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RE: how do you tell the difference between sugar pumpki... - 10/30/2009 8:19:49 AM

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You make soup out of the pumpkin stuff by cooking it then pureeing it or something like that. It's one of the many many recipees I've been researching, so I know a bit about pumpkin foods that I didn't know a few weeks ago lol.

That would of been really helpful last night because the custard recipe didn't say to beat the eggs, and well the custard didn't set up but not only that it had a completely raw egg in it when it was done cooking, but Id on't think you need to worry about germs or nothing since the heat woulda killed em right?

A review also said that you could take the top off the pumpkin for the last little bit of baking time and it SHOULD set up but I didn't know that before the pumpkin came out of the oven.

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Pumpkin soup is also made from sugar pumpkins. No real idea how, cause pumpkin soup hasnt ever been something i cared to try cooking.

Eating a sugar pumpkin, the way you seemed to want to tonight, if i were gonna try doing that myself, well, i'd cut it in half...scoop out those seeds and strings.. and then into the hallowed out part, i'd heavily sprinkle it with cinnamon... nutmeg.. and a thin layer of brown sugar, before i baked the halves.

Like i said...everyone makes mistakes... in my family.. its a well known holiday joke... that when my oldest sister cooked her first Turkey....welllllll... she didnt know that there was a neck stuffed up one end..and a bag of gizzards stuffed up the other end... and so, not knowing they were there..she baked her first turkey.. without removing them.

Her husband carved the turkey.. only to find..a few surprises in there. lol
i'm just glad i was young enough, to have missed THAT dinner!...lol

Anyways... i somehow inhereted my mothers cooking talents (she was a kick ass cook..and so am i) without her ever having to teach me a thing. Somehow all my meals, taste just the way she would have made it. How that happened.. i have no idea.. cause she never let kids into HER kitchen.

So... if you need help.. or to run a recipe by me.. i can help it be better understood.

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RE: how do you tell the difference between sugar pumpki... - 10/30/2009 8:21:53 AM

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Yes, actually the recipe called for one table spoon of butter, and the other one called for two, and both them called for cinnamon, and one of them called for a cup of brown sugar, and no we didn't use water.

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Did you add butter and honey or sugar to the pumpkin? Did you use a lot of water (which is a no no)?

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RE: how do you tell the difference between sugar pumpki... - 10/30/2009 8:53:22 AM

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You have to start thinking of a pumpkin for what it is, squash. Cooking pumpkins are not "sweet" in the sense of say,.. candy. They are just more dense with a lighter squash taste. The interior is not as hollow as in a carving pumpkin. I have used regular carving pumpkins for cooking but they take a lot of work. You have to cook and puree them to break up the fibers. Cooking pumpkins don't seem to have that same problem.
Making them sweet, either the carving or cooking variety will mean adding in sugars and spices.

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I called a pumpkin farm, and asked do you carry sugar pumpkins he said yes we picked a bunch out, but they don't taste good like I imagain a sugar pumpkin should, so I'm asking all ya that may have experince since I sure don't.

My recipes all tell you what size, but I doubt we got sugar pumpkins like he said we did.

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Yes yes put up, hmmmmm... read a basic cookbook and you will learn what size works best, and yes I always use fresh over canned

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RE: how do you tell the difference between sugar pumpki... - 10/30/2009 9:15:10 AM

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Yes, I am learning they're not sweet, as every one else has said, and if you want to eat the pumpkin itself you need a bit better prep than just filling the insides with good stuff.

when I say sweet I wouldn't expect it to be candy sweet, but maybe more like yam sweet.

I have to stay it's still very fun to use them, and after the inside ingredients are gone I am going to take the shell and season them and eat them too, there won't be one part of this pumpkin wasted, My dad will take the stems for his garden we'll cook the seads, and there wasn't very much string or pulp, and what there was will goin the garden.

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You have to start thinking of a pumpkin for what it is, squash. Cooking pumpkins are not "sweet" in the sense of say,.. candy. They are just more dense with a lighter squash taste. The interior is not as hollow as in a carving pumpkin. I have used regular carving pumpkins for cooking but they take a lot of work. You have to cook and puree them to break up the fibers. Cooking pumpkins don't seem to have that same problem.
Making them sweet, either the carving or cooking variety will mean adding in sugars and spices.

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RE: how do you tell the difference between sugar pumpki... - 10/30/2009 11:56:57 AM

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Yes, I am learning they're not sweet, as every one else has said, and if you want to eat the pumpkin itself you need a bit better prep than just filling the insides with good stuff.

when I say sweet I wouldn't expect it to be candy sweet, but maybe more like yam sweet.

I have to stay it's still very fun to use them, and after the inside ingredients are gone I am going to take the shell and season them and eat them too, there won't be one part of this pumpkin wasted, My dad will take the stems for his garden we'll cook the seads, and there wasn't very much string or pulp, and what there was will goin the garden.

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You have to start thinking of a pumpkin for what it is, squash. Cooking pumpkins are not "sweet" in the sense of say,.. candy. They are just more dense with a lighter squash taste. The interior is not as hollow as in a carving pumpkin. I have used regular carving pumpkins for cooking but they take a lot of work. You have to cook and puree them to break up the fibers. Cooking pumpkins don't seem to have that same problem.
Making them sweet, either the carving or cooking variety will mean adding in sugars and spices.

The only big difference between a pie pumpkin and the larger pumpkins is the pie pumpkins have a lower water content. The larger ones are usually a bit more stringy though the taste or sweetness is about the same. I have used both for pies and found that with the jack o lantern types do need to be strained after they are cooked and before being used in a pie- the smaller ones could be strained too though depending upon how much water was used to cook them down to a much.

If you want a sweeter tasting pumpkin pie, increase the amount of sugar in the recipe. Or try using half milk and half canned milk or straight canned milk which will give a creamier texture to the pie.

btw....when cooking down a pumpkin for pie....the seeds MUST be removed and the tough skin also MUST be peeled before cooking down. Seeds then can be washed and then roasted for a healthy snack and the peelings can be used in a compost pile.

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RE: how do you tell the difference between sugar pumpki... - 10/30/2009 11:59:57 AM

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grins or if you are a non-cooker like me lol you just go to the store get a can of pumpkin, add cream cheese, splenda and cinnamon and a lil butter (optional) and microwave and you have pumpkin pie without the crust.

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barelynangel.....there's nothing better then making and eating a freshly made pumpkin pie! Really it isn't all that tough to make a pie!

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RE: how do you tell the difference between sugar pumpki... - 10/30/2009 12:02:15 PM

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grins or if you are a non-cooker like me lol you just go to the store get a can of pumpkin, add cream cheese, splenda and cinnamon and a lil butter (optional) and microwave and you have pumpkin pie without the crust.

*groan*

barelynangel.....there's nothing better then making and eating a freshly made pumpkin pie! Really it isn't all that tough to make a pie!

I heard something about pumpkin pie... you have my undivided attention!

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RE: how do you tell the difference between sugar pumpki... - 10/30/2009 12:05:39 PM

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Hmmm is that what it takes to lure you???? muhahahahaha

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RE: how do you tell the difference between sugar pumpki... - 10/31/2009 7:25:38 PM

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Yup we put all that good stuff in the garden to compost.

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and the peelings can be used in a compost pile.

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RE: how do you tell the difference between sugar pumpki... - 11/1/2009 4:54:05 AM

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chuckles Wolf2bear -- actually i don't LIKE pumpkin pie unless its smoothered in whipped cream which means i like whipped cream with a little bit of pumpkin pie. Odd yes i know but i do like pumpkin as i make it and i like pumkin soup. - i learned that lil recipe from a low carb recipe. But all in all, i seriously don't cook lol i can do basics like skillet up some eggs or a quick stir fry but i don't have the patience and usually end up with slightly burned things lol so i mostly eating out and microwave quick and easy is the way i go. grins, that's probably why all the Men i get involved with are wonderful chefs in their own right and they regulate me to chopping and getting girl. Its still fun though -- waggles my eyes, i love cooking with Men in the kitchen.

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