ‘Game changer.’
Nicole Gray said: ‘I think we’ve found a genius hack for doing our pumpkin!! You know that pumpkin we keep forgetting about.’
Chloe Connaughton mentioned a friend and said said: ‘Bet you could’ve used this hack yesterday instead of scooping it all out.’
And Hollie Melay-Brown wrote: ‘Omg genius this is.’
Once you’ve scooped out the insides, you don’t need to throw them away – try our easy pumpkin pie or pumpkin loaf recipes instead.
Do you have an easy hack to share?
Get in touch at metrolifestyleteam@metro.co.uk.
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