Like so many, I would rather buy a can of pumpkin filling or purchase a whole darned ready-made pie, than go to the trouble of making one myself. In reality, I have only once cooked and eaten a pumpkin. In this one true-to-life case, I did cook our Halloween pumpkin and learned a valuable lesson: Never cook a pumpkin you’ve used as a Jack-o-lantern…it tastes like *#$%!!!
Maybe it’s a Canadian thing, recycling your porch jack o’lantern into pie. Or maybe a depression era thing. “The poor today, bah! When I was a kid we ate the jack o’lantern the day after Halloween!”
That sounds better than what WE did with our jack-o-lanterns!! We usually would leave them sitting in our porch until about November 16th…by then, the pooy guy is frowning, begging to be put out of his misery!!!!
ewwww yuck! Would never cook a pumpkin that’s been cut open and sitting around for several days, so starting to rot, with a candle burning inside it. (so now contaminated with all the candle smoke) that’s just plain disgusting.
frogsandravens over 11 years ago
Who makes pie out of a stale jack-o-lantern?
TheSkulker over 11 years ago
Elly could have said, “Please” and taught by example.
Carolyn Cherry over 11 years ago
How can you make pie out of a carved pumpkin? Don’t you have to gut it before you carve it?
IndyMan over 11 years ago
It won’t taste as good as a ‘field pumpkin’ which has a lighter skin but the flesh is darker and more flavorful.
Manhunter808 over 11 years ago
@trekman58: not bad for a guy with a ship full of food replicators. Sail on!
masnadies over 11 years ago
Lynn’s Notes:
Like so many, I would rather buy a can of pumpkin filling or purchase a whole darned ready-made pie, than go to the trouble of making one myself. In reality, I have only once cooked and eaten a pumpkin. In this one true-to-life case, I did cook our Halloween pumpkin and learned a valuable lesson: Never cook a pumpkin you’ve used as a Jack-o-lantern…it tastes like *#$%!!!
Durak Premium Member over 11 years ago
Maybe it’s a Canadian thing, recycling your porch jack o’lantern into pie. Or maybe a depression era thing. “The poor today, bah! When I was a kid we ate the jack o’lantern the day after Halloween!”
lightenup Premium Member over 11 years ago
It’s okay, Lizzie, he doesn’t have ears! ;-)
hcr1985 over 11 years ago
That sounds better than what WE did with our jack-o-lanterns!! We usually would leave them sitting in our porch until about November 16th…by then, the pooy guy is frowning, begging to be put out of his misery!!!!
hippogriff over 11 years ago
frugalnotcheap: If he can pass his physical, why not? Other than eyes, they never do that for driver’s licenses.
sabel over 11 years ago
pumpkins used for jack-o-lanterns usually don’t taste very good. For pumpkin pie there are smaller, flatter pie pumpkins.
JanLC over 11 years ago
Susan, since he’s a “Jack-o-lantern”, most people refer to the pumpkin as a “he” or “him”.
travburg1 over 11 years ago
No one really cares about your comments.
crystalwizard over 11 years ago
ewwww yuck! Would never cook a pumpkin that’s been cut open and sitting around for several days, so starting to rot, with a candle burning inside it. (so now contaminated with all the candle smoke) that’s just plain disgusting.
meowlin over 11 years ago
Next step in the “Circle of Life”…
Gretchen's Mom over 11 years ago
At the age of, what? Three? I’m pretty surprised that Lizzie didn’t get upset about that too!
vldazzle over 11 years ago
Yes and even the small sweet pumpkins used for pie and soup are grainy and I find difficult to puree the way I enjoy!!