what do you do w/ ur pumpkin?

**mndtrp** · 11-01-2010, 10:48 PM

Originally Posted by annymoll

I know I am wasteful. We set them on a fencepost and let the boys have at them with their BB guns.(with supervision, of course!)

I've offered to let the neighbor kids smash mine in my driveway, as long as they put the pieces in the compost bin. Their parents didn't want them to, for some reason. I got to do the smashing instead.

**Judi Dial** · 11-02-2010, 08:26 AM

DH bought a "pumpkin" pie yesterday at Hannafords (Concord) it's more like a custard pie w/ some pumpkin added, very little pumpkin taste. We have two pie pumpkins to use and DH has been angling for pumpkin pie for a while...the two or three he's bought have been either too sweet or just didn't taste like pumpkin.

I definitely see pumpkin pie making in my immediate future. I never did "master" pie crusts, but there are a few really good ones out there, and if I have to I can buy a PIllsbury one, I even have a coupon!

One of my favorite things to do is to make pumpkin soup with it and serve it in the shell, no dish to clean up!

Judi

**YankeeMom** · 11-02-2010, 08:52 AM

I used to bake it up and puree it for pumpkin pie filling. But the last couple of years the boys (12 & 9) have requested dh drop it off the roof so they can see it explode

Then they just leave the mess for the squirrels & birds to eat.

**cab54** · 11-02-2010, 10:45 AM

The teenagers in my neighborhood have always smashed them up in the street later at night.

So, I quit putting out real ones and got a couple of fakes with the lights in them at Big Lots, and I use them now. And bring them in after the trick or treaters are done.

**nodmicks** · 11-02-2010, 11:01 AM

I roast the seeds and eat the pumpkin. I love roasted pumpkin with butter and pepper. MMMMM

**Missy** · 11-02-2010, 11:54 AM

Like YankeeMom, I roast it and pouree it. I bake the seeds for snacks. If it has sat out for any length of time though carved for a jack0lantern I give it to my hens. They love it.