Pumpkin Seeds?

Jay-Jay_4

Well I guess I'm not the only person who's going to have a load of pumpkin seeds going spare tonight.

I hate chucking anything away if I can do something else with it but I don't want to eat them myself and was wondering if I could feed them to the birds and if so, do I need to cook them or something first.

If you want to eat them yourself what do you have to do (just out of interest).


any ideas?

Pooky

Pumpkin seeds are supposed to be great for a womans sex drive....eat a handfull a day and it's supposed to increase the urge......so I'm guessing most people will be putting them out for the birds then?

theverylast

You could always use them tonight:-

http://www.extremepumpkins.com/pukingpumpkin.html

Or wash and dry them, and roast or fry quickly with a little butter and then roast in the oven until they go brown.

I'm fairly sure my wife eats them plain as a snack, but there seem to be so many different seeds and nuts on our shelves that I have given up trying to find out!

Gillby1

Very funny!

I wash and dry them, season them a little (with salt, herbs and/or chilli) then roast or dry fry at a low temp until crunchy. They are so moreish!

SoScrooge

Hi

I got a pumpkin and scooped out all the seeds. Naturally they are slimy and covered with the bits of pumpkin.

Does anyone know a quick way of cleaning the seeds, please?

Maybe drying them on a tea towel?

I don't think there is another way, but maybe somebody does know

Thanks.

SoS

Queenie

Bung in a colendar, rinse with cold water, dry and rub in a clean tea towel

What do you plan on doing with them? Are you roasting them? :drool:

Baileys_Babe

Queenie wrote:

Bung in a colendar, rinse with cold water, dry and rub in a clean tea towel

This is exactly what we do then I roast them and add to dishes.

pudding06

we raosted ours int ehoven tehn tried to peel them - my fingers are still sore after a week. I've done them before but not in this oven, too much heat or not enough time in oven?

anyone else had this problem - my husband eats loads says for his prostate!!!

pudds

Edit :

we raosted ours int ehoven tehn tried to peel them

:eek:
I did what ? Good grief cant type today - we roasted out in the oven then tried to peel / deshell them.:rotfl:

sorry

pudds

Queenie

pudding06 wrote:

we raosted ours int ehoven tehn tried to peel them

:rotfl: :rotfl: It's ok, I'd put it down to your fingers still be sore

Seakay

Could only find one suggestion for hulling pumpkin seeds:

http://www.heritagefarms.com/recipies/recipie_pages/roasted_pumpkin_seeds.php

most references say that the seed casings are nutritious and should be eaten. (Has anyone done this? It doesn't sound appealing to me!)

Queenie

Yes Seakay, I've eaten as they come, out of the pumpkin, washed, dried, tossed in spices and baked - really scrummy snack! They go nice and crisp