Carving jack-o’-lanterns? Don’t throw those the seeds away. How to roast them

As Halloween approaches and many people carve goofy or spooky pumpkins to display on their front porches, you may want to hang onto those globs of stringy pumpkin “guts” and seeds.Carving pumpkins, known as jack-o’-lanterns, has roots in 19th-century Irish folklore, where illuminated pumpkins or turnips were used to ward away evil spirits, according to History.com.