Cooking up a Pumpkin
One of the things I was trying to sneak into my schedule on Saturday/Sunday was cooking up a rather large pumpkin. The weather around here has turned a bit colder - and I brought my pumpkins out of the cold. I brought a rather large one into the house as I wanted to get it cooked up.
First step was to cut it in half. This time I decided to cut it in half, clean out the center of seeds and put it in a jelly roll pan and cooked it until it was soft.
before being cooked
Then, I let it sit through the night and actually knew I had to take care of it the next day or it would be too late. You can’t just leave things like this without them spoiling, growing mold, etc.
after the cooked pumpkin was cut into chunks - ready to puree
I peeled the two halves of the pumpkin and cut it into big pieces.
Then I put these pieces into the food processor and pureed them.
After I pureed all of the pumpkin, I put 2 cups of pureed pumpkin into each bag.
The freezer bags I can buy here for the most part are not a zipper style. You use clips - those little wires - to shut the bags. I would love to be able to regularly buy the zipper types here. Sadly it has been years since I’ve seen them at Lidl.
I put the bags down into cups to hold the bag while I filled it. This one is a 2 cup measure
I also used these plastic cups to hold my freezer bags “up” so I could fill them.
Then I put it in the freezer.
My bags of beautiful pumpkin - grown in an “eco” way - if I can say that. :)
I got 13 bags from that one pumpkin - which will make 26 loaves of pumpkin bread! I’m thinking of making a lot of it for Christmas presents! Years and years ago I made trays of homemade desserts and we gave them to the neighbors. Maybe I’ll do it again this year - I’m thinking about it anyway. This pumpkin will supply the pumpkin for the bread!
And that’s it. That’s one of the things I was trying to do while binding over the weekend!
Have a great day…I’m back off to binding some more!
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Here’s a beautiful Christmas panel. You’d have time to finish it up before the big day!
