Roast pumpkin & winter squash seeds
Posted: Sun Nov 24, 2019 1:31 pm
This morning we experimented with roasting the seeds extracted from a small Crown Prince which I dried recently. Just roasted them with a little sprinkled salt for five minutes on a tray in a hot oven.
Didn't expect them to start popping like popcorn when they started to turn lightly toasted colour so that was a surprise!
Verdict : My OH found them too tough to be palatable but he is more dentally challenged than I am. . i found them rather a hard chew but they're probably valuable fibre and I'd certainly eat them if I was desperate for a snack. I'm wondering what their food value is ?
Anybody else tried roasting these? Did I do something wrong which might have made them a little more palatable? The seeds of Crown Prince are quite large. I wonder if seeds of smaller varieties might be less tough ?
Didn't expect them to start popping like popcorn when they started to turn lightly toasted colour so that was a surprise!
Verdict : My OH found them too tough to be palatable but he is more dentally challenged than I am. . i found them rather a hard chew but they're probably valuable fibre and I'd certainly eat them if I was desperate for a snack. I'm wondering what their food value is ?
Anybody else tried roasting these? Did I do something wrong which might have made them a little more palatable? The seeds of Crown Prince are quite large. I wonder if seeds of smaller varieties might be less tough ?