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1:28 pm
April 7, 2009
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crystalwilcox
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I am going to try and grow my own pumpkins this year. I have already started the seeds for my Jack-O-Lantern pumpkins. Now I'm looking for seeds for pumpkins that I can cook with. We normally buy the neck pumpkins and cook them down to a puree for our cooking, but I cannot find seeds for them at any of the places I've looked. What other kinds of pumpkins are good for cooking with?
Thanks!!
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4:01 pm
April 7, 2009
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Flatlander
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I thought you could just eat the jack-o ones??
I love pumpkins..not to eat..but to grow
But hubby and I have some kind of war going on….last year he mowed them all.
For this year he prommised I could grow them…we'll see
Haven't started them though..the snow is not even gone.
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5:01 pm
April 7, 2009
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CindyP
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Sugar pumpkin is a good cooking pumpkin. They're smaller, softer, sweet, and really orange. My girlfriend's mom has pumpkin fields and this is the one she told me to use for baking, so that's what I've always used!
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5:22 pm
April 7, 2009
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GeorgiaZ
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I dont know anything about growing them but do know that the regualr carving pumpkins do NOT cook well. The small ones are the best.
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5:27 pm
April 7, 2009
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I want the pumpkin that turns into a carriage and Prince Charming comes to take me away. When you figure out which on that is, I'lll plant a field full!
Seriously, I use smaller pumpkins for pie. but I don't grow them, I buy pie pumpkins. Most of the time I just use canned pumpkin. okay, I'm rambling..
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5:58 pm
April 7, 2009
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IowaDeb
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I have never heard of neck pumpkins so looked them up and They are really a winter squash, kinda like a butternut squash with a longer crooked neck.. right? I checked some online seed catalogs and they seem to be all sold out. I can check around here to see if I can find some. Like Jayne, I usually buy the sugar pie pumpkins at the farmers market.
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7:23 pm
April 7, 2009
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Pete
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The general rule of thimb is that the larger the pumpkin the more fibrous it is. For cooking, you want as little fiber ( of the string type) as possible.
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8:16 pm
April 7, 2009
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Leahld22
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Jayne said:
I want the pumpkin that turns into a carriage and Prince Charming comes to take me away. When you figure out which on that is, I'lll plant a field full!
Seriously, I use smaller pumpkins for pie. but I don't grow them, I buy pie pumpkins. Most of the time I just use canned pumpkin. okay, I'm rambling..
You really had me LOL on that one! I want that kind of pumkin too!
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9:01 pm
April 7, 2009
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crystalwilcox
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Thanks so much for all the advice … I actually went out and bought some sugar pumpkin seeds tonight. I started them in the little peat cells, so we'll see how they do. The bunnies and deer might just eat everything before any pumpkins show up!
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10:24 am
April 8, 2009
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JeannieB
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On the rare occasion that I use pumpkin, I get the sugar pumpkin. Smaller is better. Last year a friend of my son gave us a very small pumpkin that her parents plant each year. They are from Puerto Rico. They cook them as a veggie, but it made a great pie. I saved some of the seeds and if it EVER gets warm, I'm going to plant them.
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11:50 am
April 8, 2009
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Flatlander
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GeorgiaZ said:
I dont know anything about growing them but do know that the regualr carving pumpkins do NOT cook well. The small ones are the best.
So that explaines why the only pumpkinpie I ever made…..tasted like…(you fill in something here)
Oh well…I buy them now (the pies)…so much more convenient….BUT If I ever see a packet of seed for a small pumpkin…I might go ahead.
Somehow I like to burry myself in work.
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1:38 pm
April 8, 2009
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I bypass the whole pumpkin question and just make sweet potato pie instead. My family doesn't know the difference, and I think sweet potatoes make a more dense pie.
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2:28 pm
April 8, 2009
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Jayne
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Kath,
I don't even make the pie. I make Pumpkin Cream Cheese rolls. No one here likes the pie.
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2:41 pm
April 8, 2009
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Nanaof4
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Pumpkin pies are usually store bought at my house for Thanksgiving or Christmas occasions only…but oh, do I love pumpkin rolls! 
I always thought the jack-o-lantern pumpkins could be used too! Thanks for the ideas….think I'll plant some sugar pumpkins, too, this year!
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4:14 pm
April 8, 2009
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IowaDeb
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yumm….pumpkin cheesecake
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6:02 pm
April 8, 2009
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WV_Hills
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Jayne said:
Kath,
I don't even make the pie. I make Pumpkin Cream Cheese rolls. No one here likes the pie.
Okay, give it up. What's the recipe for Pumpkin Cream Cheese rolls? Did you post a recipe and I missed it? because they sound really good.
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6:13 pm
April 8, 2009
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Linda
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6:17 pm
April 8, 2009
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JeannieB
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Ohhh pumpkin cream cheese roll, yumm, and pumpkin bread. I agree with Kathy, sweet potatoe pie is one of my favorites. Now I'm thinking Thanksgiving!! All that good food!!
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7:06 pm
April 8, 2009
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Shells
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Oh my gosh, pumpkin pie is my favorite, or pumpkin cheesecake, pumpkin muffins, pumpkin spice latte, pumpkin cookies .. I love pumpkin.
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7:08 pm
April 8, 2009
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Pete
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Would be willing to bet (if I did that sort of thing) that she is talking about the jelly roll type of thing with a cream cheese filling. But a muffin with cream cheese in the middle would work. Or a sweet roll with pumpkin and cream cheese worked in somehow…
Meanwhile, pumpkin is one of those things that is soooo cheap, easy, and consistent from a can, and so often superior to the home canned variety, that it is not really worth all the energy and time to cook it at home. Especially if you have to buy the pumpkins.
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