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[serafina20]

When you make pumpkin pie out of a real pumpkin, do you use the gooshey, stringy guts or the inside orange stuff, or both?

Do you think pumpkin seeds brushed with garlic butter and baked would taste good?

How do you bake pumpkin seeds?

You know, when reading Star Trek fic, I always had a hard time believing they'd celebrate holidays like Halloween or Valentines day. Even Christmas, sometimes. But on Firefly, I totally think they'd still be celebrating all this stuff. I wanna see fics where Kaylee decorates Serenity or Inara goes to a costume ball or stuff like that.

Comments

[itsaslashything.livejournal.com]

I think you only use the pulp, not the stringy mess. And when I toast the seeds, I wash them well, then toss them with a little olive oil and salt...pop them in the oven at 400 for about half an hour or so, then let them sit overnight. Garlic butter would probably make a wonderful tasting treat! I kinda wish I'd thought to try that!

[betagoddess.livejournal.com]

Never use what _I_ call the guts of the pumpkin. LOL. And be very very sure to press ALL the water out of the cooked pumpkin until it is almost dry before making pie with it.

The first time I baked a pie using fresh pumpkin, I didn't know this and it was GROSS! =>}

Pumpkin seeds tend to burn really easily. I tend to put them into a 325ºF oven on an oiled cookie sheet and just stir them once in awhile for quite some time. I've tried them in a hotter oven for a shorter time, but the slower way works every time without fail. =>}

The garlic on them sounds tasty. =>}

[acampbell.livejournal.com]

It's best to use the small, "pie" pumpkins, too. I used a jack o'lantern, once, and, though it was edible, it wasn't as good.

[raveninthewind.livejournal.com]

Don't eat the stringy stuff--use the mealy flesh of the pumpkin, minus the rind.

Dunno about garlic and butter, but I have roasted seeds before--you have to clean the stringy stuff off, blot them dry on paper towels, and then roast in a single layer on a baking sheet. IIRC, I brushed the pan with oil, and partway through the roastign I stirred the seeds to roast both sides. You have to check them and take them out when they are light brown, before they get too dark.