Pumpkin Update

[Sandy Eggo]

Can you freeze the "meat" or whatever the inside of a pumpkin is called? I bet you could make few pies and freeze those too. 

[me]

Yes you can freeze it and have it all winter.  I used to do that.  Just measured for a recipe and put it in a 1qt freezer bag.  Its easier to get it out if you just break it up in the bag while its still frozen and put the chunks in a bowl to thaw.  If you freeze it laying flat it don't take up much space in the freezer either.  That way you don't have a messy bag to dispose of and you don't waste any...

[Dexter Morgan]

Can you freeze the "meat" or whatever the inside of a pumpkin is called? I bet you could make few pies and freeze those too. 

That's a great idea PIYA!!!!I was thinking of donating some of them to a food pantry too. 

[Sandy Eggo]

That's a great idea PIYA!!!!I was thinking of donating some of them to a food pantry too. 

That's an even better idea. With so many pumpkins you should have enough for everyone.

[Dexter Morgan]

That's an even better idea. With so many pumpkins you should have enough for everyone.

I'm going to pick some tonight, and promised some of them, to a friend of mine's girls. They will use them for carving. 

[Dexter Morgan]

Yes you can freeze it and have it all winter.  I used to do that.  Just measured for a recipe and put it in a 1qt freezer bag.  Its easier to get it out if you just break it up in the bag while its still frozen and put the chunks in a bowl to thaw.  If you freeze it laying flat it don't take up much space in the freezer either.  That way you don't have a messy bag to dispose of and you don't waste any...

That's a good idea. My Mom used to freeze them too. When she made pies she put them through a ricer. It sounds like a lot of work to me. I'm a lazy arse. 

[me]

That's a good idea. My Mom used to freeze them too. When she made pies she put them through a ricer. It sounds like a lot of work to me. I'm a lazy arse. 

I don't remember if I strained the pulp through a ricer when I did mine or not its been so long ago.  The only thing I recall using my ricer for was to put baked potato's through to make twice baked potato's.  I think I did cook the pulp down though. 

[Dexter Morgan]

Every year I order my pumpkin pies from Perkins. They're good but expensive. Last Thanksgiving was almost a disaster. I ordered a fresh turkey from the grocery store.I stopped after work to pick it up, I grabbed it and went on my merry way. Hubby had to work, and wouldn't be home in time, to help put it on to cook. So, we decided we'd get it ready, and all I had to do was put it in the oven. Simple right. He took the wrapper off ,and yelled to me "This turkey is frozen solid." I said "Ha ha, good one." And he says "I'm not kidding." I screamed Jesum Crow!!!! I ran in to the kitchen. It was solid, and I had company coming in the morning, to have dinner. I almost had a stroke. I grabbed the phone, and called the store. Dex was not a happy camper. I got the manger, and told her it was frozen,and I had company coming. She freaked out too, because they didn't have any fresh ones. I said "Oh, so basically I'm screwed right?" She said "I'll call you back" I was soo flustered, I  screwed up my phone number, and had to call her back LOL!!! So,I called her back. She said " I know this isn't what you planned , but I can give you 2 -10lb fully cooked Butter Ball turkeys." I said "I need gravy." She said "I'll throw some in, and have it delivered to your house." Needless to say, I got 2 turkeys, and a gallon of gravy,and even got to keep the turkey I bought, So,it worked out in the end. I thought we'd never eat it all, but we did LOL!!!!

[Dexter Morgan]

I don't remember if I strained the pulp through a ricer when I did mine or not its been so long ago.  The only thing I recall using my ricer for was to put baked potato's through to make twice baked potato's.  I think I did cook the pulp down though. 

I now have 14 pumpkins from my patch. The vines show no sing of stopping. There are probably 5 to pick this evening. And everyday baby pumpkins continue to appear. I figure as long as it doesn't frost, there are going to be a gazillion. 

[kimmi]

Every year I order my pumpkin pies from Perkins. They're good but expensive. Last Thanksgiving was almost a disaster. I ordered a fresh turkey from the grocery store.I stopped after work to pick it up, I grabbed it and went on my merry way. Hubby had to work, and wouldn't be home in time, to help put it on to cook. So, we decided we'd get it ready, and all I had to do was put it in the oven. Simple right. He took the wrapper off ,and yelled to me "This turkey is frozen solid." I said "Ha ha, good one." And he says "I'm not kidding." I screamed Jesum Crow!!!! I ran in to the kitchen. It was solid, and I had company coming in the morning, to have dinner. I almost had a stroke. I grabbed the phone, and called the store. Dex was not a happy camper. I got the manger, and told her it was frozen,and I had company coming. She freaked out too, because they didn't have any fresh ones. I said "Oh, so basically I'm screwed right?" She said "I'll call you back" I was soo flustered, I  screwed up my phone number, and had to call her back LOL!!! So,I called her back. She said " I know this isn't what you planned , but I can give you 2 -10lb fully cooked Butter Ball turkeys." I said "I need gravy." She said "I'll throw some in, and have it delivered to your house." Needless to say, I got 2 turkeys, and a gallon of gravy,and even got to keep the turkey I bought, So,it worked out in the end. I thought we'd never eat it all, but we did LOL!!!!

I can only imagine that fiasco!  My friend cooks the turkey.  Every year we call it The Bitch!  Go baste the bitch!  The bitch is done!  hee hee

[Dexter Morgan]

I can only imagine that fiasco!  My friend cooks the turkey.  Every year we call it The Bitch!  Go baste the bitch!  The bitch is done!  hee hee

I thought I was going to have a stroke.  It turned out to be pretty good, but not like my own turkey would have been. I have an extreme love affair with turkey gravy.  Boughten gravy cannot compare to homemade. One year my Mom bought frozen pie crust for the pumpkin pie, she had always made her own. My Grandfather( Dad's Dad) thought my Mom was the worlds greatest cook. Mom accidentally left the wax paper, they put between the pies in the shell,and filled it and baked it.  Nobody was any the wiser, until we ate the pie. OMG, my grandfather says "What the hell is this?" I thought my Mom was going to pass out.  She was soo embarrassed, she could have crawled under her chair and died. We all had a good laugh over it, and every year it gets brought up in conversation, usually by Mom. 

[kimmi]

My mom left the shrink wrap on a ham once and cooked it.  That was funny!

[damfast]

I am terrified of fish.  like other people are afraid of spiders and snakes and such.  I was very young, decided to cook dinner for my new husband.  (i never cooked at all).  So...
I bought trout at the supermarket.   
Took it out of the package.  unwrapped it. 
It was a whole, dead fish. eyeballs staring at me.  I screamed so loud you could hear me a block away, ran into the living room, grabbed him by the shirt collar, started shaking him, yelling, "Its a fish, and it is looking at me."  I refused to go into the kitchen.

Started crying when he went in there, I thought it would "get" him. 

Of course, theres the time I caught the kitchen on fire making french fries....

needless to say, i dont go in there much.

[Dexter Morgan]

My mom left the shrink wrap on a ham once and cooked it.  That was funny!

LOL!!!! I think my Mom did that one time too. One time I left the giblet bag in the turkey and baked it. Imagine my surprise when I went to debone it. I thought what the hell is that? 

[Dexter Morgan]

I am terrified of fish.  like other people are afraid of spiders and snakes and such.  I was very young, decided to cook dinner for my new husband.  (i never cooked at all).  So...
I bought trout at the supermarket.   
Took it out of the package.  unwrapped it. 
It was a whole, dead fish. eyeballs staring at me.  I screamed so loud you could hear me a block away, ran into the living room, grabbed him by the shirt collar, started shaking him, yelling, "Its a fish, and it is looking at me."  I refused to go into the kitchen.

Started crying when he went in there, I thought it would "get" him. 

Of course, theres the time I caught the kitchen on fire making french fries....

needless to say, i dont go in there much.

LMAO!!! It sounds like you better stay out of the kitchen, not only for your safety, but for the safety of the public at large.  One time I was watching " Essence of Emeril" and he was making a suckling pig, that shit scared me soo bad I had nightmares. I'd never seen a pig cooked with its head still on. Jesum Crow!!! That's some scary shit.