What to do with pumpkins?

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Do punkin chunkin! I've been doing it for 13 years


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fishbum said:
I am embarrassed that I know this....But the pumpkins you use for Halloween and Thanksgiving decorations, are not the kind you want to eat.
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This is only partially true. While the small pumpkins are denser and have comparatively more 'meat' than real large ones, they are NOT tasteless after preparation. I have made pies with both kinds. They charge more per pound when they are labeled as "pie pumpkins". I have done that, and compared the pies. ANY medium size pumpkin makes delicious pies.
The 'meat' must be blenderized with the recipe cream to make it all smooth, no matter which type.
They all turn out with a very 'light & fresh' taste, whereas canned pumpkin tastes heavy, over-cooked & looks unnaturally dark (borderline burnt).
Go ahead and pay more for a certain "variety". No difference between pumpkins will be detected by ppl who are eating them. I usually use less sugar than recipes call for. If you use the amount in recipe directions they'll be very sweet.
LOL. All I can say is, PPl were wearing me out cooking pies for them. I finally told everyone they had to bring me pumpkins. they brought the regular type.
I started saying 'no' because of time & fridge space. pies made with cream are at their best when freshly made.
Too much other TG preps, to be cooking that many pies.
 
If you don't make pies, use them for shooting practice.
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It's good old fashioned American first world-ism, while ppl are starving all over the world.
 
petspoiler said:
This is only partially true. While the small pumpkins are denser and have comparatively more 'meat' than real large ones, they are NOT tasteless after preparation. I have made pies with both kinds. They charge more per pound when they are labeled as "pie pumpkins". I have done that, and compared the pies. ANY medium size pumpkin makes delicious pies.
The 'meat' must be blenderized with the recipe cream to make it all smooth, no matter which type.
They all turn out with a very 'light & fresh' taste, whereas canned pumpkin tastes heavy, over-cooked & looks unnaturally dark (borderline burnt).
Go ahead and pay more for a certain "variety". No difference between pumpkins will be detected by ppl who are eating them. I usually use less sugar than recipes call for. If you use the amount in recipe directions they'll be very sweet.
LOL. All I can say is, PPl were wearing me out cooking pies for them. I finally told everyone they had to bring me pumpkins. they brought the regular type.
I started saying 'no' because of time & fridge space. pies made with cream are at their best when freshly made.
Too much other TG preps, to be cooking that many pies.
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My god that's a lot of info on pumpkin pies. Good to know though :)
Gill Blue said:
maybe try something a little rock and roll...
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:ROFL:
 
We use to take ours to the top of the biggest cliff we could find And hurl them off! Lol or roll them down a really big hill and seen what happened when they picked up speed and hit something.


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krichardson said:
Sounds like loads of fun but what about the mess afterward?
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We shoot them in the woods next to my house and just leave the pumpkin guts there for the wildlife to consume. This year we actually got some of the seeds to grow but I don't think there was enough light for them to grow pumpkins.
 
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