Anyone else making 🎃 soup today? Waste not, want not….

Calendargirl

I made pumpkin soup a few years ago.

It was awful.

Since then I have stuck to tomato, cucumber, courgette, leek and potato….

Pumpkin pie is awful as well.An American friend once made me one.

1summer

I read recently that the large carving pumpkins sold are largely watery, stringy and have little flavour.
My cousin has just offered me a Turban Squash to.cook it’s massive it cost her £16! I don’t really want it as I think it will be tasteless. Also the thought of chopping it up puts me off.

I grow Turks head squashes, not as big as the one you have , but my smaller ones are quite tasty.

I usually hollow it out and mix the flesh with sausage meat or other suffing and place back inside and bake it.

I did this to a small one when we had vegetarians with us on Christmas day. I stuffed t with a sage and onion stuffing, put it on a serving dish and put an ivy wreath on the plate. it looked very festive.

We love a good soup for lunch when it’s chilly.
Made pea and mint yesterday ( excess went in the freezer). Today I discovered a bag of parsnip at the bottom of the fridge. Now have a batch of spiced parsnip soup to enjoy.

I made Lent l soup in the slow cooker overnight. It is delicious

I will be making pumpkin pie out of ours - Delia Smith recipe - its delicious !
Also will use any other remaining pumpkin to make dog biscuits for our pooches as its really good for their digestion.

Split it into wedges and roast with the skin still on 1summer, you can then just cut the flesh off. If you rub it with olive or rapeseed oil it will brown nicely, adding some flavour.

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I made pumpkin soup a few years ago.

It was awful.

Since then I have stuck to tomato, cucumber, courgette, leek and potato….

Sounds nice. I make soup on a regular basis - I've just finished the broccoli, cauliflower and Stilton which I made the other day.

I’ve always found that they* make perfectly nice soup, 1summer - of course they do need a lot of extra flavouring. AFAIK even the pumpkins grown for eating need a lot, too - very bland otherwise.

*I never buy a very big one, though - maybe the size makes a difference.

Perhaps add carrot as well? Nice flavour/sweetness.

I read recently that the large carving pumpkins sold are largely watery, stringy and have little flavour.
My cousin has just offered me a Turban Squash to.cook it’s massive it cost her £16! I don’t really want it as I think it will be tasteless. Also the thought of chopping it up puts me off.

Sounds delicious - what time should I arrive