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Post by ganews on Oct 31, 2022 12:12:29 GMT -5
*drooling* That incredibly wonderful time when you have so many pumpkin seeds to roast from carving (I know you can get them commercially but it's not the same). I toss them in garlic and red chile powder and, once done, they're basically a bowl of crack on my kitchen counter. *continues drooling* Personally I'll take store-bought on this one. So much easier to eat by the fistful when you don't have to crack the shells. |
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Post by Pedantic Editor Type on Oct 31, 2022 12:28:25 GMT -5
*drooling* That incredibly wonderful time when you have so many pumpkin seeds to roast from carving (I know you can get them commercially but it's not the same). I toss them in garlic and red chile powder and, once done, they're basically a bowl of crack on my kitchen counter. *continues drooling* Personally I'll take store-bought on this one. So much easier to eat by the fistful when you don't have to crack the shells. You can eat the shells! I always do, so much easier than fiddling with the tiny pepitas inside. |
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Post by LazBro on Oct 31, 2022 12:44:36 GMT -5
I'm always disappointed with store-bought, in-shell pumpkin seeds, even the roasted ones. The shells always seem to be just a little bit chewy, which makes them feel inedible.
When the Mrs. roasts them at home, though, they're crunch deliciousness. No shelling needed.
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Post by pantsgoblin on Oct 31, 2022 12:57:08 GMT -5
Personally I'll take store-bought on this one. So much easier to eat by the fistful when you don't have to crack the shells. You can eat the shells! I always do, so much easier than fiddling with the tiny pepitas inside. *drooling* And they're better that way, because they soak up salt with whatever spices you add. There's a neat way you can soak them in salt water for a couple of hours and then roast them. *continues to murder your family while drooling* |
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Post by Crash Test Dumbass on Nov 1, 2022 8:13:29 GMT -5
Personally I'll take store-bought on this one. So much easier to eat by the fistful when you don't have to crack the shells. You can eat the shells! I always do, so much easier than fiddling with the tiny pepitas inside. I bought shellless pepitas for my partner once, and they gave me the saddest look, "what about the crunchy crunchy shells?" I ended up using those seeds for pesto.
Shell-on sunflower seeds can fuck right off, though.
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Post by ganews on Nov 7, 2022 12:21:14 GMT -5
I found myself at an Aldi which is rare, but I'm always in the market for cheap granola. They did have this pumpkin-flax:
Unfortunately it's pretty weak for the price of a <1 lb. box. Like, a pumpkinseed cracker from Jason's Deli has more flavor. Add some fake pumpkin flavor if you have to.
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Post by pantsgoblin on Nov 7, 2022 12:27:59 GMT -5
I found myself at an Aldi which is rare, but I'm always in the market for cheap granola. They did have this pumpkin-flax:
Unfortunately it's pretty weak for the price of a <1 lb. box. Like, a pumpkinseed cracker from Jason's Deli has more flavor. Add some fake pumpkin flavor if you have to.
As per the new managements' memo, here's your pumpkin flavor! *smashes week-old jackolantern over ganews' head* What? But they said they wanted this to be a pumpkin-wrestling thread. |
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Post by ganews on Nov 27, 2022 19:55:36 GMT -5
I took something special to Thanksgiving at our friends' house.
I like bottled egg nog pretty well, so this was quite reasonable for a $9 experiment. Like so many things though, the pumpkin spice really isn't as strong as you'd think. I suppose companies are just slapping on the pumpkin spice label, adding some cinnamon and food coloring, and coasting off the current popularity.
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Post by ganews on Dec 2, 2022 16:34:58 GMT -5
A year ago we allowed a CSA pumpkin to rot, but this year its seeds sprouted a plant that produced two new pumpkins in the yard. This in addition to all the volunteer butternut/kabocha squash that came up in the yard. We roasted a couple of these last night and made some mighty fine kaddo bourani.
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Post by ganews on Sept 8, 2023 11:20:08 GMT -5
I guess I never posted it here, but my pre-doc fellow gifted me a bottle of Slovenian pumpkin oil. It's very nice! Rich, seedy, dark. Good for dipping bread.
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Post by ganews on Oct 14, 2023 8:20:02 GMT -5
I'm back from Maine where I had a few choice pumpkin snacks, most notably pumpkin spice bread pudding from Governor's diner.
Yesterday Wifemate had a morning errand while I slept in, and she requested pumpkin (butternut squash) pancakes for her return. Later I realized that the squash puree I found in the fridge and used in the batter was actually squash soup she had made the day before. Still worked.
Now she's gone for the weekend, but she left me some kaddo bourani, yum.
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Post by ganews on Oct 25, 2023 19:09:11 GMT -5
I tasted Wifemate's pumpkin spice latte from whatever independent coffee house here in DC. Never had one before, as I as m not a coffee drinker. My review: sure was a lot of sugar with a coffee aftertaste.
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Post by ganews on Dec 29, 2023 17:25:50 GMT -5
I was so full at Christmas, I ate the smallest slice of pumpkin pie I've ever had in my life. Then I didn't take any leftover pumpkin pie home with me, because I'd already been eating sweets for days (weeks) and was taking home a bunch of cookies that my mother made for me. I guess this is me getting old.
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Post by ganews on Dec 29, 2023 17:34:33 GMT -5
I was gonna put this in the random thought thread for more eyeballs, but it is about pumpkins, so what the heck. I'll put it here, even if it's not about food.
We have several real pumpkins decorating our home's front exterior at this time of year. Yesterday a door-to-door salesman came calling (windows or some shit, I dunno), and in the expected ingratiating sales guy kind of way, he starts by introducing himself and then mentioning a neutral positive. He complimented the pumpkins. Sure, I like them too. Then he asked:
"How are they growing?"
I said, "Oh, no, we don't grow them. We just bought these at the pumpkin patch."
"Oh okay. But like, have these been growing and changing a lot?"
"... ... ... no. They don't ... uh, they're not on the vine anymore..."
"Oh okay."
Then he started talking about windows or whatever.
And like I know I'm right, but as I dodged his spiel and tried to get back in the house as quickly as possible, the whole time I was thinking, "Pumpkins don't grow after they're picked, right? Am I crazy?"
They don't keep growing, but the more vine you leave on a picked pumpkin or squash, the longer the fruit will last in storage. It kind of sucks the remaining life out of the vine. That's not what this guy was talking about, though.
This year I had to throw out a number of squash because they were a year old by the time the new squash came in from the garden/yard volunteers. Wifemate has decided to start eating one squash a month, which probably means more "pumpkin" pancakes. Or maybe more kaddo bourani, which I'm having tonight.
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Post by ganews on Jan 3, 2024 10:53:59 GMT -5
I got some pumpkin saltwater taffy from the boardwalk in Atlantic City. It was pretty okay. Points for calling the flavor pumpkin instead of pumpkin spice.
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Post by ganews on Oct 12, 2024 16:19:57 GMT -5
October baby shower: pumpkin chiffon cake
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