Is That a Pumpkin in Your Kitchen? Or Are You Just Happy to See Me?

November 5th, 2007 | email this | digg it

Published in A Day in the Life, Holiday, Recipes & Food

Pumpking Patch
Originally uploaded by Sarah Andrew.

Halloween is over, now what do I do with those pumpkins we bought?I admit, this is the first year in a long time that we’ve bought pumpkins. Heck, I don’t think my husband and I have ever bought pumpkins together. But, this year was different – we have an almost 14 month old who fell in love with the pumpkins.

And now, I sit here and think, whatever shall I do with them? I don’t want to just let them go to waste, so I’ve turned to Google and figured out the top things I’ll do with my pumpkins this year.

1. Pumpkin Pie
2. Roasted Pumpkin Seeds
3. Pumpkin Bread
4. Pumpkin Rolls
5. Pumpkin Soup
6. Compost the remains

What about you, what will you be doing with your left over pumpkins this year?

JennyLou

3 Responded To This Post

15084. mla said in November 5th, 2007

I didn’t know that you could use carving pumpkins to make food. I thought you needed sugar pumpkins for that. . .

This year we didn’t buy any pumpkins, so we didn’t have to deal with it. But they usually just go in the trash when they’re past their peak. I’m thinking of starting a compost bin, so maybe next year, I’ll be a bit more “green” and dispose of them that way!

15102. Junkinmytrunk said in November 5th, 2007

LOL - Jennylou, your list reminded me of the scene in Forrest Gump where Bubba is talking about all the things that can be cooked with shrimp (”…Shrimp kabobs, shrimp chowder, shrimp sandwich…”) - made me smile. Seriously, I’m not a baker but my mom sure is and she and my DS are counting the days down till they make pies out of his pumpkin patch pumpkins this year. From what I know, we’ve never bought special ‘kins for pies — just used the workhorse patch variety.

15112. jennylou said in November 5th, 2007

MLA - the small, baking ones are exactly the right size for a 15 month old to pick up. We bought another one that was bigger but didn’t carve it, so I’m going to give it a shot too.