Guest guest Posted April 25, 2008 Report Share Posted April 25, 2008 That brings up another question. The produce person explained to me last year why the tiny pumpkin I was wanting to buy was SOOOO expensive. It was because it was an eating pumkin and the ones people get for halloween aren't. Is that true? I just thought it was a halloween pumpkin that didn't get big enough and you ate any of them? Do you use a particular pumkin and how do you know you have the right kind if you are making your own puree? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 26, 2008 Report Share Posted April 26, 2008 they are very different, i would never cook would the big ones, there is little poor quality meat On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 10:27 PM, cozyhomelife <cozyhomelife wrote: > That brings up another question. The produce person explained to me last > year why the tiny pumpkin I was wanting to buy was SOOOO expensive. It was > because it was an eating pumkin and the ones people get for halloween > aren't. Is that true? I just thought it was a halloween pumpkin that didn't > get big enough and you ate any of them? Do you use a particular pumkin and > how do you know you have the right kind if you are making your own puree? > > > -- Glenda glendadawg One life at a time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 26, 2008 Report Share Posted April 26, 2008 The pumpkins grown for Halloween carving are grown for size, and I don't think they would make for very good pumpkin mashed/puree for a recipe. I have used them for a hot pizza dip dish, and you can scrape a bit of the softened flesh and eat it with the dip. Pumpkins used for cooking to make puree or mashed squash pumpkin for recipes are smaller. I think they are usually called pie pumpkins. Any good produce clerk or farmstand owner will be able to steer you in the right direction. I wish it was pumpkin season now, but then I am just enjoying the beauty of Spring currently; Autumn will be here all too soon. ~ PT ~ It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) ~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~> , " cozyhomelife " <cozyhomelife wrote: eating pumkin and the ones people get for halloween aren't. Is that true? I just thought it was a halloween pumpkin that didn't get big enough and you ate any of them? Do you use a particular pumkin and how do you know you have the right kind if you are making your own puree? > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 27, 2008 Report Share Posted April 27, 2008 We ALWAYS recycled our Halloween pumpkins into pie. They were pretty good, not quite as heavy as those that come from pie pumpkins. Jo-Ann TN _____ On Behalf Of ~ PT ~ Saturday, April 26, 2008 9:48 PM Re: pumpkin question; was: Curried Pumpkin Soup The pumpkins grown for Halloween carving are grown for size, and I don't think they would make for very good pumpkin mashed/puree for a recipe. I have used them for a hot pizza dip dish, and you can scrape a bit of the softened flesh and eat it with the dip. Pumpkins used for cooking to make puree or mashed squash pumpkin for recipes are smaller. I think they are usually called pie pumpkins. Any good produce clerk or farmstand owner will be able to steer you in the right direction. I wish it was pumpkin season now, but then I am just enjoying the beauty of Spring currently; Autumn will be here all too soon. ~ PT ~ It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) ~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~> @ <%40> , " cozyhomelife " <cozyhomelife wrote: eating pumkin and the ones people get for halloween aren't. Is that true? I just thought it was a halloween pumpkin that didn't get big enough and you ate any of them? Do you use a particular pumkin and how do you know you have the right kind if you are making your own puree? > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 27, 2008 Report Share Posted April 27, 2008 I tried that once, but didn't like the results. I even used some of the pumpkin mash to make a few loaves of pumpkin bread, but the pumpkin wasn't very tasty and was light in color; not as dense, dark and delicious. But bravo to you and those who waste not that pumpkin! ~ PT ~ Every human being's essential nature is perfect and faultless, but after years of immersion in the world we easily forget our roots and take on a counterfeit nature. ~ Lao Tzu ~~~*~~~*~~~> , " Jo-Ann Murphy " <jo-ann wrote: > > We ALWAYS recycled our Halloween pumpkins into pie. They were pretty good, > not quite as heavy as those that come from pie pumpkins. > > Jo-Ann > TN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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