Pretty...😊 But what is it...? 😕

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This above photo, is very Fall~like.    With all the bright orange.    And the soup looks quite delicious.   

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But what is that other object, in the picture?     

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Is it a slice of winter squash?    

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Are those seeds, on the left end, of it?    

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Has it been baked in an oven?    

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But what are the "things~which~look~like~strings"????

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    And why is it, on a piece of newspaper?

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