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my CSA gave me an actual pumpkin but for cooking with not for carving
How do I get from gourd to pie or something? suggestions for what to do with it welcome!
I assume that canned stuff is like someone cut up a pumpkin, roasted it, and scraped it out of the skin?
I will also search, but I'm not sure how to explain to search engines that I mean "pumpkin, a gourd" not "a can of pumpkin"
related: they also gave me a Napa Cabbage this week. how is it not a normal cabbage? what do I do with it?
Napa cabbage is amazing in stirfry. It’s like a much more delicate version, so you barely cook it. Can also be made into kimchi but that’s a whole process.
You can absolutely do anything you'd do with a normal cabbage with it.
I will say, though, that the wrinkly leaves make it fluffier (and therefore less dense) than regular cabbage, so just make sure you have enough compared to your other ingredients.
they have a winter one that I think has some openings. I am taking a winter break to have time to eat more delivery pizza tho.
Wow! You all came to the rescue here.
Once again i am glad i own a food processor if i decide to make puree, tho i think i want to eat some roasted with indian spices now!
If you have an Instant Pot, pressure cooker, or slow cooker, you could also put it in whole and cook that way.
If you have a strong blender, you can blend up the seeds and even skin! If not, just pick the seeds out and mush. 1/
Yeah, you cut it in half, scoop out the goo (if the seeds are very mature you can roast and peel them, but usually the seeds don't mature until the flesh is gone nasty, so they'll probably look flat and almost empty and should be discarded), then roast the halves until the flesh is tender and not too juicy. Then mash it, run it through a food mill if you have one (makes it less stringy), and you have a can of pumpkin, more or less.
People who like the taste of pumpkin (of whom, alas, I am not one) say that the resulting pie is more vibrantly pumpkin-tasting than one made from the canned stuff.
"how to process pie pumpkin" or "homemade pumpkin puree" may be more helpful search terms 💜
So canned pumpkin is sometimes just any squash like butternut is common https://www.southernliving.com/food/veggies/squash/pumpkin/what-is-canned-pumpkin
And if you search you’ll want to try “whole” “fresh” or _ lb pumpkin
but if it's really big I think you can also cut off a section (like, half or quarter) to cook with, then wrap the cut on the rest of it tightly in plastic wrap and it'll keep for another week or so?
https://www.indianhealthyrecipes.com/pumpkin-curry-gummadikaya-kura-kaddu-ki-subji/
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