Halloween. The very name sends tears streaming down any Eco-Hero’s face as they contemplate the mass murder of millions of innocent pumpkins. But fret not. Out of this pumpkin massacre, some good can come. And that good is known as roasted pumpkin seeds and homemade pumpkin pie.
Homemade Pumpkin Pie
Let us begin with the pumpkin pie recipe. Now I’m not talking about pumpkins from a can, or frozen pre-made pumpkin pies. No. I’m talkin’ ’bout some made-from-scratch, down-home, honest-to-goodness, homemade pumpkin pie.
Pumpkin Pie Ingredients
- 1 cup sugar
- 1.5 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 2 teaspoons nutmeg
- one half teaspoon ground ginger
- 4 large eggs
- 3 cups stewed pumpkin, mashed
- 12oz of evaporated milk
Here’s whatchu do:
* Find a pumpkin (a jack o’ lantern will do). After appropriately mourning its brutal death, collect all the parts that were cut out (eyes, nose, mouth, the works).
* Skin these pumpkin pieces, and cut them into “manageable chunk” size.
* Boil these in a microwave or on the stove until you can easily push a fork through them.
* Mash up the boiled pumpkin.
* Add condensed milk, sugar, eggs, and spices.
* Dump it all into a pie crust (filling to about 1/4″ below the top).
* Bake at 425 F for 15 minutes, then bake for about 50 minutes at 350. You can tell it’s done if you stick a knife in it and it comes out pretty clean.
* Let cool on rack
* Eat the delicious pie made from the flesh of the defenseless pumpkins, or you can wrap it up using some reused foil from a restaurant, like so:
Roasted Pumpkin Seeds
* When you clean out a pumpkin to make a jack-o-lantern, save the seeds.
* Rinse the seeds, removing any of that orange, stringy mess.
* Add a wee bit o’ oil, some salt, and any other flavors you want (hot sauce, honey, curry).
* Bake at 275 degrees for 10-20 minutes (until they’re golden brown), stirring the seeds when they’re halfway done.
* Congratulations, you have now made a delicious and nutritious snack from the guts of a freshly killed pumpkin. I hope you’re proud of yourself.
These are great ways to use every part of the pumpkin, much like the Indians (these Indians, not these) used every part of the buffalo. Let me know if y’all know any other good pumpkin recipes. Thankee kindly.
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November 6th, 2008 at 5:30 pm
thanks for the recipes – I have some pumpkins – one of which we actually grew in our backyard that will have a second chance at being something great.
November 6th, 2008 at 5:59 pm
No problem; I’d like to try to grow my own pumpkin next year, I’ve read it’s not TOO hard
December 21st, 2008 at 6:40 am
lol, love your writing style!!
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I wish I had the wisdom to extract the guts of the defenseless pumpkins killed throughout the year in time (instead of relying on others to do it!) – they're now making compost (the seeds, not the significant others!) & I have to buy pumpkinseeds in stores as they're a great source of magnesium and zinc and other good things!!
Will hopefully take precautions next year!!
December 22nd, 2008 at 1:34 am
Thanks. Dang, I did not know that pumpkin seeds are a good source o' magnesium and zinc, I will keep that in mind. Good job composting your pumpkins, that's where mine are too.
December 22nd, 2008 at 1:34 am
Would you care to share your recipe for this, Mr. Pat?
December 22nd, 2008 at 3:12 am
Yeah, according to a book I've read pumpkinseeds have 270mg magnesium (RDA being 300mg) and 6,6mg zinc (RDA being 15mg) per 100g.
Oysters and veal liver or beef have more zinc which is better absorbable, sprouted wheat has more too.. and cocoa or sunflower seeds have more magnesium… but pumpkinseeds are a good easy vegetarian snack!
(of course if people eat up too much other oils or fats or minerals it's better to go easy on them, but many people nowadays are magnesium deficient and don't even know it!)
December 22nd, 2008 at 3:36 am
Well snap. I'll have to get my doctor to test my magnesium and zinc levels, I have no idea how I'm doing with those. Those are some good facts about pumpkin seeds. All I know is you can get a lot of zinc if you melt pennies.
December 22nd, 2008 at 5:25 am
crash dat pupkin seeds up and smoke em in a sweet
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