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| Thread ID: 129719 | 2013-03-07 20:53:00 | Anybody dry their own pumpkin seeds? | FoxyMX (5) | PC World Chat |
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| 1331869 | 2013-03-07 20:53:00 | I buy pumpkin seeds for eating and thought I would have a go at drying my own with yesterday's pumpkin. The seeds I buy are green which I take to mean that they are the inner kernel as the seeds I have saved are a sort of beige colour. Once I have dried them they will probably taste different too. Other people seem to add oil and spices to flavour theirs but I am going to see how they are plain to start with. Anyone else save and dry theirs for eating? |
FoxyMX (5) | ||
| 1331870 | 2013-03-07 21:13:00 | I had a go using the seeds from the standard crown pumpkin. They were flat and grey looking. They also tasted nasty and not crunchy after I toasted them, but that could have been my technique. [edit: I just dissected a pumpkin seed and I see there is a seed inside the outer coating - I didn't remove the outer coating so no wonder they were bad...] :blush: Is it easy to get the inner kernel out of the husk? I just tried with a fresh seed and it looked messy/tricky. |
Jen (38) | ||
| 1331871 | 2013-03-07 21:29:00 | I have no idea how to get the kernel out, Jen. I thought that is what I had to do but others on Google just roast and eat the whole thing and not bother separating them. :confused: Our pumpkins could be a different variety to America as they all talk about using the seeds from their Halloween pumpkins. From the pics I have seen those are orange and not like our grey ones. I'll see how I get on with this bunch anyway, once I have dried them. Nothing ventured, nothing gained I reckon. :) |
FoxyMX (5) | ||
| 1331872 | 2013-03-07 22:44:00 | No, but I wet my tulips (two lips) all the time! :lol: | lordnoddy (3645) | ||
| 1331873 | 2013-03-09 21:07:00 | No, but I wet my tulips (two lips) all the time! :lol: Did your workmates cotton on they could stick you to the wall and get some peace that way? :lol: |
WalOne (4202) | ||
| 1331874 | 2013-03-09 21:14:00 | Our pumpkins could be a different variety to America as they all talk about using the seeds from their Halloween pumpkins. From the pics I have seen those are orange and not like our grey ones. Yes, they are pretty different. The American Halloween pumpkins are usually much larger, and have much more watery flesh. As such, they aren't great to eat. Don't think that would affect how to roast the seeds though. www.wikihow.com Has a pretty good set of instructions. |
Nick G (16709) | ||
| 1331875 | 2013-03-10 02:38:00 | I find that after washing the seeds on the machine's gentle cycle, the spin cycle gets most of the water out, and ironing them does for the rest. | R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 1331876 | 2013-03-10 03:50:00 | No, but I wet my tulips (two lips) all the time! :lol: Did your workmates cotton on they could stick you to the wall and get some peace that way? :lol: Ah. Okaaay... :illogical |
Jen (38) | ||
| 1331877 | 2013-03-10 03:58:00 | Looks like you do shell them (somehow) - Pepita (en.wikipedia.org) - see images. This (nutsonline.co.nz) is what they normally look like. edit: Oh! How to shell pumpkin seeds in 15 easy steps! (www.wikihow.com) |
Jen (38) | ||
| 1331878 | 2013-03-10 03:59:00 | Ah. Okaaay... :illogical A bit too abstruse. Stems from an American joke that runs along the lines of "How do you stop a (African-American) child from crying?" "Dunno" "Wet its lips and stick it to the wall." :lol: |
WalOne (4202) | ||
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