They should make a vacuum for pumpkin guts

[adrian]

I don't know if my G.I pouch can handle raw pumpkin rhynd, but I do plan to have a pumpkin pie for desert with my dinner this Sunday.

Mike

lucky you i can't bake anything

[jerseygirl13]

Yeah, there should TOTALLY be one of those! Pulling out the pumpkin guts is by far the most annoying part of carving pumpkins.

[Murfreesboro]

Speaking of pumpkin guts, we actualy use to cook, salt and eat the seads when we were kids. My mom had a way of dry roasting them on a cookie sheat, after adding regular table salt. We could eat them all day.

Mike

Oh, I adore roasted pumpkin seeds. I slow-roast them on, maybe, 250 degrees for an hour or two. Salt them with some kind of seasoned salt. They are to die for.

That's why I could never actually say I hate pumpkin guts. They are a mess, but the seeds are in there! And that's a unique autumnal treat. We can have them at Halloween and again at Thanksgiving, and then--we have to wait until next year!

[MacPhantom]

When you eat the seeds, do you shell them like sunflower seeds? Or does the toasting make the whole thing edible?

[Spookymufu]

what I watched the food network pumpkin carving challenge, one guy was using a wet/dry vac to suck pumpkin guts.....

[Spookymufu]

When you eat the seeds, do you shell them like sunflower seeds? Or does the toasting make the whole thing edible?

you roast them, salt them, and eat them whole

[MacPhantom]

They could just stick Mario Batali's head in there, and let him slurp up the pumpkin innards. He looks like he'd eat just about anything. So long as it's sprinkled with Parmigiano-Reggiano...

[writerpatrick]

I don't think a vacuum would work that well since half the guts I pull out are scrapings from the sides of the pumpkin. It seems to take forever to scrape out.

I eat the seeds without the shells. I like to turn them vertically, then bite down on the sharp end to split them. I work my way back until it opens. The shells kill the flavor.

It's also possible to salt them with various seasonings while they're roasting. And they should be thoroughly washed to remove the pumpkin.

[adrian]

we've used honey and sugar before lol

that and also made some with a good cajun spice

[MacPhantom]

So I got one vote eat the shell, and one vote not. Now I'm even more confused.

[adrian]

you eat haggis man.. come on... eat the shell.. i do!! but then again i eat friend cat fish tails lol mmmmmmmh hmmm

[Spookymufu]

you eat haggis man.. come on... eat the shell.. i do!! but then again i eat friend cat fish tails lol mmmmmmmh hmmm

your friends cat's tails??? thats not nice, poor cats......

[adrian]

LOL fried cat fish tales aren't bad lol

[Spookymufu]

oh, fried, not friend..okay.....I get it now......I'm going to start calling your iHaunt-adrian.....lol

[adrian]

hahhaha dang... i just saw what i typed lol at least that f up is funny lol