Shocking Pickled Pumpkins! Halloween Science

Don't electrocute pumpkins at home.

And especially don't set up two forks with electricity running to and through them onto which you mount random produce...like pumpkins or pickles or jalapenos...that would be stupid.

But if you were to do that, soaking the pickles...or pumpkins...or whatever, I'd be okay if you soaked the produce in various ionic compound solutions so you could check to see if the ions produced different colors.

You know, if you wanted to do something totally stupid...just if...