Pumpkins

[Piglet6]

These are now sitting in my greenhouse to finish curing.

p.s. please excuse the freaky hair and closed eyes (hubby took 2 pics, both of which were when my eyes were shut).

[FelixLeiter]

p.s. please excuse the freaky hair and closed eyes (hubby took 2 pics, both of which were when my eyes were shut).

Always happens, doesn't it, that these things only show up when you get your pictures back from the chemist's.

[Motherwoman]

Great stuff Piglet6, but look out behind you...the sweetcorn tryphid is coming to get you! What did you use as fertilizer?

Your plot looks really great, you should be justifiably proud.

MW

[retropants]

they look fabulous! are you sure you have enough though?

[Primrose]

Piglet. Well done but I suspect you and your family are going to be awfully sick of pumpkin pie That's the problem at this time of year, we have an embarrassment of riches. Thanks to freezers etc we have more means of preserving our surplus. They must have had a real problem in medieval times and there must have been a lot of waste.
PS. I hope you actually like pumpkins ! But at least you can carve them and use them for Halloween.

[peter]

They do keep for a good while, I still have one of last year's Crown Prince squash in usable state.

[Primrose]

Yes, that's true. They must be one of the longest lasting vegetables. I have also kept a Crown Prince for the best part of a year. The problem with the bigger squashes is keeping them fresh once you've cut them open because it can sometimes take a long time to eat your way through a big one. I've found that removing the seeds, covering the flesh tightly with cling film and storing in a cool place helps. They're normally too big to store in a fridge.

[Piglet6]

Yes, we love pumpkin soup! Think I'll keep them in the greenhouse and use them 'fresh' each time. I'll 'soup' a whole one each time - that way I won't need to buy another freezer!!!!!

I haven't fed The Plot anything fancy. It had laid fallow for a couple of years before I got it - maybe that is why this year has been so good?

The thing that tickles me about the corn is that it is Baby Corn!

Thanks All for you kind comments.

[peter]

6kg Crown Prince.
Core round the stem side only, scoop out all seed cavity.
Refit stem plug snd bake stem side down.
When a skewer goes sll the way through its done.
Be careful not to burn.

Quarter and scoop cooked flesh into lsrge lidded pyrex dish.
Serve with sunday roast it cooked alongside.

Either fridge the remains and microwave portions or add to other ingredients for gallon or two of soup, I favour smoked bacon, onion, carrot, potato and sometimes chicken. Sunday chicken means good carcass stock and sll the meat scraps that drop off the bones. Drool. Several meals and work lunches with fresh bread of course.