Hallowe'en Food

I still have a pumpkin in store though, BlueBelle!

Ps we did have butternut squash for dinner this evening!

Perhaps ynagu is from that doppelganger planet at other side of the sun.

BlueBelle

It’s March my friend you know springtime the time of snowdrops and daffodils 🤣🤣

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It’s March my friend you know springtime the time of snowdrops and daffodils 🤣🤣

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pascal30

Norah

pascal30

Norah

Pumpkin roll is quite easy, delicious, gorgeous.

foodnetwork.co.uk/recipes/pumpkin-roll

That looks amazing Norah.. very professional

Photo was with the recipe. Mine typically isn't quite as smooth.

Serves beautifully, regardless.

That's very honest of you though I was quite prepared to believe it was yours, Ihave the impression from previous posts that you are a very good cook

Thank you. I am a very good cook, follow recipes well. However, rolls do get tricky and are not always smooth on the top.

I pat ground pecans over the top, when warm, if it cracked. Magic.

4allweknow

Keepitquiet. I too was told pumpkins for Halloween are not really suitable for eating. This was by a farmer growing pumpkins when he opened up for pumpkin picking and activities.

Glad I wasn't making it up then! I'm sure lots of people cook the pumpkins and that's fine but just don't be under any illusion that they are grown for eating.

Norah

pascal30

Norah

Pumpkin roll is quite easy, delicious, gorgeous.

foodnetwork.co.uk/recipes/pumpkin-roll

That looks amazing Norah.. very professional

Photo was with the recipe. Mine typically isn't quite as smooth.

Serves beautifully, regardless.

That's very honest of you though I was quite prepared to believe it was yours, Ihave the impression from previous posts that you are a very good cook

pascal30

Norah

Pumpkin roll is quite easy, delicious, gorgeous.

foodnetwork.co.uk/recipes/pumpkin-roll

That looks amazing Norah.. very professional

Photo was with the recipe. Mine typically isn't quite as smooth.

Serves beautifully, regardless.

I think you roast them.

I know pumpkin seeds can be eaten too, I just didn’t need them for that recipe and hadn’t looked up how to prepare them for future use. If I were to buy a pumpkin again, I would research how to deal with the seeds rather than waste them.
As for the big yellow pumpkins not being nutritious, a quick google search shows otherwise.

4allweknow

Keepitquiet. I too was told pumpkins for Halloween are not really suitable for eating. This was by a farmer growing pumpkins when he opened up for pumpkin picking and activities.

I’ve made a delicious pumpkin soup using a large supermarket pumpkin. I’d used it for display purposes at work, then brought it home. After cutting it into wedges and discarding the seeds I roasted the wedges in the oven and then used the flesh with onion, herbs, seasoning and garlic to make soup. Tasty it was, too.

4allweknow

Keepitquiet. I too was told pumpkins for Halloween are not really suitable for eating. This was by a farmer growing pumpkins when he opened up for pumpkin picking and activities.

Well, mine always makes a very nice soup the day after - I do add a lot of flavouring, though. Any pumpkin is IMO extremely bland and needs livening up.

Keepitquiet. I too was told pumpkins for Halloween are not really suitable for eating. This was by a farmer growing pumpkins when he opened up for pumpkin picking and activities.

Our neighbour has a horse farm and after Halloween we all leave our carved pumpkins in his field, the horses love them.

Norah

Pumpkin roll is quite easy, delicious, gorgeous.

foodnetwork.co.uk/recipes/pumpkin-roll

That looks amazing Norah.. very professional

Allira before COVID we used to have a Halloween competition in our office, the different teams chose a theme and we all dressed up. We did Apple bobbing and other silly games, everyone took part it brought the whole department together for some fun and laughter, which when dealing all year with customers complaints was well needed.

I think they are at their most expensive at this time because of Halloween

Norah

Allira

Norah

Pumpkin roll is quite easy, delicious, gorgeous.

foodnetwork.co.uk/recipes/pumpkin-roll

That look good!

It is. Lovely on pretty crockery.

It didn't crack!

The Swiss roll, I mean, not the plate.

I use pumpkin and winter squash as frequently as other seasonal vegetables.

So, this year (actually for bonfire night) it will be chicken, sausage and roast pumpkin bake, a green vegetable as side. Parkin (vegan) or sticky toffee pudding with ice cream.

Allira

Norah

Pumpkin roll is quite easy, delicious, gorgeous.

foodnetwork.co.uk/recipes/pumpkin-roll

That look good!

It is. Lovely on pretty crockery.

Norah

Pumpkin roll is quite easy, delicious, gorgeous.

foodnetwork.co.uk/recipes/pumpkin-roll

That look good!

Tish my DD and I were just talking about this the other day my late DH always did this when my girls were young. She wants to continue the tradition as it's much more sustainable. So many pumpkins just end up in the bin.

Before pumpkins invaded Halloween here in the UK, here in Scotland we used to carve our lanterns out of turnip or neeps, think it’s called swede in other parts of the UK. It was a tough job, grown ups usually helped, but we ate the “innards”, boiled then mashed with lots of butter and black pepper… delicious!