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Olivia commented on 'Pumpkin warts'

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 08:32:11 -0500

By Olivia]]> Weird. I guess they would make a really ugly witch jack-o-lantern.

Just_Kelly commented on 'Pumpkin warts'

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 08:52:12 -0500

By Just_Kelly]]> Can you do anything extra with the warts? Like are they delicate, warty, truffle like peices of pumpkin?

Kate commented on 'Pumpkin warts'

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 09:12:40 -0500

By Kate]]> I thought lots of species of gourds have knobby "warts" like that...

I rather like the way they look! and would not hesitate to make pie out of them... well, if I were eating pie these days that is...

Sillycakes commented on 'Pumpkin warts'

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 09:28:24 -0500

By Sillycakes]]> I was totally going to mention the jack-o-lantern thing, but Olivia beat me to it. So I'll just sit here pointlessly taking up space in your comments section.

K and J's mom commented on 'Pumpkin warts'

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 09:42:27 -0500

By K and J's mom]]> the wart by the stem on the front, totally looks like a man's face...the nose, lips, chin. Maybe you could sell it on Ebay as someone famous? LOL

butterfly commented on 'Pumpkin warts'

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 09:50:13 -0500

By butterfly]]> Creepy!

I'm with you on the canned pumpkin business. Buying one, chopping, boiling, etc etc is far too much work when I could just pop open a can!

April commented on 'Pumpkin warts'

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 11:20:12 -0500

By April]]> Canned pumpkin for me too. All that work is so not worth it but I do love me some pumpkin pie, especially the crustless variety my grandma makes. I have a thing about crusts...

maggieapril commented on 'Pumpkin warts'

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 11:21:45 -0500

By maggieapril]]> mmm... pumpkin...

Cooking Light has lots of delicious-looking pumpkin recipes including a bread pudding recipe I already have marked for Thanksgiving. (Yes, thinking way ahead.)

I have been known to eat two whole pumpkin pies in two days (plus Cool Whip!) so I will NOT be making pie this year!!

Linz commented on 'Pumpkin warts'

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 11:43:37 -0500

By Linz]]> We painted pumpkins when I was a kid. Those knuckleheads would make for a FANTASTIC witch pumpkin. Little construction paper hat, green face paint, crazy eyes, and some yarn hair? Fo' sho!

That canned pumpkin and pudding mix thing sounds really good. I'll have to try it!

TOWR commented on 'Pumpkin warts'

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 12:19:04 -0500

By TOWR]]> Those pumpkins are going to give me nightmares.

I'm serious.

mandy commented on 'Pumpkin warts'

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 12:39:49 -0500

By mandy]]> Pumpin is my favorite! Especially pumpkin pie, but those pumpkins are gross looking! There funny. I dont think that I could get myself to eat them.

Cindi B. commented on 'Pumpkin warts'

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 13:35:13 -0500

By Cindi B.]]> PLEASE tell more about the canned pumpkin and instant pudding powder! That sounds yummy!

PastaQueen commented on 'Pumpkin warts'

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:11:47 -0500

By PastaQueen]]> @Cindi B. - Last year some of my readers sent recipes when I mentioned I liked pumpkin. I just combine a cup or so of canned pumpkin with vanilla or cheesecake flavored fat-free, sugar-free pudding mix and eat. There are variations where you also add in Cool Whip. It's fairly tasty (for diet food) and fairly filling.

Melissa commented on 'Pumpkin warts'

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 16:40:55 -0500

By Melissa]]> You know, making pumpkin puree isn't too hard if you bake it. You clean out the seeds and gunk, cut it into pieces and bake it in a pan with some water in it. (Outside of the skin facing up.) It just comes right out of the shell.

Just thought I would mention it. :)

PastaQueen commented on 'Pumpkin warts'

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 16:58:07 -0500

By PastaQueen]]> @Melissa - I don't believe you :)

Tish commented on 'Pumpkin warts'

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 19:55:29 -0500

By Tish]]> PQ,

Careful how you treat pumpkins--have you never heard of PETPU--the People for the Ethical Treatment of Pumpkins??? Check 'em out at http://www.geocities.com/petpu4/

Sally Parrott Ashbrook commented on 'Pumpkin warts'

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 20:05:08 -0500

By Sally Parrott Ashbrook]]> You have to admit a jack-o-lantern with warts is AWESOME. Especially a witch-carved one.

Did you actually make pie from a carving pumpkin? The smaller sugar pumpkins are much better for that purpose. Canned pumpkin is AWFULLY convenient, though. I keep it on hand in fall for everything from muffins to fall-themed lasagnas.

Sassle commented on 'Pumpkin warts'

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 20:47:57 -0500

By Sassle]]> Wow, my first thought was something is wrong with those pumpkins. To think someone actually had to work at getting them to look like that. I'm not a big pumpkin eater (is that not a nursery rhyme), but I did once have a delicious pumpkin cheesecake that almost made me reconsider liking pumpkin.

Niagaraview commented on 'Pumpkin warts'

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 21:39:59 -0500

By Niagaraview]]> Oh my god, that reminds me: it's pumpkin-pie blizzard season at Dairy Queen. Stay away if you don't want to blow up in a delicious orgy of pumpkin pie and soft serve.

Niagaraview commented on 'Pumpkin warts'

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 21:43:54 -0500

By Niagaraview]]> Ok, so now I have blizzards on the brain and really shouldn't have gone to the DQ website. SO.FREAKING.TEMPTING.

Anyway, found the nutritional stats for the pumpkin pie blizzard:

A Small serving of 315 grams total has:
total calories 560
total fat 21 grams
total carbs 83 grams
protein 10 grams

Alexia commented on 'Pumpkin warts'

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 23:17:53 -0500

By Alexia]]> I totally have never craved one of those DQ blizzards. Until now. Damnit.

I will have to try mixing some canned pumpkin with coolwhip or something -- sounds tasty!

The most I've done is toast pumpkin seeds as a snack for the kids -- yum!

Anneke commented on 'Pumpkin warts'

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 23:38:31 -0500

By Anneke]]> I do the real pumpkin thing... my secret is that I use a potato peeler, and peel the outer shell off before I cut into it. Much easier that way. I also freeze it, so when it thaws, I can pour off some of the extra water. I know - I'm weird.

did you know that canned pumpkin is not really pumpkin? It's squash. Look at the ingredients...

K commented on 'Pumpkin warts'

Sat, 20 Sep 2008 08:08:02 -0500

By K]]> We generally make soup with the carved-out bits of our Hallowe'en pumpkin. That's not particularly onerous - you just liquidize it once it's cooked. I like pumpkin pie, but you can't get the canned stuff here (or not that I know of).

Pumpkin is just the name for squash that are big and orange. If you plant, say, courgettes/zucchini and pumpkins close to each other, and then harvest the seeds from the resulting fruit, you get some sort of weird hybrid, because they're genetically close enough to fertilise each other. (I have never succeeded in getting any fruit whatsoever off any of the squash plants I've grown, but I am assured this is true.)

Candace commented on 'Pumpkin warts'

Sat, 20 Sep 2008 11:29:43 -0500

By Candace]]> I'm with Melissa, baking pumpkins is the way to go. I get small pie pumpkins (not the big jack-o-lantern ones) and cut them in half like an acorn squash. Scoop out the seeds and bake them cut-side down on a baking sheet, maybe 375 for an hour or so. Then you can scoop the puree right out. Yum, now I want pie.

ginna commented on 'Pumpkin warts'

Sat, 20 Sep 2008 12:23:00 -0500

By ginna]]> A couple of crunched up, low fat graham crackers make the pumpkin pudding mixture very pie-like. Also, be sure to throw in some pumpkin pie spices.

When my cat was having hairball trouble, the vet told me to give him some canned pumpkin. It totally worked and he loved it. He hates that malt stuff that comes in a tube.

Melissa commented on 'Pumpkin warts'

Sat, 20 Sep 2008 15:07:43 -0500

By Melissa]]> @PastaQueen - Try it and you'll see. Or not. :) Although, if you do what I did a few years ago (when my pumpkins were rampant in my garden) and puree about 14 of them, it's a different story. Takes a while. I ended up with lots of pumpkin puree in my freezer in pretty little pint jars. Mmmmm...pumpkin pie!

Melissa commented on 'Pumpkin warts'

Sat, 20 Sep 2008 15:11:38 -0500

By Melissa]]> @Alexia - Just make sure to add spices and such (unless it's already in the pumpkin). Plain pumpkin with cool whip might not be so tasty. :)