Pumpkin crisis

[Dawn]

I have 10 pumpkins ripening nicely in the garden. I can make pumpkin soup, but quite frankly there's only so much soup a person can take.

Does anyone have any foolproof pumpkin pie, cake, cookie, anything recipes? :eat:

[wdwgrandma]

I wish I could be of some help to you, Dawn. As much as I love pumpkin pie (and the delicious pumpkin cookies my DDIL makes), I've never made anything with "real" pumpkin! It has always come from a can. And I don't know if "real" pumpkin and canned pumpkin "work" the same in a recipe.

[OKWTink]

They work only if the fresh pumpkin is cooked and drained very well. Baking it might be better. Canned pumpkin does not have the same moisture as freshly steamed/stewed pumpkin.

No recipes off hand, but I bet a search of Food Network would turn up many selections!

(Other than that, carve them into Jack O Lanterns and call it good). :wink:

[Dawn]

And I don't know if "real" pumpkin and canned pumpkin "work" the same in a recipe.

Maybe I should test it and see. :unsure:

If I bake it and puree it, that might work.

What do I do with the seeds? Apart from grow more pumpkins. :lol:

I don't like to waste stuff. :shrug:

[OKWTink]

Dry them, salted or not and then eat them. :yes:

[lovinmom]

Dry them, salted or not and then eat them. :yes:

Yes very good!:)

Also some friends of ours have at least 30 or more pumpkins every year and they use them by having a pumpkin carving party! They invite many families and have the children carve the pumpkins(sometime adults too:wink:) we also toast the seeds while we are there and have some hot apple cider. We look forward to it every year.:wiggle:

As for recipes I am afraid I am not much help either as I make everything from a can also.:whistle: Our friends can the extra that they have so that they are able to use it for things like pumpkin pies etc. :shrug:

[tajainaz]

Can't help with recipes, but a former colleague used to make pumpkin bread every year. She bought her pumpkins, though. Our growing season for pumpkins doesn't coincide with Halloween, unfortunately!

[mumof2]

roasted pumpkin pieces - yum yum!!:thumbs:

[Chris/Lisa]

our pumpkin plant waws starting to die so we have had to remove them from the stalks - hope they last until october :(

[MystikPiglit]

You could have a look at this site - www.pumpkinnook.com (http://www.pumpkinnook.com)
Might have some tips for you :)

[uscwest]

Here is a reciipe using fresh Pumpkin. http://pie.allrecipes.com/AZ/FreshPumpkinPie.asp

[Dawn]

Cool! Especially when you select the metric option and it tells you that you need a pumpkin weighing 1589g precisely. :lol:

Will give that one a try. :thumbs:

[Dawn]

You could have a look at this site - www.pumpkinnook.com (http://www.pumpkinnook.com)
Might have some tips for you :)

Ooooh pumpkin cheesecake. :eat:

[MystikPiglit]

Ooooh pumpkin cheesecake. :eat:

Be sure to send me a piece :lol:

[psdjmem]

Can you freeze pumpkin after you cook it?? We tried to grow pumpkins but the deer ate our whole garden this year - corn, beans, they even took bites out of the tomatoes plus they ate every single bud on all 5 of my new rose bushes :club: I can never catch them they must come out at night.

[Johnie]

oh.my.god. you must make the pumpkin cheesecake! I get it every fall at the Cheesecake Factory and it makes the eyes roll in the back of my head mmmmmmm

[foreverducky]

Oh, I love freshly made pumpkin seeds. So yummy. Definitely different than the ones at the store.

I don't have reciepes either, my mother makes pie from the can.

[Sweet_girl99]

What do I do with the seeds? Apart from grow more pumpkins. :lol:

I don't like to waste stuff. :shrug:


Try making figures out of them. Or go for a ride in the country and throw them along the road to see if they grow>:lol:

or give the seeds to friends and falimy as a gift.

[Dawn]

it makes the eyes roll in the back of my head mmmmmmm

You do carry on breathing though, don't you? :unsure:

[Johnie]

I think you might stop breathing for just a moment :wink:

[miraclemoments]

(a la Homer Simpson) Pumpkin Cheesecake...Mmmmmmmm (drool) Good stuff...especially with a dollop of that french vanilla flavored cool-whip that comes out seasonally...

[MystikPiglit]

No... no more cheesecake talk.. please... I'm really hungry now :lol:

[Figment]

Everything you always wanted to know about how to cook a fresh pumpkin. http://allrecipes.com/advice/coll/fall/articles/148P1.asp?ARBMID=187&ARFMTID=1

[Breeze]

Ohhh, the pumkin muffins sound really good too :thumbs:

[Dawn]

Hmmm, better grow more pumpkins next year. :eat:

[josh.p.]

if you have a dog, then pumpkin seeds are meant to be a good natural doggy wormer, if you mix it with there doggy food, they'll never know!!!:lol:

[luvalab]

Can you freeze pumpkin after you cook it?? We tried to grow pumpkins but the deer ate our whole garden this year - corn, beans, they even took bites out of the tomatoes plus they ate every single bud on all 5 of my new rose bushes :club: I can never catch them they must come out at night.
Shoot them for crop damage and fill your freezer with fresh venison.:whistle:

[luvalab]

if you have a dog, then pumpkin seeds are meant to be a good natural doggy wormer, if you mix it with there doggy food, they'll never know!!!:lol:
I didn't know that?

[Dawn]

if you have a dog, then pumpkin seeds are meant to be a good natural doggy wormer, if you mix it with there doggy food, they'll never know!!!:lol:

:eek:

Kind of relieved I don't have a dog now. :lol: