This is 20 lbs. of Pumpkin
So is this.
Back when I planted my garden in January, I bought a pie pumpkin seed packet mix. It contained small sugar pumpkin seeds and these green, hybrid pumpkin seeds. However, I completely forgot what I planted, and thought these were jack-o-lanterns. I wondered why they weren't getting orange... but figured they would turn eventually.
I pulled my seed packets out over the weekend to plant another batch of seeds in peat pots, and realized that these are pie pumpkins. I had 3 pumpkins, a 12lb. large, an 8lb. medium, and a 3 lb. small pumpkin. I picked them all, and decided to see what would happen if I roasted them.. The small wasn't ripe, but the medium and large were ready!
So here it is, 20 lbs. of pumpkin puree, straining in cheesecloth. Tomorrow I'll be either canning it or freezing it... not sure. But what I do know is I will be making a pumpkin pie, completely from scratch, in the near future. 1 point for my garden :)
7 comments:
This is so cool! I'd really like to try to roast pumpkin this year. And, the green color is beautiful. It'd be great for decoration in the fall.
AWESOME! I am so jealous. Given how much pumpkin I eat, if there was one thing I could plant...pumpkin would be it. I can't wait to see what you do with all of it!
Wow! That is two big, beautiful pumpkins :) and yum for the pumpkin pie too!If you won't mind I'd love to guide Foodista readers to this post.Just add the foodista widget to the end of this post and it's all set, Thanks!
Wow! How cool to grow your own! You're going to have so much fun making pumpkin recipes! I love pumpkin in anything so I look forward to seeing what you make with it.
That is awesome! I am so ready for fall and pumpkin desserts!!
Holy cow! I love me some pumpkin but 20 lbs worth? That might even be too much for me (:
At first I was like, "she planted her garden in January?!" Then I remembered you are in quite the different climate than me. I still have months to wait for my winter squash to come in. I hope mine are as successful!
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