Cooking pumpkins or decoration?

[Guest guest]

These are grown more for decoration but they are edible.  Some taste better than

others. 

his is not the same pumpkin in a can, thoser are sugar pumpkins I believe. The

Jack O Lanterns are stringy and blah.  What I have done is cut in large chunks

and place the skin side up in a dutch oven with a few inches of water.  Boil

until done.  In a small skillet I will caramelize some brown sugar, butter,

cinnamon, cardamom and maple syrup.  When the pumpkin is done I will mash the

flesh down and spoon some of the caramelized syrup on top.  It's tasty.  Nothing

to brag about but not bad.

Donna

 

 

 

 

 

" Tolerance of other opinions builds thy inner peace "

Source: Dalai Lama

 

 

--- On Sat, 11/1/08, papermoon6k <papermoon6k wrote:

 

papermoon6k <papermoon6k

Cooking pumkins or decoration?

 

Saturday, November 1, 2008, 8:57 AM

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hi everyone,Can you cook with the big Jack-o-lantern pumkins or are

they just for decoration?I have two good size ones that we didnt cut

and was wondering if we could eat them,(and actually be good).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

I have bought pie pumpkins and baked like that, in water. I don't add sugar

or syrup, because I feed it to my parrots. My house is normally very noisy,

but when I feed pumpkin (or sweet potato), you can hear a pin drop!

 

Audrey S.

 

On Sat, Nov 1, 2008 at 3:35 PM, Donnalilacflower

<thelilacflowerwrote:

 

> These are grown more for decoration but they are edible. Some taste

> better than others.

> his is not the same pumpkin in a can, thoser are sugar pumpkins I believe.

> The Jack O Lanterns are stringy and blah. What I have done is cut in large

> chunks and place the skin side up in a dutch oven with a few inches of

> water. Boil until done. In a small skillet I will caramelize some brown

> sugar, butter, cinnamon, cardamom and maple syrup. When the pumpkin is done

> I will mash the flesh down and spoon some of the caramelized syrup on top.

> It's tasty. Nothing to brag about but not bad.

> Donna

>

> " Tolerance of other opinions builds thy inner peace "

> Source: Dalai Lama

>

> --- On Sat, 11/1/08, papermoon6k

<papermoon6k<papermoon6k%40>>

> wrote:

>

> papermoon6k <papermoon6k <papermoon6k%40>>

> Cooking pumkins or decoration?

> <%40>

> Saturday, November 1, 2008, 8:57 AM

>

> Hi everyone,Can you cook with the big Jack-o-lantern pumkins or are

> they just for decoration?I have two good size ones that we didnt cut

> and was wondering if we could eat them,(and actually be good).

>

>