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| Grow a Pumpkin |
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| Split it in half to bake it |
Here's how to cook the pumpkin:
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| Pumpkin Chili |
It is important to carefully cut a full size pumpkin in half-- top to bottom-- and with a sharp knife in preparation for cooking it to make pumpkin puree. The same technique works for all pumpkins, whether you have a fairy tale pumpkin or a regular jack-o-lantern type pumpkin. The skin of a fairy tale pumpkin is much thicker than a regular jack-o-lantern pumpkin, so you will get more puree from that kind even if the pumpkin looks shorter.
Next - Scoop out all the seeds and strings and then put the cut side down on a cookie sheet - add 1/2 to 1 cup of water and bake at 300 degrees for several hours. Baking time depends on the size of the pumpkin. You will know it is done when you can poke a sharp knife easily into the skin.
Take it out of the oven and let it cool to touch, then scoop all the soft pumpkin flesh into a bowl. Mash with a potato masher or hand mixer. Scoop 2 cups of pumpkin puree into ziplock bags. (most recipes call for 2 cups of pumpkin). Make with date and a "P" (pumpkin), then freeze.
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