Okay, it's been a couple of years since i made pumpkin, but here's what i remember. I'm pretty sure that it is strongly recommended to cook pumpkin before freezing. There are websites that can give you the 411 on such things, unfortunately i seem to have lost the bookmark for the page that i used.
All pumpkins can be cooked. Yes, certain types are "preferred" for making pies, etc., but any pumpkin is edible. The small ones are generally sweeter and smoother, but i cooked some pretty large ones and didn't have to use as much sugar in my pumpkin pies that year as i would have done with canned pumpkin. In fact, we ate some of it when it was done cooking, before freezing, plain, no sugar at all, and it was delicious. The smaller the pumpkin, the easier it is to get into the oven, and the faster it cooks, but the large pumpkin will cook up fine.
I wish i had the time to cook up all my pumpkin fresh...maybe next year. Just one more semester, just one more semester, just one more semester...please God.
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Date: 2010-10-29 06:25 pm (UTC)All pumpkins can be cooked. Yes, certain types are "preferred" for making pies, etc., but any pumpkin is edible. The small ones are generally sweeter and smoother, but i cooked some pretty large ones and didn't have to use as much sugar in my pumpkin pies that year as i would have done with canned pumpkin. In fact, we ate some of it when it was done cooking, before freezing, plain, no sugar at all, and it was delicious. The smaller the pumpkin, the easier it is to get into the oven, and the faster it cooks, but the large pumpkin will cook up fine.
I wish i had the time to cook up all my pumpkin fresh...maybe next year. Just one more semester, just one more semester, just one more semester...please God.