Pumpkin!

The other week we were on the receiving end of the charity of a friendly neighbour again. We were given one of the large pumkins he grew in his garden. Yellow and big and beautiful, this vegetable gave us a nice feeling of autumnal harvest season.

We scooped the pulp out of the middle, and cleaned the seeds. These we tried to roast but Ì`m afraid I ended up burning them. The quarters of pumpkin we baked in the over for a while so that the flesh was soft enough to scoop out and put in a bowl to process with a stick-blender into usable pumpkin puree. We got about 10 american cups that we froze. This far we have had soup and pie made with pumpkin, and both were surprisingly nice. I always thought I did not like pumpkin, but now I know that with the right spices it can be a nice vegetable indeed.