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And whether anyone knows how to cook the rest of it. Pie? Soup? Pumpkin's yummy, but I've never actually cooked one myself. And I'm not sure my flatmates have, either.
Only thing is, the part you cook is also the part that is busy being the jack-o-lantern. Unless you mean the seeds... separate from the pulp, soak overnight in very salty water, spread out in one layer on a cookie sheet & bake on a low oven, stirring every so often until they're dry and whitish-looking.
Carving pumpkins are a little too stringy to eat, anyway. For eating, you want a smallish pumpkin about the size of a softball. For pie, whack in half, clean out the pulp and seeds, and bake cut sides down on a cookie sheet at about 350F? Then scoop out the cooked flesh & use in any pie recipe. For soup, cut the pumpkin into pieces and peel off the rind and cook according to any old soup recipe (onions, carrots, celery, broth, then puree.) |
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Haven't even got a pumpkin this year. I've made pumpkin soup before, which is so-so, and pumpkin cake, which is actually lovely.