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Sarahsaver
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Buy them! They keep for a year as long as they have no bruises or scratches, some of the shops or markets will have them cheap.
Uses for them:
[/list]soup
curry
puree for baby food
add some pureed to plain bread mix to make pumpkin bread
pumpkin pie
you can steam them with custard inside if they are small, looks pretty when you cut it in slices!
chopped and roasted to make a pasta sauce with garlic and onions and some herbs from the garden
Uses for them:
[/list]soup
curry
puree for baby food
add some pureed to plain bread mix to make pumpkin bread
pumpkin pie
you can steam them with custard inside if they are small, looks pretty when you cut it in slices!
chopped and roasted to make a pasta sauce with garlic and onions and some herbs from the garden
- Im not sure of their nutritional value but you get a hell of a lot of food out of one pumpkin
AND you can eat the seeds ;D
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To avoid all evil, to do good,
to purify the mind- that is the
teaching of the Buddhas.
I have done reading too!
To avoid all evil, to do good,
to purify the mind- that is the
teaching of the Buddhas.
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i diced ours last night and roasted it with parsnips and beetroot, for a roasted veg side dish. was delicious. ;D just drizzle with oil and roast. pumpkin mash is nice too, just chop, boil and mash with a bit of butter. :P0
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[*]Im not sure of their nutritional value but you get a hell of a lot of food out of one pumpkin
AND you can eat the seeds ;D
The seeds are good for you, so is the Pumpkin
You can even make DIET pumpkin cake so it must be good for you.
Thanks for this Ssaver I've never tried pumpkin before and I didn't know they kept so well. I'll be off to the market this week to buy up all their cheap stock.When life hands you a lemon, make sure you ask for tequilla and salt
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wish i'd kept the seeds i threw them out. still will know next time, thanks galtizz0
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I saved all the scrapings & seeds when we carved ours last week. OK, it was about a 7lb pumpkin but so far I have made 4 pumpkin pies & 2 litres of pumpkin soup & still not used half of it!
Someone gave me a tip years ago for the seeds : put in a bowl with a sprinkling of salt & a dash of lemon or lime juice & microwave until crispy, cool & crack the shells off for "toasted" pumpkin seeds, delicious in bread! (Alternitively, just sling them on the bird table whole if you can't be bothered with peeling them for yourself) Post Natal Depression is the worst part of giving birth:p
In England we have Mothering Sunday & Father Christmas, Mothers day & Santa Clause are American merchandising tricks:mad: Demonstrate pride in your heirtage by getting it right please people!0 -
Once you have scrapped out the seeds/flesh and used as above, do remember, that the shell makes a very attractive "vase" for placing seasonal foliage into and makes a STUNNING display!!
"Waste not, want not" as my dear old mother used to say! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
PMS Pot: £57.53 Pigsback Pot: £23.00
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Just to be a bit different, I made some wine out of one last last year.
For those into home wine-making, it's quite a curious little brew and certainly worth a go.0 -
You made wine from a pumpkin, biscuit ???
I feel like a complete waster......I scraped it out, threw away the seeds, carved strange eyes, ears, nose, and teeth.
I know it wasn't moneysaving, and I should have collected seeds etc ......but my four year old has had so much pleasure from a pumpkin that only cost me £1.50.
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so long as you enjoyed it, that counts for a lot. 0
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Isn't pumpkin more or less the same as squash? (More fun though of course. ;D)Wins since 2009 = £17,600MANY THANKS TO ALL OPS0
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Isn't pumpkin more or less the same as squash? (More fun though of course. ;D)
squash? don't you put that in a glass with water?0
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